The fires in California

[herpastcanchangethefuture]

Is anyone else watching in disbelief? It just so awful to see so many people lose their home and I keep thinking about all the animals who would have been terrified and trapped too. I was watching the news on it last night and people were saying their insurance companies had recently revoked their insurance so they won’t be covered.

It’s just awful.

The richest people might have the means to bounce back more easily but the trauma of losing everything in a fire is terrible for anyone. I suppose if it is only one home among several that you own it is less upsetting but still frightening. I feel for anyone caught up in this and for all the wildlife and pets, for the people who are now homeless with everything they own gone- a horrific situation.

Why does climate change accelerate the fire spreading?

A drier winter. Stronger winds. It's all in the news reports.

I think some posters reaction is because they are miserable in their little lives. When they see someone who is more successful go through something horrible, then that makes them happy, because, for once they, the miserable little person are now the one that is better off.

Has it been a drier winter @chocolatespreadsandwich ? Or a wetter winter @ThoroughlyModernNotMillie ?
sorry if my questions are thick. I can’t figure out what’s happening!

at least 5 fires/some inland too
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/08/how-did-california-wildfire-start/77540659007/

Wetter summer (growing season) followed by a drier winter. I don't think it's that hard to follow.

I think the LA area has been dry ( I could of course double check )

So lots of growth and then it's dried out well

Awful.

As well as being revoltingly unempathetic, you seem to be ridiculously uninformed if you believe the majority of people losing their homes (and potentially livelihoods) in one of the most densely populated areas of the US, are high net worth. This area is full of normal, barely middle class homes packed tightly together on small lots. The cost and devastation of thousands and thousands of ordinary people, many of whom are just scraping by, is going to be absolutely astronomical. And that's without getting into the logistics of housing all these people, disrupted schooling, and the health costs of all the smoke and chemicals currently being inhaled.

I don't think I've ever said this before, because ordinarily I hate the phrase, but give your head a giant fucking wobble.

Hopefully this will help you @Moreinheavenandearth but there are plenty more articles you can seek out if you are still finding it confusing time.com/7205622/california-wildfires-climate-change-conditions/

My cousin in LA is now evacuated. A friend of mine lost their home in Altadena, and they are staying with another friend...who may have to evacuate soon. He told me it is apocalyptic...winds were near 100 miles per hour yesterday. I went there in 2017 in October...temps were 105 F during the day...normally they never reached 85 that time of year. It was brutal on homeless people. Climate change, and so many people are going to suffer.

This is worth a read - https://vpostrel.substack.com/p/from-the-archives-you-cant-fight?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My friend who lost his home in Altadena is 70...lifetime of memories there. There are a lot of homeless in Pasadena, South Pasadena and LA...they had it hard before in the increasing temps. Next week the Santa Ana winds are picking up again, and the fire could spread again.

It isn't just rich people being affected.

Thoughts with everyone.
And a reminder we can all do a bit to reduce the climate change trajectory by reducing how much we buy and consume

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/09/los-angeles-wildfires-climate-disasters

Thank you for this excellent post and reminder.

"The 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons saw a combined seven major hurricanes affect Louisiana and the broader central Gulf coast, sometimes just weeks apart. A similar hurricane swarm happened last year in Florida. In 2023, wildfires burned an area of Canada more than double the previous record, sending plumes of smoke across the continent and raising public health concerns for tens of millions of people downwind.
In the weeks and months ahead, when the rainy season resumes and the next atmospheric river arrives, Los Angeles will be at an elevated risk for catastrophic flooding in the burn scars of the Palisades and Eaton fires, again compounding the disaster for local residents."

user2244thank you i am disabled and cannot

write anymore after living thru6 hurricanes and 4 forest fire this is awful. i was s&r we spent weeks trying to help
went to other states to help.when needed others came to help us,fl,cali,n.m.and texas,

It is. They had the past two winters rain, which made the brush vegetation grow, and then a dry spell, so lots of kindling for the fire and then the Santa Ana winds. A big reason the Getty Museum was saved is because they had gotten rid of the brush around the building beforehand.

They already lived there and perhaps couldn’t sell.

Some of the posts on this thread are disgusting. As if money and fame mean you can’t be traumatised by a house fire.

Horrendous to watch unfold, feel awful for everyone there.

Agree, wealthy people and famous people are still just rich people. And in any neighborhood, even a very wealthy one, you will get a whole mix of people

Wow just read back through, so not everyone values all life involved, absolutely disgusting mentality.

Why does it even matter, it's scary and horrible to be a victim of fire, being rich doesn't make you unhuman suddenly. This thread is horrible.

I knew there would be some who had no sympathy for the celebrities/rich people. It’s disgusting. People have lost their homes, their memories, their safe space. It doesn’t matter whether you are rich or not. Of course those with money will have an easier time repairing, finding somewhere to stay but they are allowed to be devastated by what has happened.

James Woods was visibly upset. He told a story of a 7 year old I think coming out with a money box to help re build. People are people and this is a lot for anyone to deal with.