Greater Los Angeles Wildfires

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Malibu burned a few weeks ago. No one out of state came to help and it was treated like another fire. :skip:

I’m in LA county. I’m witnessing this with my own eyes. I’ve never seen anything like this and you have older people saying the same thing. I remember Paradise and Woolsey. Those were bad, but what else do you expect when people want to live in heavy forestry areas? When you have communities next to the ocean burning down, businesses and houses you wouldn’t think would burn, you expect people to sit on their hands?

I know people who know people who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire. None of them were wealthy or even close to rich. When you have places like Brentwood or Encino or Arcadia potentially in the crosshairs, it’s getting spooky. This is one of those, “oh shyt, this is fukkin real :lupe:” type of fires.

I understand where @dora_da_destroyer is coming from. The wildfire that hit Northern California and Oregon in 2020/2021 had it looking like Hell outside and outside of people going :lupe: at the red sky, people went about their business. The fires now are more damaging as you've said but, obviously a bunch of celebrities losing their houses and a wealthy city being razed to the ground has made it more publicized.

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I understand where @dora_da_destroyer is coming from. The wildfire that hit Northern California and Oregon in 2020/2021 had it looking like Hell outside and outside of people going :lupe: at the red sky, people went about their business. The fires now are more damaging as you've said but, obviously a bunch of celebrities losing their houses and a wealthy city being razed to the ground has made it more publicized.

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The fire hit a middle/upper middle class neighborhood east of Palisades too. It’s not just celebs and rich. :shaq2:

I’ve lived in LA county all my life. Wildfires are common and I’ve never felt threatened by them because I live out of the area, but this one even has me :lupe:. this is gonna be the most destructive fire in terms of cost. They’re already saying 50-100 billion. Those fires aren’t touching that amount of damage.
 

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The fire hit a middle/upper middle class neighborhood east of Palisades too. It’s not just celebs and rich. :shaq2:

I’ve lived in LA county all my life. Wildfires are common and I’ve never felt threatened by them because I live out of the area, but this one even has me :lupe:. this is gonna be the most destructive fire in terms of cost. They’re already saying 50-100 billion. Those fires aren’t touching that amount of damage.

I don't know why it's so hard for yall to admit that celebrities being affected made this more publicized.

All over the news/social media, they're talking about it. Steve Guttenberg, James Wood, Leighton Meeser, Ben Affleck, Aubrey Plaza, Milo Ventimiglia, JJ Reddikk, that broad Heidi from Laguna Beach etc. among others because I'm not able to name them all. Obviously, there's regular people who were affected too. I'm sorry yall going through this. IJS, I bet the Palisades gets alot more funding, assistance, and media spotlight than the people in North Carolina who are still very fukked up.
 

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I don't know why it's so hard for yall to admit that celebrities being affected made this more publicized.

All over the news/social media, they're talking about it. Steve Guttenberg, James Wood, Leighton Meeser, Ben Affleck, Aubrey Plaza, Milo Ventimiglia, JJ Reddikk, that broad Heidi from Laguna Beach etc. among others because I'm not able to name them all. Obviously, there's regular people who were affected too. I'm sorry yall going through this. IJS, I bet the Palisades gets alot more funding, assistance, and media spotlight than the people in North Carolina who are still very fukked up.
We’re not talking about celebrities making it publicized. We’re talking about the help sent our way. :shaq2:

People are literally calling this the worst fire event in California history. A shytload of people are homeless now. Let that sink in for a moment. :snoop:

Look at this article:


Some of these fires wiped out over 100k acres of land, BUT look at the structure damage on some. Not even half of them come close to what’s happening now.
These fires aren’t Small towns surrounded by forest. They’re communities and cities many people frequent every day.

These next 3 days are critical in how devastating, and potentially deadly, it might become.
 
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We’re not talking about celebrities making it publicized. We’re talking about the help sent our way. :shaq2:

People are literally calling this the worst fire event in California history. A shytload of people are homeless now. Let that sink in for a moment. :snoop:

Look at this article:


Some of these fires wiped out over 100k acres of land, BUT look at the structure damage on some. Not even half of them come close to what’s happening now.
These fires aren’t Small towns surrounded by forest. They’re communities and cities many people frequent every day.

These next 3 days are critical in how devastating, and potentially deadly, it might become.

Cali has little water, and Im hearing the pistacchio farmers hog all the water.
Were there ever plans to pipe in water from other far off states with plenty of water?
 

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We’re not talking about celebrities making it publicized. We’re talking about the help sent our way. :shaq2:

People are literally calling this the worst fire event in California history. A shytload of people are homeless now. Let that sink in for a moment. :snoop:

Look at this article:


Some of these fires wiped out over 100k acres of land, BUT look at the structure damage on some. Not even half of them come close to what’s happening now.
These fires aren’t Small towns surrounded by forest. They’re communities and cities many people frequent every day.

These next 3 days are critical in how devastating, and potentially deadly, it might become.

That's what we're talking about. That's what I'm talking about. IDK why you're quoting me :childplease:
Take your strawman arguments somewhere else please :childplease:
 
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That's what we're talking about. That's what I'm talking about. IDK why you're quoting me :childplease:

Take your strawman arguments somewhere else please :childplease:
You’re the guy who quoted me in the first place. :what:

Youre on the outside looking in. These fires can potentially wipe out towns, towns that aren’t prone to fire danger, not a bunch of wilderness. Just a few days ago there was a chance this could have drifted toward the 405, a freeway hundreds pass through each day. When you can understand that this isn’t an ordinary fire you’d know why we’re getting help. :snoop:
 

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You’re the guy who quoted me in the first place. :what:

Youre on the outside looking in. These fires can potentially wipe out towns, towns that aren’t prone to fire danger, not a bunch of wilderness. Just a few days ago there was a chance this could have drifted toward the 405, a freeway hundreds pass through each day.

When you can understand that this isn’t an ordinary fire you’d understand what we’re getting help. :snoop:

You're being obtuse but, it's whatever. IDC anymore.

You right cuz. Celebrities played no part in this trending. Good day.
 

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You're being obtuse but, it's whatever. IDC anymore.

You right cuz. Celebrities played no part in this trending. Good day.

I’ve been watching local news coverage from ever station since this started. The media, in LA, isn’t even focusing on the celebrities losing their homes. They’ve mentioned it here and there, but it’s not something consistent or in your face. Only people like you are trying to make it a celebrity thing because it’s LA. :unimpressed:
 

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I don't know why it's so hard for yall to admit that celebrities being affected made this more publicized.

All over the news/social media, they're talking about it. Steve Guttenberg, James Wood, Leighton Meeser, Ben Affleck, Aubrey Plaza, Milo Ventimiglia, JJ Reddikk, that broad Heidi from Laguna Beach etc. among others because I'm not able to name them all. Obviously, there's regular people who were affected too. I'm sorry yall going through this. IJS, I bet the Palisades gets alot more funding, assistance, and media spotlight than the people in North Carolina who are still very fukked up.
Damn Aubrey plaza having a bad year
 
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The cost estimates continue to grow each day. And California is deep in debt. This is gonna end badly because there isn't enough money to fix this.

Total estimated cost of California wildfires triples to $150 billion as blazes rage on​


LA wildfire damages set to cost record $135bn​


Preliminary report puts Southern California wildfire costs at $52 billion​

But of course the Biden/Trump administrations would rather spend the money on Israel’s “defence” :unimpressed:
 
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