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The estimated cost of #LAFires is now at $57 billion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/business/dealbook/los-angeles-fires-costs.html
#lafires

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
#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.
#lafires @Zoom Earth

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
#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/

DIY box fan filters – Corsi-Rosenthal box - Clean Air Crew

Also known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box, this DIY method of building your own air filter with MERV13 furnace filters and a box fan are an easy and cost-effective way to help clear indoor air from airborne virus particles, wildfire smoke, pollen, dust, an…
Admin (Clean Air Crew)
#palisades #lafires

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

#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
#nasa #california #losangeles #wildfire #jpl #pasadena #lafires

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

#LAFires #California #SanJose
#california #SanJose #lafires

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...

ExxonMobil | 4Q 2023 Earnings

SPRING, Texas – February 2, 2024 – Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced fourth-quarter 2023 earnings of $7.6 billion, or $1.91 per share assuming dilution.
ExxonMobil
#lafires

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/

Mutual Aid LA Network

Mutual Aid LA Network is a connector and information hub for mutual aid efforts across Los Angeles.
Mutual Aid LA Network
#mutualaid #losangeles #lafires

#comic #notfunny #lafires #capitalism

#comic #capitalism #NotFunny #lafires

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
#losangeles #la #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
#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.
#writingcommunity #writer #author #emergency #writersofmastodon #fire #palisadesfire #lafire #lafires

To all the Angelenos who just got an incorrect evacuation notice and its follow-up:
#LAFires #LAFires2025 #IgnoreMe
#lafires #lafires2025 #ignoreme

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
#palisadefire #eatonfire #lafires #cafire

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

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
#lafires

https://hyperallergic.com/982535/it-looks-like-a-bomb-exploded-la-artists-grapple-with-loss-as-fires-rage/
#LAfires

“It Looks Like a Bomb Exploded”: LA Artists Grapple With Loss as Fires Rage

“I literally only have the clothes I’m wearing, but that’s the same story as thousands of others,” artist Amir Nikravan told Hyperallergic.
Valentina Di Liscia (Hyperallergic)
#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
#mutualaid #romancelandia #lafires @Romancelandia group

@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

From above, photos capture neighborhoods ravaged by fire in Southern California

Major wildfires around Los Angeles raged for a third straight day on Thursday, as firefighters struggled to put out blazes in some areas while in others evacuees returned to their homes, only to find them smoldering in ash.
PETER PRENGAMAN (AP News)
#news #photography #photos #photojournalism #lafires #losangelesfires @Associated Press

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEn2HH6R-50/?igsh=MTZ1NDl5am95YnN2Ng==

Rachel Gilmore is one of a few dozen actual journalists in the c/a/n/a/d/a project. #rachelgilmore #climatechange #lafires #fuckingliars
#climatechange #fuckingliars #lafires #rachelgilmore

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

Eaton Fire Devastates Historic Altadena, Displacing Black Families and Destroying Legacies

While celebrity losses grab headlines, the Eaton Fire has destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in Altadena, displacing Black families who’ve shaped the community for generations. Here's a brief history of the community.
BET
#lafires

Multiple reports say that the building housing the Theosophical Society of America in Los Angeles has been destroyed along with the majority of its artifacts by the devastating fires.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/01/la-fires-claim-theosophical-society-building-and-archives.html

#lafires #losangeles #TheosophicalSociety #Theosophy #pagan #cafires #palisadesfire

LA Fires claim Theosophical Society building and archives

Manny Moreno (The Wild Hunt)
#pagan #losangeles #palisadesfire #lafires #theosophicalsociety #theosophy #cafires

“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

As LA burns, conspiracy peddlers lie about—and celebrate—the danger we’re living through

The sky is smoldering, alongside online misinformation and right-wing bigotry.
Mother Jones
#ecology #climatecrisis #democracy #climatechange #greenparty #politics #california #losangeles #peace #wildfire #socialjustice #lafires #greennewdeal #ecosocialism #GreenSocialist

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
#climatechange #lafires

"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

THE FLAMES WON'T SPARE ANY ZIP CODE

As Pacific Palisades tragically evacuates, we're learning the hard way that climate disaster spares no one (and sadly many communities have known this truth all along).
Jo Lorenz: The Progressivists (The Progressivists)
#climatechange #fire #lafires

Force majeure

You will hear the insurance companies screaming it.

Proving that insurance is a scam.

#LAFires
#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

#lafires

"How do we acquire, monetise and enshittify this app" the ghouls of Capitalism will be asking...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/05/watch-duty-wildfire-app

#WatchDuty #LAFires
#lafires #watchduty

In the Face of Disaster, A New Age of Solidarity
Recommended reading.

#climateChange #trump #laFires
#trump #climatechange #lafires

Time fact-checks Rs:

While fires raged, Qs swirled around LA's readiness. Some on SM *esp. X, incl. LAT's owner P Soon-Shiong, accused Bass of cutting the fire dept’s budget, but Politico reported: the city’s fire budget actually⬆️ >$50M year-over-year comp. to the last budget cycle-.

Musk: Bass is “utterly incompetent” & reposted posts -suggested she was a “DEI hire.” Caruso *lost to Bass in the 2022 -condemned her absence-.

Trump blamed her/Gov/Dems.

#USPol #LAFires https://time.com/7205815/karen-bass-los-angeles-wildfires-mayor-controversy/

Breaking Down the Controversy Over LA Mayor Karen Bass and the Wildfires

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism for being out of the country when the devastating wildfires began to ravage the city.
Nik Popli (Time)
#uspol #lafires

There's no closure in this news video with an elderly Los Angeles couple who are going to see if their home burned down in the Eaton fire, but their daughter manages to bring things back to reality with a shout-out to climate change at the end. #LAFires #LAFires2025 #EatonFire

https://youtu.be/PBu123wtk3A

"I think it's not there"; Elderly Altadena couple journeys back to presumably lost home

An injured elderly Altadena couple walks to their presumably lost home Thursday morning after evacuating the day prior. Lauren Coronado reports for NBCLA at ...
YouTube
#eatonfire #lafires #lafires2025

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