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21 minutes ago, HornPhD said:

Private firefighters? How would that work?

 

“Hey Chief! We just got a call from someone willing to pay top dollar! Should we start pulling the hoses and head over there?”

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The Marcus Licinius Crassus FD is at your service . . . for the right price. 

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    OK so we’re good.  At the Dena (old Sheraton) in Pasadena.  The whole hotel is full of Altadenaeans and their animals.  Shit is fucking crazy.  We’ve got 2 cats and a dog in our room. Cats are out of

  • Sbbruin
    Sbbruin

    Neighborhood is devastated. Looks like our house will survive. But many friends and neighbors lost their homes. My kids elementary school is gone. Our country club is gone. Neighborhood will neve

  • So we scored, in a way.  We met with ServPro today, and our place is so much more trashed than we thought.  The outside air smells perfectly fine, but our house smells like a campfire.  He went around

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2 things: GF was on a work trip and was flying from JFK-LAX.  Pilots said it was too rough in LA to fly safely, so they diverted to Vegas.

As to the Getty, the grounds there are spectacular.  I prefer the outdoor space to the inside of the museum.  If it was damaged, that sucks.

20 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I think one of the reporters mentioned it already burned down.

I'm not kidding.

Damn. I really liked the Marmalade Cafe that’s right next door. 

10 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory under mandatory evacuation now; Rose Bowl under evacuation warning.

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Why are they expanding the mandatory evacuation, are they expecting the Eaton fire to move west? They've had it contained decently well for the past few hours.

3 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

2 things: GF was on a work trip and was flying from JFK-LAX.  Pilots said it was too rough in LA to fly safely, so they diverted to Vegas.

As to the Getty, the grounds there are spectacular.  I prefer the outdoor space to the inside of the museum.  If it was damaged, that sucks.

Getty has been smart over the years utilizing hundreds of goats from local ranchers to eat down all the surrounding vegetation around the perimeter of the park.  Why the hell can't the rest of the valleys look at something like this to keep all the dense underbrush better controlled?

Good Lord, it looks like a city in Ukraine that’s been taking artillery fire from the Russians:

 

1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

Defending my house with a hose. This is my street. Wind blowing away from our house.
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First of all that sucks... but every cloud has its silver lining, a lot more boat time headed your way!  Well, unless those embers carry

I live just south of here it looks like it’s 5am outside. Ash is all over my cars.  I have 3 friends in the palisades. Their homes are gone. I swam and trained at Pali High. It’s gone.  The wind is wild 

1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

Defending my house with a hose. This is my street. Wind blowing away from our house.
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I have a truck my dude I can be up to help 

So with all this wind....how's the surf? I bet the waves are gnarly and totally tubular.

1 minute ago, crash_davis said:

So with all this wind....how's the surf? I bet the waves are gnarly and totally tubular.

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5 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Good Lord, it looks like a city in Ukraine that’s been taking artillery fire from the Russians:

 

 

 

23 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Is there seriously no (or very little) hydrant water in LA?

This is a MASSIVE scandal if so.  

3 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

So with all this wind....how's the surf? I bet the waves are gnarly and totally tubular.

They are offshore the ocean is flat. The gusts last night hit 80mph

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9 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

So with all this wind....how's the surf? I bet the waves are gnarly and totally tubular.

The Legacy of 'Apocalypse Now'

This is from the pier in Redondo. On a clear day you can see SM Malibu’s mountains etc.   those are storm clouds that’s all the smoke 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

They are offshore the ocean is flat. The gusts last night hit 80mph

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In my 20s, I hooked up with a 1982 playboy playmate in Hermosa. She was in her early 40s.

1 minute ago, crash_davis said:

In my 20s, I hooked up with a 1982 playboy playmate in Hermosa. She was in her early 40s.

Shes in her 80s now. You should look her up :) 

1 minute ago, crash_davis said:

In my 20s, I hooked up with a 1982 playboy playmate in Hermosa. She was in her early 40s.

Pics of playmate? 

What a nightmare. EVen the structures that survive will have a ton of smoke damage. This is going to be bad for the insurance industry and we all will probably pay

Just a matter of time before this happens in central Texas. I’m amazed it hasn’t already

Hope you all make it out ok through this

1 minute ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Shes in her 80s now. You should look her up :) 

Somethings are better left to the imagination and stuck in time. 

She did tell me stories of orgies with Gene Simmons and others at the Mansion.

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Lots of Air assets up. Coming in from the North. Tankers moving. These are on station.

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Buddy's crew in Idaho just mobilized.

I have a firefighter cousin in the bay area, she's with her crew working somewhere in LA now.

Say hi if you see her.

the winds are slowing in places and its light out now so the choppers are back up. we lost power several times through the night but back on now. 

4 separate fires all pretty much with 0% containment. insanity. 

2 minutes ago, miguelito said:

I have a firefighter cousin in the bay area, she's with her crew working somewhere in LA now.

Say hi if you see her.

And follow the rules. Something like this.

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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is someone starting these fires on purpose? Or is this just trees hitting power lines type of accidental fire?

This is insane. Hope all yall stay safe out there.

3 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

the winds are slowing in places and its light out now so the choppers are back up. we lost power several times through the night but back on now. 

4 separate fires all pretty much with 0% containment. insanity. 

These are tankers. Two on the bottom left are Canadian.

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5 minutes ago, miguelito said:

I have a firefighter cousin in the bay area, she's with her crew working somewhere in LA now.

Say hi if you see her.

Hi! Miguelito said that you would show me your tits. And thank you for your service.

1 minute ago, HOOKEM4 said:

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is someone starting these fires on purpose? Or is this just trees hitting power lines type of accidental fire?

This is insane. Hope all yall stay safe out there.

Supposedly the Palisades fire started in someone's backyard. Not sure of the cause but I doubt it was intentional. The winds are more likely the culprit. 

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These are tankers. Two on the bottom left are Canadian.

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Stupid question. Can they pick up and use salt water from the Pacific to dump on the fires, or fresh water only?

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

Supposedly the Palisades fire started in someone's backyard. Not sure of the cause but I doubt it was intentional. The winds are more likely the culprit. 

I have little doubt it happened almost exactly like this

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1 minute ago, crash_davis said:

Stupid question. Can they pick up and use salt water from the Pacific to dump on the fires, or fresh water only?

From our friend AI.

While technically ocean water can extinguish a fire, fire tankers generally do not use ocean water because the high salt content can severely damage the firefighting equipment, including pumps and hoses, due to corrosion, significantly reducing their effectiveness and lifespan; therefore, most firefighters avoid using seawater unless absolutely necessary and with proper maintenance procedures in place to mitigate the corrosive effects.

 

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1 minute ago, crash_davis said:

Stupid question. Can they pick up and use salt water from the Pacific to dump on the fires, or fresh water only?

It's the Palisades, so it's probably FIJI water only.   

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:


If you drink a lotta beer, you can add a gnarly piss to the firefighting equation.

Trust me, I’m a dude who pisses a lot.

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Short video of neighbors in Altadena spraying down house roof fighting to save home next door a house on fire.  LA and Riverside FD drive by, see the neighbors’ efforts, and take over.  Also, the reporter is blast from the Austin past Michelle Valles.

 

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5 minutes ago, 89Horn said:

Short video of neighbors in Altadena spraying down house roof fighting to save home next door a house on fire.  LA and Riverside FD drive by, see the neighbors’ efforts, and take over.  Also, the reporter is blast from the Austin past Michelle Valles.

 

 

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A long and proud tradition in SoCal:

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Just now, Duane Moore said:

A long and proud tradition in SoCal:

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Jesus, cedar shingles.  Have fun with that.  We had them on our hunting cabin before we replaced with sheet metal.  We still have piles of them and they light on fire like they are soaked in kerosene.  

28 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Stupid question. Can they pick up and use salt water from the Pacific to dump on the fires, or fresh water only?

Yes, the Canadian plane (CL-415) in picture was designed with corrosion resistent materials for salt water use.

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3 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Japan has a plan for such contingencies

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That'll never stop Gojira.

Sky looks crazy this morning. Stay safe guys, I’m in Monterey park if you need anything. 

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2 hours ago, Incredulity said:

Probably too soon, but I can't stop thinking about how fucked any property owner is for insurance in California.  This is unreal.

We are in Colorado, but all the same "concerns" for insurers here.  We were dropped by Geico earlier this year due to wildfire risk even without any wildfires affecting our direct area since we moved here 5 years ago.  The only overlap we have with areas that have been affected are "mountains" and "Colorado".  We were able to obtain other coverage, but I can imagine insurability is a problem that is only going to get worse for areas like California, Colorado and Florida.  These LA fires are going to cost insurance companies billions in claims.

I am happy to read that our known resident Californians are all safe.  I hope yall's homes are ok.

Looking like the fires jumped the PCH in Malibu and have burned down a bunch of the beach houses on the ocean side of the road. Reporter at Rambla Vista and it’s all gone. 

Just now, Goredho said:

We are in Colorado, but all the same "concerns" for insurers here.  We were dropped by Geico earlier this year due to wildfire risk even without any wildfires affecting our direct area since we moved here 5 years ago.  The only overlap we have with areas that have been affected are "mountains" and "Colorado".  We were able to obtain other coverage, but I can imagine insurability is a problem that is only going to get worse for areas like California, Colorado and Florida.  These LA fires are going to cost insurance companies billions in claims.

I am happy to read that our known resident Californians are all safe.  I hope yall's homes are ok.

Insurance as an industry is gonna get pantsed as climate change intensifies our already extreme weather. If the jet stream breaks down and doesn't contain the arctic air, we're gonna be getting significantly more dry and strong winds every year.

Combine that with a shoestring maintenance budget in the privatized public utilities, and baby, you've got a tinderbox ready to go

2 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Looking like the fires jumped the PCH in Malibu and have burned down a bunch of the beach houses on the ocean side of the road. Reporter at Rambla Vista and it’s all gone. 

I literally just drove past them last week it’s freaking surreal 

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