https://www.europesays.com/1762832/ Eaton fire: Electrical tower area is investigated as origin of fire #america #base #DistributionLine #EatonCanyon #EatonFire #evidence #fire #FLAME #investigator #MarcusErrico #resident #SouthernCaliforniaEdisonOfficial #start #tower #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews #utility #video

We have had time to take climate action. We have chosen not to. Now the world burns.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/08/13/fact-check-yes-1912-article-linked-burning-coal-climate-change/8124455002/

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateCatastrophe #fire #LAfires #wildfires #LosAngeles #socal #SouthernCalifornia #PacificPalisades #altadena #hollywood #EatonFire #PalisadesFire #SunsetFire #HurstFire #KennethFire #USpolitics #AmericanPolitics #political #politics #ClimateJustice #climate #USpol

Time lapse video shows growth of massive L.A. Palisades fire overnight
Todd Hopkins with CalFire said on Saturday morning that the Palisades fire is now 21,596 acres in size and only 11 per cent contained.
#fire #weather #LA #Palisades #LAFires #LosANgelesWildfires #TimelapseVideo
https://globalnews.ca/news/10954346/time-lapse-video-massive-la-palisades-fire-overnight/

How To Help Those In Los Angeles – Part 1

If you're looking for ways to help those affected by the fires in Los Angeles, I have a place for you to start with financial donations.

Charity Navigator has a li

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/how-to-help-those-in-los-angeles-part-1/

#California #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #USA #Volunteering #Weather #CaliforniaWildfires #Diasater #EartonFire #fire #help #helping #HurstFire #LAFire #LAFires #PalisadesFire #volunteer #wildfires

https://www.europesays.com/1760142/ Day 5 of L.A. fire siege focuses on threat to Brentwood, Encino #america #brentwood #CalmWind #CatastrophicPalisades #encino #fire #firefighter #FLAME #Friday #GustySantaAnaWind #LosAngelesTimes #mph #official #PalisadesFire #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews #water #week

Time lapse video shows growth of massive L.A. Palisades fire overnight
Todd Hopkins with CalFire said on Saturday morning that the Palisades fire is now 21,596 acres in size and only 11 per cent contained.
#fire #weather #LA #Palisades #LAFires #LosANgelesWildfires #TimelapseVideo
https://globalnews.ca/news/10954346/time-lapse-video-massive-la-palisades-fire-overnight/

Many of the best humans I have had the honor to know are Mexican.

Mexican fire brigades risking lives to help California. Thank you, MEXICO! Proud of them all 🇲🇽

"Sometimes the people that you hurt the most end up being the people that help save you ♥️🥺-Maria"

#LA #Fire #mexico #lafires #calfire #cafire #bomberosvoluntarios #firefighters #volunteers

Mexico sends firefighters to help battle devastating Los Angeles wildfires
In a post on social media, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said the group left for Los Angeles on Saturday morning. The fires in LA are still burning.
#fire #wildfire #support #politics #Mexico #LosAngeles #LA #LAFires #LosAngelesfire #LosANgelesWildfires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10954276/mexico-sends-firefighters-battle-los-angeles-fires/

Mexico sends firefighters to help battle devastating Los Angeles wildfires
In a post on social media, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said the group left for Los Angeles on Saturday morning. The fires in LA are still burning.
#fire #wildfire #support #politics #Mexico #LosAngeles #LA #LAFires #LosAngelesfire #LosANgelesWildfires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10954276/mexico-sends-firefighters-battle-los-angeles-fires/

Mexico sends firefighters to help battle devastating Los Angeles wildfires
In a post on social media, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said the group left for Los Angeles on Saturday morning. The fires in LA are still burning.
#fire #wildfire #support #politics #Mexico #LosAngeles #LA #LAFires #LosAngelesfire #LosANgelesWildfires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10954276/mexico-sends-firefighters-battle-los-angeles-fires/

https://www.europesays.com/1759137/ Day 5: LA Fires Could Be California’s Costliest Ever #acre #america #business #California #city #crowley #fire #home #LaBlaze #LateThursday #LosAngelesArea #LosAngelesCounty #NextWeek #PalisadesFire #people #resident #UnauthorizedDrone #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

TL;DR: One of the two water bombers sent by the Québec government to fight the wildfires in California is grounded due to damage from impact with a private drone that was flying in restricted airspace.

What a shame. 🤦

#LosAngeles #WildFire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #Fire #LA

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2131793/feux-foret-avion-citerne-quebec-drone

#fire #fires #lafire #lafires #lafires2025
#Climate #ClimateChange #climatechange2025 #California #CaliforniaWildFire
The Great Fire
Friends,
The following is the best account I’ve read of the fire that’s consuming Los Angeles. It’s from Steve Schmidt’s substack, The Warning. (steveschmidt.substack.com.

“….The scale of the conflagration is biblical. These epochal fires will join Chicago and San Francisco atop an infamous registry of American destruction….”

https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/the-great-fire?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios

Best LA wildfire briefing--without the BS--via Zeke Lunder's "The Lookout."

Lunder is a long-time professional wildfire geographer and burn boss based in Chico, California.

If you want quick no-nonsense wildfire briefings, he is your go to guy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ybFRdM07HQ

#LosAngeles #WildFire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #Fire #LA

Food for serious thought.

"Australia is not well-prepared for scenarios such as this. But rather than be fatalistic and assume urban areas are open game for wildfires, effort is needed from all levels of government and community to reduce the risk of fires impacting suburban and semi-suburban areas.

"That means better boundaries between houses and keeping fuel loads low. It also means households, councils and fire authorities having a plan for when fires hit. This may mean implementing planning rules to enforce safer gardens or the clearing of bushland behind homes. But such measures will be controversial in many cases."

#Fire #LAfires https://www.smh.com.au/national/could-what-happened-in-la-occur-here-short-answer-yes-20250110-p5l3co.html

#disaster #disasters #fire #fires #lafires #lafire #ClimateChange #Climate

Given the natural disasters , LA fires for example, worldwide this is a good idea.

https://www.ready.gov/kit

FEMA assistance for those affected by the LA fires:

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250109/fema-assistance-available-individuals-affected-wildfires-california

#LAfires #relief #help #fire #disaster

Was talking w/someone yesterday about how there’s an opportunity to build differently when re-building, to use more fire resistant materials & techniques (ex: roof designs less prone to catching embers can be used).

Availability, at scale, of materials like insulated composite concrete forms (ICCFs) and foam concrete could maybe reduce individual building costs. Normally a single structure using them would bear costs alone; now some economies of scale are maybe possible.

#LAfires #fire

I see the fires in LA as the burning of the old world. #Hollywood is the single most recognizable cultural thing of the 20th century, and along with everything else in the last few years, it's going down in flames.

Very sorry for the people who are losing their homes, but the amount of homelessness in LA tells me that others lost their home years earlier already, and no one batted an eye.

#civilization #humanity #la #lafires #losangeles #fires #fire #culture #climatechange #movies #environment

@PasadenaHumane is seeing a growing number of animals arriving with burns and injuries from the devastating wildfires. 💔🐕🐈

If you encounter injured wildlife, text their Wildlife Helpline at 👉 (626) 344-1129.

Via: @PasadenaHumane

🌍👉 @worldanimalnews_ @peace_4animals
#WorldAnimalNews #Wildlife #Wildfire #LA #Fire #LosAngeles #Socal #California #Animals #WildfireRelief #AnimalRescue #HelpNeeded #PrayForLA #EatonFire

‘Apocalyptic’: Albertans living in California share their stories of fleeing the inferno
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/

‘Apocalyptic’: Albertans living in California share their stories of fleeing the inferno
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/

‘Apocalyptic’: Albertans living in California share their stories of fleeing the inferno
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/

‘Apocalyptic’: Albertans living in California share their stories of fleeing the inferno
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/

‘Apocalyptic’: Albertans living in California share their stories of fleeing the inferno
Calgarians living in the Los Angeles area describe apocalyptic scenes as wildfires continue to burn uncontrolled, destroying thousands of homes.
#wildfire #disaster #evacuation #California #LosAngeles #Environment #Fire #Albertafires #Californiafires
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951551/los-angeles-wildfires-albertans/

Some thoughts on house fires (having had one).

I see right now they're saying over 5000 buildings burned in one of the LA fires, and 1000 from another. But the the number will increase.

In some respect having your house reduced to ashes is easier. You just build a new one. Assuming the money is available of course.

But a lot of people will find that they didn't insure the contents of the house for enough. And they didn't have riders for particularly unique items. Check yours; even if you rent.

Others won't have documentation of what they had in the house, and the insurance will want proof they don't have. Video your house while talking about stuff. Save receipts in the cloud for major items.

But there will also be homes that survived the fires, and maybe they don't even look too bad. But it's not that simple. The plus, you can document what you lost, and you don't need to start the house from scratch. The minus, rebuilding has complicated decisions. And what survived is not as clear as you might think.

A few decades ago we had a house fire when we were away. Halogen torchère lamp without a wire cover. Some papers fell onto it from a bookcase. Lamp was on a timer.

A neighbor spotted the smoke. The fire department got there quickly. The house was just a few minutes from the flashpoint where everything in the house would have gone up at once. The microwave melted. The finish on the newer furniture upstairs melted. The thermostat upstairs melted. It was very close.

• An insurance adjuster came and spent a week inventorying everything in the house. He produced a 100 page spreadsheet. We had to put values on all of it.
• I hired a friend to help me in the library. We went through every book, keeping those lower down that survived, tearing the covers off the upper ones so we could see what they were, and recording title and author of everything. My original US copy of The Hobbit looks like someone found it in Smaug's treasure pile.
• Every piece of clothin,Cloth, rugs.... had to be treated for smoke. Only about a third survived the treatment. Leather was hopeless; it came out brittle.
• Newer furniture with cheap finishes was hopeless. Some of the antique wood ones we had refurbished. They'd super lightly sand the grime off. But one of my dressers still smells like smoke on hot days.
• And the smoke was the issue. We had two choices. Tear it down. Or remove all the interior paneling, and coat the framing in a sealant that would keep any smoke smell from escaping. Because that smell was embedded in every piece of unprotected wood in the house. We went with the latter, and it worked. But wow that was a lot of work.
• Rebuilding took about six months. We had to rent a house. Friends donated furniture. Our kids were still able to go to the same schools. With a fire like this that's going to be much harder. Where are those folks going to stay? Where are they going to get contractors? Richer folks are going to be in a bidding war for contractors, prices will be insane.

I will say, USAA insurance was a dream. They even went to bat for us when the contractor tried to cut corners. Not sure if they are still that good though. And of course a lot of insurance companies have left CA, and this fire might bankrupt some. The current insurance (and the "you have to rebuild to get the money") model are not going to survive climate change.

We were very lucky. We ended up with a home that was even more personalized. I ran Ethernet to every room! (Just in time for wifi to make it unnecessary) And we lost very few things that were irreplaceable. It's going to be a lot harder for these people, and it's going to impact many many people who didn't even lose anything.

#housefire #fire #PalisadesFire

« Captors Of Fire » by Nicholas Roerich

🔗 · https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/772242953918889984/nicholasroerich-captors-of-fire-1938-nicholas

#arts #artshare #paintings 🎨 #NicholasRoerich #fire #light

Ugh! Got an evac order. Spouse had a meltdown. They rescinded it as an error 15 minutes later. Guessing it went countywide because it took 10 minutes to resolve the link. Bet all the servers crashed. Friends are being displaced tho. We've arranged lodging for two households.

#LAFire #LAFires #Fire #palisadesfire #Writer #Author #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #Emergency

"In a neighborhood where 59% of households earn more than $150,000 annually, where 80% of residents are white, where the average home price surpasses what most Americans earn in a lifetime — nature reminded us all that wealth provides no shelter from what's coming."

https://theprogressivists.substack.com/p/the-flames-wont-spare-any-zip-code

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#fire #LAfires #ClimateChange

LA 211 has paired up with Airbnb, and anyone who has been evacuated because of the Palisades fire can stay in an Airbnb for one week at no charge.

Just dial 2-1-1 or visit

www.211LA.org

Repost reshare steal crosspost send this wide.

#lafire #palisadesfire #pch #airbnb #emergency #mutualaid #disaster #losangelesfires #sunsetfire #fire #wildfire #calfire #usa #california #share #crosspost

Link-o-Rama for aid to those affected by the Los Angeles fires:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/how-to-help-victims-of-pacific-palisades-eaton-and-hurst-fires

#LAfires #MutualAid #dogs #cats #fire

#hollywood #usa #fire #losangeles

God's punishment for #Gaza

🔥🔥🔥 Wow. This aerial footage, #LosAngeles #fire

#FireLosAngeles
#PalisadesFire
#PacificPalisades

https://youtu.be/3lrd2jspHHA?si=zSDgPLzyt9luVz9A

This person, who is blaming #DEI for the #fire fighting in #LA, is the latest addition to the #LATimes editorial board. Nauseating.

If you haven't canceled your subscription to #PatrickSoonShiong's campaign to undermine #democracy through #media #disinformation, now might be the right time.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/scott-jennings-says-la-firefighters-too-busy-promoting-diversity/

#PatrickSoonShiong
#LosAngelesTimes
#ScottJennings
#MAGA
#ClimateChange

This person, who is blaming #DEI for the #fire fighting in #LA, is the latest addition to the #LATimes editorial board. Nauseating.

If you haven't canceled your subscription to #PatrickSoonShiong's campaign to undermine #democracy through #media #disinformation, now might be the right time.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/scott-jennings-says-la-firefighters-too-busy-promoting-diversity/

#PatrickSoonShiong
#LosAngelesTimes
#ScottJennings
#MAGA
#ClimateChange

This seems like a good day to repost these.
#lafires #fire #climatechange #Climate

Watching the local news to find out where the #PalisadesFire is currently. Concerned because there's Topanga State Park, which if the fire spreads in that direction, it could add a lot of fuel to the #fire. It has been so windy all day that my windows have been rattling. They say the winds are expected to get worse after 10pm. 🙏 💔

'Heartbreaking' fire in Grampians grows to more than 74,000 hectares

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-27/grampians-fire-grows-ahead-of-cool-change/104764672

#News #Bushfire #Australia #Grampions #Disaster #fire

#Plauralistic | #SocialMedia needs (dumpster) fire exits

https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/14/fire-exits/#graceful-failure-modes

#Fire|Exits #Twitter #BlueSky #Mastodon