The price mechanism 🥰 #CaliforniaFires #economics

”High insurance prices are how the market both signals that an area is a risky place to live […] When governments mess with insurance prices—either through subsidies, cheap public insurance, or price controls—the result is always the same. More people move to dangerous areas that are highly susceptible to natural disasters. (1/2)

Which Celebrities Evacuated or Had Homes Burned? https://www.inbella.com/872901/which-celebrities-evacuated-or-had-homes-burned/ #CaliforniaFires #CelebritiesNews #DeniseCrosby #EugeneLevy #JamieLeeCurtis #L.A. #MandyMoore #PacificPalisades #SpencerPratt #TaylorGoldsmith

You know, online and offline I see so much "thank you, firefighters!". Yeah, thank you? For what!? Nobody lifted a finger to help me or gave a damn about me: up until the moment I witnessed the flames and bugged out I saw not a single "first responder" doing a lick of work.

#disaster #government #society #wildfires #PalisadesFire #fire #CaliforniaFires #self #thoughts

My cartoon for today. #Trumpolini #FelonAndElon #environment #californiaFires #cartoons #AIart

This is part of the joint venture called Stargate that Trump announced yesterday. They're saying this stuff out loud now. They're literally telling us about the dystopian police/surveillance state they have planned for us. Americans are far too subservient to the rich & powerful.

https://x.com/HamptonThink/status/1882125078982533154

#usa
#fascism
#copcity
#policestate
#socialism
#democracy
#californiafires
#health
#socialwork
#humanrights
#anarchism
#tech
#oracle
#larryellison

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some perspectives on the recent California fire incident. What are your thoughts on the situation? How do you think we can better prevent and respond to wildfires in the future?#CaliforniaFires #WildfireRelief

Thanks, politics girl
#ForAllTheStupidPeople #CaliforniaFires

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEx-TaURoQq/?igsh=MWloN3NoNDQydXMxaQ==

Fireaid to raise funds for victims of #CaliforniaFires

https://ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/fireaid-music-acts-announced/

Indigenous peoples and the California fires:
1. https://ictnews.org/news/native-nations-respond-to-los-angeles-fires
2. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/tribes-mobilize-fire-crews-resources-for-southern-california
3. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-15/us-could-learn-from-australia-s-first-nations-firefighters

#DRR #LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #California #fires #Indigenous #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoples

Just like with #PFAS-laden #FirefightingFoam, less #Toxic alternatives are out there, but expense is often cited as a roadblock. TBH, things that benefit the environment and society shouldn't cost more than the toxic originals -- and toxic chemicals should be replaced! Period! Make #BigChemical pay! (Since they probably knew about the hazards but hid them from the public. As usual with Big anything these days...!)

A #PinkPowder is being used to fight #CaliforniaFires. It's getting everywhere

by Nadine Yousif, January 13, 2025

"Its use has been controversial in the past over its potential effects on the #environment.

"A lawsuit filed in 2022 by the #ForestServiceEmployees for #EnvironmentalEthics, an organisation made up of current and former employees of the #USForestService, accused the federal agency of violating the country's clean water laws by dumping #chemical #FireRetardant from planes onto forests.

"It argued that the chemical kills fish and is not effective.

"The following year, a US District judge agreed with the employees, but in her ruling allowed the Forest Service to continue using the retardant as it seeks a permit to do so from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

"The case drew the attention of communities devastated by #wildfires in the past, including the town of #ParadiseCalifornia, which was destroyed by fire in 2018.

"Its then-mayor, Greg Bolin, hailed the judge's ruling, saying it ensures communities 'have a fighting chance' in the face of fires.

"The Forest Service told NPR that this year, it phased out the use of one type of #PhosChek formula - #PhosChekLC95 - in favour of another - #MVPFx - saying that the latter is less toxic to #wildlife.

"The Forest Service also has a mandatory ban in place on dropping fire retardant in sensitive environmental areas, like waterways and habitats of endangered species. There are exceptions to the ban, however, in cases 'when human life or public safety are threatened.'"

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqng957jo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#FireRetardant #FishKills #Wildfires #Firefighting

"In last November’s election, a majority of #California voters declined to outlaw forced labour among incarcerated people, who make up around 30 per cent of California’s firefighters and are paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day. At least eight hundred of them are now up against #LA’s infernos. What the state will not pay to provide it will extract through coercion." - Anahid Nersessian

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/january/under-the-santa-anas
#CaliforniaFires #LAfires #CaliforniaWildfires #LAwildfires #LosAngeles

How To Help Those In Los Angeles – Part 2

Next up on how to help people in Los Angeles after the fires of January, 2025, are a few GoFundMe options. (Part 1 of how to help is here)

First, GoFundMe.org has an overall fund to help fire victims on its site. If you don't want to spend time fin

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/how-to-help-those-in-los-angeles-part-2/

#Volunteering #Altadena #CaliforniaFires #fire #fires #LAFires #LosAngeles #PacificPalisades #volunteer #wildfire

Can we all agree that the firefighters and first responders, including the incarcerated firefighters are all heroes? #CaliforniaFires

"The loss of more than 90 per cent of #SouthernCalifornia’s agricultural buffer zone is the principal if seldom mentioned reason #wildfires increasingly incinerate such spectacular swathes of luxury real estate. [...] what makes us most vulnerable is the abruptness of what is called the ‘wildland-urban interface’, where real estate collides with #FireEcology." - #MikeDavis

#California Burns (2007)

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v29/n22/mike-davis/california-burns
#CaliforniaFires #LAFires #ecocide #ecology #urbanism #UrbanTheory

#CaliforniaFires
EVERY WORD SPEWED BY TRUMP, MUSK, GOP OR MAGA IS A LIE
HOW COME THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN ONE PENNY TO HELP AMERICANS?
"The Real-World Consequences of Disinformation-
The firehose of lies during the California wildfires"
Bravo @olganyc.bsky.social
https://open.substack.com/pub/olgalautman/p/from-social-media-to-chaos-the-real?r=x9iw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Ukraine is ready to help the USA with extinguishing fires in California. Ukrainian President instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs and diplomats to prepare for the possible participation of Ukrainian rescuers in the fight against the fires. Ukraine has already offered assistance and 150 firefighters are prepared. #UkraineUSA #CaliforniaFires

Some would recall the President-Elect’s eloquent words of comfort to the 2018 #ParklandSchoolShooting victims when he said that he would “run in there even if I didn't have a weapon” to take down the #ActiveShooter and save the day.

Today the #PresidentElect wrote that #California “incompetent pols have no idea how to put” the #LAFires out, that “[t]hey just can’t put out the fires. What’s wrong with them?” He didn’t mention #FirstResponders. He gave no words of comfort to those that are suffering through this catastrophe.

But I can’t wait for #Jan20 because – like the ending of the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts and #MakingEggsCheaper – #President #Trump will get the #CaliforniaFires out on #DayOne of his #NewAdministration! Let him run in there amongst the flames in his #InagurationDay super-suit and quench the #wildfires with his famous #BigWater !

(See the award-winning photograph of the once-and-future president travelling incognito in northern California looking for the special #VeryLargeFaucet – that only he knows how to operate: for only he can save #LA – below:)

#MakeWaterGreatAgain #Sarcasm #USPol #USPolitics #CaliforniaPol #CaliforniaPolitics #LosAngelesFires

Just a reminder that the dry season in California, when wildfires normally happen, is from May to September. Late fall and winter are crucial for filling reservoirs and building snowpack.

We cannot let the news media normalize this as a "natural disaster" and erase the normal seasonality of these events.

https://www.drought.gov/dews/california-nevada

#ClimateChange
#ClimateDisaster
#ClimateEmergency
#CaliforniaFires
#LosAngeles
#wildfire

"From the mixed pine and oak forest in the Klamath Mountains to the Mojave Desert, Sierra Foothills, there is not an inch of California that is not now part of this conflagration and it's true throughout the American West of course"

2 great interviews from 2018 & 2021 on KPFK with the late Angeleno essayist #MikeDavis about #urbanism, "#FireEcology," colonial capitalism & #ecocide in #California

https://player.fm/series/kpfk-beneath-the-surface-2605305/beneath-the-surface-sunday-january-12-2025
#CaliforniaFires #ForestFires #ecology #UrbanTheory #LosAngeles

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-12-25/index.html #californiafires

I donated to World Central Kitchen today. It's not much, but every little bit helps. If you are looking for a way to help California or any area around the world, this is a wonderful organization that is helping in a real way that is immediate and visible. https://wck.org/
#WCK #CaliforniaFires #Donations

Please share this message to anyone using this horrendous & ongoing tragedy to blame or politicize it when people have lost everything, many have died & the fires are not yet contained:
Drink a cup of this⬇️
#californiafires

Experiences of people without housing in the #California #fires:
1. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/los-angeles-fires-unhoused-homelessness-crisis
2. https://www.marketplace.org/2025/01/10/los-angeles-wildfires-homeless-residents

#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #homeless #homelessness
#LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires

Experiences of people with disabilities in the #California #fires:
1. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/former-child-star-motivational-speaker-rory-sykes-dead-la-wildfires-1236107110
2. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/fleeing-california-wildfires-los-angeles
3. https://fortune.com/2025/01/09/wildfire-survivors-couldnt-get-uber-911-saved-by-strangers

#PeopleWithDisabilities #pwd #pwds #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #didrr
#LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires

Jennifer Garner becomes upset as she 'lost a friend' during wildfires.
https://youtu.be/ngQ0mLdmYy4
#JenniferGarner #wildfire #Wildfires2025 #WildfireCrisis #CaliforniaWildfires #California #californiafires #CaliforniaOnFire #CaliforniaWildfires2025 #LosAngelesFires #LosAngeles

Piers Morgan responds to sad news from California, amid Meghan and Harry's statement.
https://youtu.be/EM37OE0xH5k
#piersmorgan #PrinceHarry #MeghanMarkle #California #californiafires #wildfires #CaliforniaOnFire #CaliforniaBurning #CaliforniaWildfires2025 #californiawildfire

Image from ADSBExchange showing a C130 and Mad Dog passing each other going between Fox Field in Palmdale and the CA fires to load up and drop Phos-chek. It is interesting to watch all the helicopters clear when an MD-80 comes in.
#CaliforniaFires #Firefighters #Aircraft #California #PalisadesFire

I can't even begin to imagine how much of the wildlife has been killed by the #californiafires 🥺💔💔💔💔😭😭😭

For the people blaming others for the damage from the #californiafires Fire chief in Pacific Palisades says the sprinkler systems in all the homes started leaking out water all at the same time because of the scope of the fire leading to a loss of water pressure everywhere. He acknowledged that with the hurricane force winds, there's nothing they could have done differently to stop the devastating damage.

LA fires burn area twice the size of Manhattan – worst the city has seen in recent history | California wildfires | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/la-fires-acres-burned-damage

#CaliforniaFires

Ben Affleck is relieved after his luxurious property survives the LA wildfire.
https://youtu.be/c23Q8zffxLc
#BenAffleck #wildfires #Wildfire #CaliforniaWildfires #California #californiafires #californiawildfire #CaliforniaBurning #CaliforniaOnFire #CaliforniaDisaster

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘open home’ to those fleeing LA wildfires | Royal | News https://www.inbella.com/848960/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-open-home-to-those-fleeing-la-wildfires-royal-news/ #CaliforniaFires #HarryMeghan #MeghanHarryCalifornia #MeghanMarkle #PrinceHarry #Royal #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #RoyalGossip #Royals #RoyalsGossip #SussexWebsite #sussex.com

जंगल की आग ने लॉस एंजिल्स को तबाह कर दिया: पांच लोगों की मौत, हजारों इमारतें नष्ट
https://www.newsfeedindia.in/2025/01/los-angeles-wildfires-2025-destruction-deaths-evacuations.html
#LosAngeles #Wildfires #CaliforniaFires #SantaAnaWinds #DisasterRelief #Firefighters #Evacuations #AirQuality #PalisadesFire #LAnews

‘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/