LA FIRES WTF

Hi there. It's very painful, I'm watching a lot of it on TV and nothing is good. Except for a few lives have been lost.

Here is a link to the thread about it, sorry the name doesn't give more way about what's going on in the thread.

Here is a link to the thread about it, sorry the name doesn't give more away about what's going on in the thread.

https://www.vivalazone.org/other-stuff/city-lights

 The fire in Hollywood has moved fairly close to the house where I grew up, I guess. 
Love to you

So sorry Judit ... even though you're not in it, it still hurts to have a connection to it. 

Floops, the best map I've seen that shows the progress of the fire is at the bottom of this story: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg525q2ggl4o

randomly noticed in other headlines that Amanda Hearst, Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal have lost their homes. of course these people have other homes or the means to stay in hotels ... so many others won't.

I'm sad about all this.

Altadena is gone...  so much history there! 

Daughter evacuated last night as a precaution due to the Sunset fire.  It seems contained now so that's good, but air quality is still a big concern. Crazy stuff!

Seems some arsonists coming out to play too unfortunately 

Hollywood fire started literally across the street (and downhill) from a friend's (really nice) house, fortunately the wind was blowing the fire the other direction and there were no structures burned and it's taken care of now. Close call. 

So many people affected, it's gonna be a tough few months down there.

son in law is on the alta dena fire. wishing safety for all the firefighters.

This is like the Oakland Hills fire x 1000. I know three different people who have lost their homes. This is going to send shock waves through the country. Talked to my neighbor this morning on my walk who owns an insurance company and he said expect to see rates quadruple over the next four years. That is assuming anyone out there wants to insure anything anymore. This could easily be a trillion dollar event. 

But at least we have steady leadership running the country. After we deport all the construction workers they are going to have to conscript people to build. The Santa Rosa fires a few years ago added 20% to construction costs statewide I can't even imagine what this will do, and it's not like CA can afford to lose thousands of homes. 

It's only Jan 9 and this year is already a shit show. 

Heartbreaking and hope everyone stays safe.   Hope the winds die down soon because there is zero rain in the forecast.

Crazy to think that Pacific Palisades is just gone.  Burnt.   At least many of the people living there can afford to rebuild:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Pacific_Palisades

Does Mayer still live there?

Also, some of the "news" coverage is just sick.  So much finger pointing and politicalizing of the disaster.  Really drowning out the tragedy of it all.  I often will check out Twitter for real time updates on breaking new events, but took one look and almost threw up.   

>>>politicalizing of the disaster

https://jabberwocking.com/elon-musk-is-the-new-emperor-of-misinformation/

^his affordable electric cars are saving the world, though...

the next 4 years...yikes  :(

Love to All whom need it 

So sad and scary ! Sending Thoughts and Safety to all on east coast in fire zones. 

My Friend Lost His House In The Palisades ~ Luckily He Has Another House In Ventura.

>>>Does Mayer still live there?​

Yes he lives in Beverly Hills. He posted on Instragram the other day that his place is safe from the fires.

Magic bus in Malibu.

Believe it or not, that van was in that spot the whole time as the fire raged by.  The side facing uphill is all scorched, plastic parts melted, etc.

CNN on the TV, picture of that taken by my phone.  Emailed to my computer, then 2 types of online compression to limit pixel dimensions and file size to comply with Viva upload rules.