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Hurricane-strength winds played a major role in the deadly wildfires that have ravaged the Los Angeles area this week. Powerful winds, locally known as the Santa Ana winds, swept down the mountains outside the city and spread wildfires into several neighborhoods, creating a terrifying scene. @ScienceAlert tells us more, including why the fire risk was so high:

https://flip.it/v_2p.3

#Science #Wildfire #LAFires #LosAngeles


Air purifiers in Home Depots around Central #LosAngeles are sold out. #LAFires #AirQuality #PublicHealth https://buff.ly/4hcSUDr


The scale of loss due to the fires experienced this week in Southern California is incomprehensible. So many businesses and homes burned including several of my Disney Imagineering colleagues. #LAFirestorm2025 #LAfires #Disneylandfires #firestorm



#wildfires #lafires #losangeles #usa #trump #news #maga #trump

The president of #Mexico confirmed the deployment of Mexican firefighters to LA, underscoring the importance of cooperation in battling natural disasters that know no borders. The contingent includes experienced forest fire specialists prepared to work alongside US crews.

https://belatina.com/mexican-firefighters-rush-wildfires-california/


#losangeles #wildfires #california #lafires

WARNING: #Google Voice is flagging LEGITIMATE robocalls from insurance companies to their customers in L.A. regarding the fires as spam. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS! GOOGLE AI DOES IT AGAIN! https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/113805555717709525


The president of Mexico confirmed the deployment of Mexican firefighters to LA, underscoring the importance of cooperation in battling natural disasters that know no borders. The contingent includes experienced forest fire specialists prepared to work alongside US crews.

I wouldn't be surprised if Trump will try to round up these heroic men who're willing to help fight the #LaFires, & put them in detention camps.

#GOPRacists #MassDeportations #Firefighters

https://belatina.com/mexican-firefighters-rush-wildfires-california/


This gives some good perspective for those of us who know absolutely nothing about firefighting. Gift article.

The Unfightable Fire
The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.

Michael Wara, a former member of California’s wildfire commission who now directs a climate-and-energy-policy program at Stanford, told me. “Firefighting is not going to be effective in the context we saw a few days ago,” when winds were highest, he said. “You could put a fire truck in every driveway and it would not matter.”
#LAFires

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/01/los-angeles-palisades-eaton/681269/?gift=paXrzEeXszI291OZnrY90kS0ciVBbBMw2vcC9KRlbW4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share


This morning LA fire officials indicate that they have become aware of false evacuation orders circulating that appear to come from the official emergency management text warning system. This maybe a cyber security incident but it's not know yet exactly how these texts were sent.

#LAFires #cybersecurity #LAFD


More to the point, here's the receipts on the LA Fire Department's budget cuts.

The fire chief wrote a 20+ page report on how the cuts were real and seriously impact their ability to fight big fires. They literally had to cut pilot training hours for airborne fire fighters.

https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2024/24-1600_rpt_bfc_12-17-24.pdf

#LA #LAFD #KarenBass #KristinCrowley #LAFires #acab




LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said over amonth ago that the $17.6million budget cut would hamper their ability to respond to large fires. That money was directed to cops instead.

In this segment the fire chief repeats that these budget cuts were real and have real negative impacts in the quality of service they can provide.

Chief Crowley says they did what they could with what they had & suggests it wasn't possible to contain this fire at any funding level.

#LA #LAFires #LAFD #KristinCrowley


Mutual Aid activists in Los Angeles this morning reported that homeless sweeps continued this week unabated despite the continuing fires.

If you're wealthy and lost your home the city is rolling out the hearts, prayers and demands you're compensated by insurance and the government for your loss.

But if you're homeless and living on a sidewalk they will come take your tent, expose you to the wild fire smoke and elements.

#Homeless #LA #LAFires #MutualAid #TheWarOnTents
Government workers in masks to protect themselves from the LA fire smoke steal homeless people's possessions and throw them into a trash truck. They leave the homeless to fend for themselves without their basic survival supplies like tents and cooking gear.




It’s really hard to center yourself in a time like this, but remember you need to do that to be able to serve others. Please enjoy this video of mine from several years ago about self care in a crisis, why it’s not selfish, it’s necessary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yg-UxbC4SM

#selfcare #losangeles #california #LAfires #wildfires #wildfire #disaster #anxiety #mentalhealth


#lafires #palisadesfire #eatonfire

Reposted from Bluesky:

Updated 1/10/25: WCK will have free meals available in California for first responders and community members impacted by the Southern California wildfires at the locations listed here: https://wck.org/ca-meals. Share with anyone in the area in need of support. #ChefsForCalifornia

Their link tree: https://linktr.ee/wckitchen


Not strictly a #FollowFriday post, maybe more of a #ShoutOut post?

But, I wanted to highlight some of the Mastodon posters I see consistently in the hashtags I've been following who have been diligently sharing information regarding the #LAFires:

@BakerRL75
@ai6yr
@MiBaWi
@steter
@mappingsupport
@meganL
@dancingdogs
@cookiesinheaven
@ucaccessnow

Thank you, all! 🙏


It has been estimated that $150 billion will be required to repair the Malibu district of the #lafires alone

Can't help wonder what the upshot of spending the same amount of money on #climatechange prevention would have brought about


Regardless mistakes that were made, completely amoral how republicans and Musk use LA fires for political purposes
#LAfires #politics #musk #republicans


We have multiple members of the @wagtail community who have been impacted by the #lafires. I'm happy to report that everyone I have made contact with is safe.

However, James Ray, a dev who has been familiar friendly face at Wagtail Space and DjangoCon has lost his home. If you would like to help James and his family get back on their feet, please consider donating to their GoFundMe fundraiser.

#wagtail #django #Python

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bonnie-and-james-rebuild-after-eaton-fire


With carbon pollution fueling hotter summers, weather whiplash, and fiercer Santa Ana winds, the dead of winter is now fire season in southern California, after the hottest year in human history.
#LAFires #climatechange #fossilfuels #climatejustice https://hillheat.news/p/big-oil-burns-down-los-angeles


Jamie Lee Curtis is right to make the comparison and the only outrage reported is from Twitter, which has a massive right wing bias.

So bravo Jamie Lee Curtis, it IS right to compare obliterated neighbourhoods due to human action, (explicit or systemic)

#JamieLeeCurtis #LAFires #Gaza
Jamie Lee Curtis faces backlash for ‘atrocious comparison’ of Palisades fire to Gaza

The Oscar-winning actor recently donated $1 million to a fire relief fund to support Los Angeles amid raging


Insurer faces up to $24 billion in losses from California fires https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/fair-plan-insurance-losses-20025263.php #Insurance #LAFires #Wildfire


LA fires could worsen California’s stressed #insurance market https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/01/la-fires-california-insurance/ #wildfires #LAFires


It really doesn't take much to start fires under dry conditions and hot winds. #LAFires


I dont care for Kunstler's overarching worldview... Right/Assjack Libertarian, but he IS a good critic of American Dysfunctional Society.

'You know by now that #LA Mayor Bass was unavailable for the early innings of the conflagration, having flown to the West African nation of Ghana for the inauguration of the new president...(Meanwhile) Governor #Newsom dallied on a smoke-filled street with CNN’s disaster specialist,'

#Apocalypse Still Unspooling
https://www.kunstler.com/p/apocalypse-still-unspooling #LAFires #LosAngeles


The problem with the modern world is that every pic of the LA fires I see (and I am not seeking them out) looks fake. It is nearly impossible, at a glance, to tell the difference between a picture of reality and something artificially generated. Consequently, you start to doubt EVERYTHING just as the vultures want you to.

#photography #AI #tech #LAfires


I'm skulking on Bluesky to keep track of fire news. Just saw this gift essay link from a climate scientist who recently decided to leave California.

"No place is truly safe anymore. A few months ago, Hurricane Helene pummeled the western part of my new state and the city of Asheville, which many once considered a climate haven. The Pacific Northwest seemed safe until the 2021 heat dome. Hawaii seemed safe until the deadly fires on Maui in 2023.

For those who have lost everything in climate disasters, the apocalypse has already arrived."

#LAFires
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opinion/la-fires-los-angeles-wildfires.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE4.Hmzl.09j1agvEanRH


"As relentless wildfires continue to ravage areas in Los Angeles, tens of thousands are being forced to evacuate their homes and find safety while firefighters work to put out the flames.

For those looking for ways to help, NBC News has reviewed and vetted organizations that are aiding in relief efforts on the ground.

Here is a list of verified charities. Click on the names of each for more information how to help."

#LAFires #Altruism #California
https://www.today.com/news/climate/california-fires-how-to-help-rcna186875


https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-09/drone-collides-with-firefighting-aircraft-over-palisades-fire-faa-says

Don't fly your goddamn drones over fires. It grounded a plane when no one has enough of any of this equipment during a disaster. There is no conceivable scenario where anyone needs to do this.

#LAFires #Drones #Disasters


"Local, state, out-of-state mutual aid, & fed partners are hard at work battling the historic hurricane-force firestorms in Southern CA:

🧑‍🚒 8,000+ Personnel
🪖 600+ California Nat. Guard Members
🚒 991 Fire Engines, Dozers & Water Tenders
🚁 40 Helicopters"
TY, Brandon Richards

LA Mayor Bass, CA Gov Newsom, Pres Biden, firefighters & their chiefs, NG, first responders...
They've led Herculean efforts with dignity & expertise.

#Republicans who've disparaged them should be shamed.

#USPol #LAFires