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On the ground re the #LAFires from a writer who covers infrastructure & transpo in LA:
https://www.torched.la/zero-percent-containment/


When mainstream media actually nails it.

#climateChange #LAfires

https://thebulletin.org/2025/01/spreading-like-wildfire-how-trumps-misinformation-about-water-and-fire-in-los-angeles-inflames-the-situation/


Dystopian town life in one of the richest cities in the world.

Via somebody on bsky.

#lafires #dystopia
Screenshot of social media post describing millionaire waiting for $300 Amazon fresh delivery on his apartment balcony while LA burns.


Freaky to think the LA fires are happening in the northern winter. Normally Australia's firefighters are available to go over there in their fire season to help, but of course we're entering our own high season for fires right now.

Good luck all in California, thinking of you.

#LAfires


Courtesy of @zoom_earth , here is what the #LAFires looked like from space earlier today (time in UTC, I think):
A satellite view of earth above Los Angeles showing a massive amount of smoke drifting mostly from two points near Los Angeles out towards the Pacific Ocean.
The same satellite view, this time with red markers indicating hot spots; most are active wildfires.
There are many of them, the largest of which are very close to Los Angeles.


Quebecair water bomber hit a drone while doing a drop on the Palisades fire, hole in a wing, grounded - also means the plane will out for months

Seriously, anyone flying an unauthorized drone in a fire zone needs a summary lobotomy

#LAfire #LAfires #CALfire


In a pinch you can even just tape one of the furnace filters to the back of a box fan. Take this info and spread it round! #lafires #palisades DIY box fan filters – Corsi-Rosenthal box - Clean Air Crew https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/


Watching an #LAFires press conference right now, and the sign language interpreter is the highlight. So expressive!! 😍


#nasa #jpl Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena has been evacuated due to #LAfires in #losangeles and this really complicated my husband's day! Unfortunately, they're not sure if that lab and the apps they run will ever be back online.

JPL to my husband: Yeah we're really sorry etc

My husband: IT'S FINE JUST GTFO!

Stuff can be replaced. Science will continue. Just be safe.

#california #pasadena #wildfire


Ugh, it smells like smoke outside and all I can think of is the fires in LA. 😞

#LAFires #California #SanJose


Two key figures about the #LAFires. The estimated cost is now US$57 billion: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/b... ExxonMobil's 2023 profits were US$36 billion: corporate.exxonmobil.com/news/news-re... Fossil fuel companies are now only viable because others pay the costs of global warming disasters.

The Costs of the Los Angeles F...


The Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network (MALAN) team is maintaining a list of resources available to those affected by the fires in the Google Sheet (follow link) and will update it with new resources or calls for volunteers & donations.
#mutualaid #lafires #losangeles

https://mutualaidla.org/


Are there lists going around yet of grassroots organizations on the ground in Los Angeles that are taking donations to help people affected by the fires? (Not the big orgs that take all the money for overhead.)

Update: Link in the first comment below. 1/n

#LA #LosAngeles #LAFires


I can't help wondering about the mechanical stresses all these firefighting aircraft are put through, due to such intensive use. How long until they needed to be grounded for sustained maintenance, I wonder? #LAFires


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
Evacuation Order Rescinded.


As enormous scope of the damage from #PalisadeFire & #EatonFire becomes clearer, I wanted to share this imagery depicting fire footprints (from 1/8) & potentially affected structures within them (provided by my colleague David Marvin @ Planet Labs). [Image below] #LAfires #CAfire


If it's hard to fathom how big L.A. County is, be aware that it covers over 400 square miles. #LAFires


Of course the US Republican Party and its supporters are fartlighting to change the conversation. #LAFires From the Iraq Invasion to climate denialism, no party has contributed more to this disaster. And they have no answers on global warming, or toxic fossil fuel pollution.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jrdunuv53kpblscdnseuzmca/post/3lfdrzc7n6c2m


Cool, cool, cool; just seems LA County Fire Department just sent an EVACUATION WARNING to all EVERYONE in the county.

I mean the fires are bad, but not "evacuate 10 million people; the entire county" bad

To top off the massive error, the alertla.org link for more info doesn't work

Sigh.

#LAFires


The indie book world, especially #Romancelandia, has done a remarkable job of stepping up to create online charity auctions and similar fundraisers for disaster-hit areas in the past.

If anyone is putting together something now for everyday people affected by the LA fires, please let me know. I will happily donate a bundle of audiobooks and promote the event.

Film friends, I hope filmmakers step up, too.Tag me in and I'll help.

#LAFires #MutualAid @romancelandia


@AssociatedPress photographers are bearing witness to the devastation caused by fires ripping through Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. Here are some of the images they captured: Neighborhoods recognizable from above only by the outlines of the streets, charred timbers and rubble, and plumes of smoke everywhere.

https://flip.it/irzL4I

#Photography #Photos #News #Photojournalism #LosAngelesFires #LAFires


Personally, I'm kinda tired of seeing celebrities in the #LAFires headlines. I'd much rather read ideas about what might be possible to help those who will never be able to afford to rebuild.

https://www.bet.com/article/7a2tc6/eaton-fire-devastates-altadena-leaving-black-families-among-the-forgotten-victims


“Some of the themes emerging are consistent: every #wildfire is accused of not being a wildfire at all but a planned attack for some sinister end. This serves two purposes: casting doubt on #climatechange & finding a politically useful target to pin a disaster on.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-conspiracies/

#Politics #EcoSocialism #Peace #Ecology #SocialJustice #Democracy #GreenSocialist #GreenParty #LAFires #LosAngeles #California #GreenNewDeal #ClimateCrisis


The trauma from these LA fires will be massive. I think Fires feel worse than storms or floods because you think you can fight them. First responders will be scarred, families will fall apart, and survivors will dread every heatwave or the smell of smoke on the wind.
A family member, a cop, went into Marysville after the 2009 Black Saturday fires. They spent two weeks there. At the time, they seemed fine, but years later, the trauma and PTSD are obvious. Even the photos of the devastation still shake me, and I wasn’t even there.
My thoughts are with those suffering. Honestly, I don’t care about celebrities—they’ll recover with their money and therapists. It’s everyday people and first responders who bear the real cost, living with grief, scars, and a lifetime of trauma. #lafires #climatechange


"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


Force majeure

You will hear the insurance companies screaming it.

Proving that insurance is a scam.

#LAFires


I don’t know who took this shocking picture, but it shows how close the fire got to JPL. 😱
Official updates from the lab are posted at: https://emergency.jpl.nasa.gov

🇫🇷 Les flammes de l’incendie d’Eaton au moment où elles étaient à proximité de JPL.
#LAfires