So Cal Fires!!!

[NorCalMikie]

Pray for ALL THE FOLKS in So Cal, known or unknown. Lots of famous folks, along with some not so well known, ordinary working foilks.1/10th of an inch of rain since May of last year?????

 

[jxb]

I remember as a youngster visiting relatives (Arcadia) some of those same places burned and looked about the same, that brush goes up like it's gasoline. Only back then nobody built houses in those locations for just that reason.

 

[MikeT]

My son spent a harrowing day in Altadena yesterday saving the family home and a neighbor's house with garden hoses and intestinal fortitude. Our home was built in 1921, wood framed and sided with Redwood, comp roofing and and well away from the overbuilt foothills and canyons. Houses and vehicles up and down the street burned. Much of the commercial property on Lake Avenue is gone I am told. Brushfires, lack of rain, and Santa Ana winds combine to become a miles wide cutting torch that just burns through whole neighborhoods.

 

[Forum Boss]

Tragic... and the destruction continues. Here is a before/after satellite view from Altadena. Stunning...

 

[jdh47]

I pray that they can control the fires and no one else has to suffer loss of home. These fires are indiscriminate in who they destroy.

 

[jds holler]

I'm starting to hear side stories now about looting and arson.

From the vids I saw on the tube, I'm frankly amazed that the death toll isn't WWAAAYY worse. jd

 

[nakneker]

Devastating and tragic. I watched a report yesterday that multiple fire hydrants and fire suppression systems had no water. Its such a large scale disaster I’m not sure it would have mattered with the wind. 18 wheelers on their sides all over the place.

I watched a pod cast with Joe Rogan a couple years ago, his guest was warning of the potential for large scale fires due to the drought if the winds combined to make the perfect storm, unfortunately his guest was right.

Put away politics and remember there are a lot of good people in that area. Why did State Farm and others cancel so many wildfire insurance policies just weeks ago? Maybe they saw it coming but it’s heartbreaking to see the loss and destruction on such a large scale. Some areas are just gone, 100% destroyed. Thoughts and prayers to all who have been affected. I know my home state of Arizona has sent multiple fire crews, I’m sure other states are too.

 

[jxb]

Definitely sad times for a lot of folks.

 

[Forum Boss]

And here is before and after from Pacific Palisades:

 

[joshb]

It’s terrible. I’m still trying to contact a cousin of my wife who lives in Altedena. As of last night, the fire maps showed houses burning a block away from the cousin’s address. I’d sure like to know if they’re OK.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

And here is before and after from Pacific Palisades:

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Good Gosh!

 

[topclass2017]

Grew up in Pasadena - Hastings Ranch, next to Sierra Madre. Saw a news report from my old neighborhood earlier today. It said that the fire had somewhat gone around my elementary school but had burned much of the neighborhood. Very sad. I remember in probably 1961-62 the same foothills burning, school closing and being evacuated, and the family car packed and ready to go. That fire came within maybe 200 yards of our house.

 

[JayHHI6818]

Sunrise from Top of Hiking Trail Near Hollywood Sign. 6:20am.

 

[joshb]

Wow! That’s a “Wrath of God” picture.

 

[rwj]

I watched a pod cast with Joe Rogan a couple years ago, his guest was warning of the potential for large scale fires due to the drought if the winds combined to make the perfect storm, unfortunately his guest was right.

I watched the same episode. Question now is if this was a known/realistic risk, what mitigation actions were taken?

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Not to worry fire "person" DEI training will handle the fires in no time. I mean at NO time will DEI recruiting and training put out wildfires or structure fires. You need WATER and fire fighters.

 

[K22]

Just awful. Pray that it ends soon.

That picture in post # 13 is chilling!

 

[bobcat93]

if you see your very best friend standing in the middle of a busy road and yell for him to move..but he just stand there looking at you.
Well what can ya do.
I have dumb ass family there we have been begging for them to move for 30yrs..now look.
Damn it..
God damn..
My only concern is for the children who have no choice where mom and dad make them live.
Upset, heart broken forum member here with the rest of you folks

 

[Tangent]

Seems to have been some very poor planning given that the risk was known. I hear that insurers had withdrawn cover to lots of home owners. They obviously thought the risk was too high too. It's not a natural disaster if it could have been mitigated. I suspect a lot of questions are going to be asked of those whose job it was to prevent this kind of event.

 

[nmkid]

Where the He** have I been? I didn't know a thing about this! I hardly watch TV or listen to the radio, (except for podcasts).