The Los Angeles wildfires: Confronting the pain of loss

[@FrankMendez1969]

Talk about the Insurance Companies canceling their policies on these people...

[@jellyproductions3767]

Why?

[@elultimo102]

The companies knew that the rewards don't justify the risk. They were right.

[@rkms5606]

They're not returning the premiums. They are very WRONG. ​@@elultimo102

[@crtune]

In 2018 the Malibu area lost dozens and dozens of homes. This casualty disaster was huge, and yet we still have seen no really mature, adult set of new public policies. Vast (check the map for "The Summit") new housing development was continued on the hills over Palisades, and yet no hard nosed insistence upon over building super robust water systems for this very large development high up on this set of hills was included into this thing. Meanwhile in other areas dead wood was building up for many years on the forested hillsides. There will be fires. But it winds up as "consequences" if those fires are super large, or if they are lesser and nonetheless tragic. It's best to incur the costs but have LESSER wild fire. This all has to do with humans DECIDING to live on hillsides, DECIDING not to pay the costs and remove the dead wood from forests, or failing to build out robust water systems (or leaving reservoirs empty for repairs). These are the controllable DECISIONS. Public Policy.

[@Steve-wm1ol]

@@jellyproductions3767 Because the California did not all allow them to raise rates.

[@lipshamorrissey4636]

Now, cover the fact that State Farm CANCELED fire insurance policies in California just a few months ago.

[@Rtu776]

Why? Because they saw the inept government not clearing brush, not filling the reservoirs, not being smart about dams and water management to save a fish rather than people. They said,” You can do all that, just don’t expect us to get stuck with the bill for it.”

[@jellyproductions3767]

Why ?

[@lipshamorrissey4636]

@Rtu776 Well hell no! You don't make record profits by PAYING for things. 🥾👅🥾👅🥾👅🥾👅

[@howardj602]

@@Rtu776 They also CANCELED storm damage policies in Florida.

[@crtune]

The casualty insurance problem falls directly out from events. In 2018 a massive fire leveled a large part of Malibu with many multi-million dollar homes totally gone; this in an area heavily underwritten by major insurers. There was great litigation and fighting and there were billions paid out, so now, the future for current underwriting is also tens of billions. But the public policies which led to no hydrant water or to build up of deadwood, or to OH lines of power not going down during hurricane winds. Those are DECISIONS and they don't really relate to casualty insurance, but more to PUBLIC POLICY. Of course the insurance will have heavy difficulty actually paying out.

[@meganp340]

As an LA native with all off my support system living in LA, I am living in San Diego currently I have so much sadness in my heart sending love and healing to anyone and everyone affected ❤😔

[@Neekieredtop60]

So Sorry! May God Bless everyone who is affected by this. This is devastating

[@buzzsmith8146]

Wow. This really makes it more relatable when you tie names to the properties that they've, unfortunately, lost. Thanks.

[@RedlineDR1200]

No water = negligence

[@stephenSO11]

= sabotage if you ask me

[@elultimo102]

Any excess rain or flood water is sent out to sea, because the little fishies need it more than the tax paying people.

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

There is water but the water pumps run on electricity...no electricity because of wildfires. No water pressure to put out fires ..

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

@@RedlineDR1200 there's water but water pressure lack of is due to no electricity to power the water pumps.

[@crtune]

Right. This is not really "Almost randomly" happening. These are consequences to public policy decisions.

[@skylerssupercarlife348]

How about confronting the people in charge who let this happen?!?

[@judithgannon5642]

What's Santa Ana's address?

[@GaGooch71]

Can't do that because they're the protected class.

[@emichaelny336]

Progressives confronting Progressives? Don't make me laugh.

[@emichaelny336]

@@judithgannon5642 If you're going to blame Santa Ana every time this happens, then there's no point in having an LAFD, fire hydrants, water, etc. Just save your money, do nothing and enjoy the show.

[@janbarrett4544]

NOBODY was in charge of the change in climate except God.

[@newbooks9858]

How about trying water and forests management?

[@emichaelny336]

Environmentalists will oppose.

[@nosellout5480]

No they won't. Forest Management is greatly needed.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

@@nosellout5480 The two biggest triggers for fires in CA are arson and power lines. CA has been fighting its utility companies for not doing enough to prevent fires.

[@janlim9374]

@@emichaelny336 It's crazy that they've been avoiding controlled burns because they said it would lead to bad air quality in LA. Now the air quality is worse than ever because we have tens of thousands of homes and cars burning up. You have to wonder...

[@crtune]

@@nosellout5480 Be sure to check back when solid proposals are on the table. I hope you are right, but I doubt it.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Support and love for California, a state that has given the nation and the world so much and with open arms.

[@hannahlovesmiracles]

Thank you for this comments on the fires! I feel with everyone affected. May the fires stop immediately.

[@JB-uv4hm]

Look at the historic buildings that are gone. That should tell you something.

[@emichaelny336]

Think of the art, antiques, vintage cars and other rare collectibles gone forever.

[@kat.b.3556]

That hit me too. I love history, especialy good history and cowboys .

[@JB-uv4hm]

@@kat.b.3556 Me too, but it is more the measure of how we now live in a new world. Unfortunately, too many want to ignore, deny or profit from it.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

It doesn't. What is that supposed to mean?

[@loveboxinglucky1716]

Well we aint never gonna see it anyway! Its in tthe house of the rich! So

[@zemlidrakona2915]

I like the Pacific Palisades guy who stayed and said he just had hose down some embers to save his house. Meanwhile many of his neighbors' houses burned to the ground. Maybe evacuation isn't always the best option.

[@jellyproductions3767]

John Carr

[@armandoramos2887]

There was an old man in Altadena, if I'm not mistaken, that tried to hose down his house but ended up dying doing so. I say the ones who successfully saved their homes are lucky.

[@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt]

My step son was sent out with the national guard to help and I hope everything will be better 😢❤

[@rebeccajuarez2304]

I want to thank God that my son is safe. Our prayers are with those that have their lives and to the ones that lost their homes🙏

[@veronicajade20]

I don't even know what to say. This is devastating. My heart & deepest sympathies go out to Los Angelenos.😢♥️

[@bostonteaparty3926]

Not feeling sorry for the celebrity home loss - as they all have two or three MANSIONS - but the average citizen I do feel sad for as they have lost everything and probably have very little to any money to replace them.

[@christineturner2964]

While it is true that the rich have more options this fire is devastating on all levels. I feel sad for everyone and every animal affected. Everyone has felt loss -- even those of us looking from afar. I have lived through many hurricanes including Hurricane Harvey, but I cannot imagine the horror these families faced. I hope they get the help they need, but I also hope we can learn from the experience.

[@jeannesutter4951]

Celebrities may deeper pockets, but that doesn’t diminish the loss of a grandmother’s quilt, or a treasured holiday ornament, or a child’s artwork. They’re people w families, pets, and memories. Everyone deserves compassion.

[@PaulaZF]

It hurts the same no matter how much you have in the bank. But yes, a good friend in Altadena lost her little house just months after her mother died in that house at 103. Everything was lost.

[@MrFernanrc]

celebrities we hope will step up to the plate and do something immediately to put someone in charge that can use their brain and make sure we are safe. People who are paid by wealthy donors, even those who are owners of our water and don't care about us, should not be allowed to buy others and push their ideas on us.

[@tdlkorbt666]

@@jeannesutter4951 WRONG

[@steveconn]

Thank you to the brave men and women who face impossible odds rescuing Angelenos ❤

[@fwily2580]

I only see fire brigades of men in these reports. The reporting must be ….( the m word)

[@tjwash2]

I feel for the people but between California and Nevada there are millions of people living where there's no water. Nature is just doing what it does. Firefighters shouldn't have to save structures, they should be allowed to just contain the outer borders of the fires, the interior will run out of fuel for the fire pretty quickly

[@wellnative1]

You are normalizing the impacts of climate change. Fire season in CA use to be a season not all year around like it is now. This is beyond mother nurture. This is man made consequences to corporations doing whatever they want to the environment and us in the name of profit.

[@ApoIIo95]

How come the media is not covering North Carolina and it's devastation?

[@loveboxinglucky1716]

Thats the way it is tragically!! Its the world of money and greed thats why!

[@crtune]

Because "media" are nasty. Not good? That's my hypothesis.

[@buraq2406]

Coz this is the state considered to be the backbone of israhell who is BURNING Gaza

[@23Bentley45]

Yes, it is terrible that people lost their homes and mansions, but please mention the thousands and thousands of wild animals who also lost their homes and their lives.

[@Mountainsarecool1]

I hate all the compassionless people leaving hateful comments

[@Trychinaroad]

Because your house didn’t burn down,

[@AFloridaSon]

You hate people just because they left hateful comments? 🤔

[@Mountainsarecool1]

@@AFloridaSon true I hate this, every catastrophe people just leave comments like, California is evil that's why they have fires. Etc..

[@leonskum7705]

Karmageddon 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Haters gonna hate. 😂

[@Sharetruth777]

My heart aches for all that are going through this. I lost my home to a fire in 2024. I have to remind myself that as long as I am alive, the stuff I lost does not matter. I am so thankful for family and friends I would be lost without them. I also thank God for the many blessings I realized as time went on. One was my dog had cancer and had surgery, so he was not in the house. There are many other's as well.

[@lyaminehadjadj2284]

Lesson learned from the Los Angeles fire : Money is nothing compared to greatness and power of God.

[@kat.b.3556]

I think it's time to hold insurance companies to the light of what's fair for consumers who paid their insurance premiums for years without fail, even as they got more expensive every year. To be cancelled with the insurance company looking at their bottom line. This shouldn't be possible. ANOTHER SHAME, why can't we get a decent percentage point for a regular savings account? banks can charge 35% on credit card interest, but nothing or .006 interest? On $350K only $12.00 a month interest? WHY SAVE ? and don't get me started on inheritence taxes of 35% when the person paid taxes on that money already as they earned it year after year. I'm mad at these things and it's time we treated American citizens better. We are all struggling through life, why can't the polititians care about the people not themselves???

[@AFloridaSon]

Rebuilding this many single dwelling homes would take decades. Newsom will finally get those smart condos that he has dreamed of.

[@elultimo102]

Gavin and cronies will likely buy up the land at bargain prices. (Why does this look so much like the fires in Hawaii---no water in their hydrants either. Some people are going to get very rich---while many more lose everything).

[@EnronnSierra]

Its a reminder that material stuff, you have to leave it all behind. My plan in the coming years is to have less stuff as I get older. Currently I collect vintage computers and software, starting next year, I plan to get rid of it all. I should be able to live out of a small suit case if something like this happens. It makes sense too, with the cost of living going up, inability to afford a home, why would you anyway, just to lose it all through an act of nature? From what we have seen, it will be decades before that place returns to some semblance of normalcy. Those who were grandfathered in are likely gonna have to sell and move to somewhere cheaper.

[@adelaferreira4575]

All this is heartbreaking to watch,my heart goes out to all the people who lost their homes in LA ,rich and poor the feeling of homelessness is the same ,God bless !

[@alexanderangelo7284]

So much ignorance in so many comments sections about the complexity of fire season in CA and how climate change makes it worse. Not to mention all of the hatred and schadenfreude towards LA. Everything is so politicized these days. 😔

[@HerAeolianHarp]

It is disgusting.

[@crtune]

You have some plan which GUARANTEES that no such change (AGW) will happen? You need to lay out clearly this miraculous plan. I'd suggest that reality only has a few CONTROLLABLE elements. You can prohibit development in dangerous areas. YOU can mandate extremely robust water systems for dangerous areas. You can cull dead wood out of National Forests, but the rest is random and non-controllable, or partly controllable. It's not "wise" to approach only partly or speculatively controllable elements and IGNORE those pieces which are totally controllable. This is the kind of BAD POLICY which has led to this disaster. Do the things which are CONTROLLABLE, even if they cost money, even if it takes will power. Public Policy by adults.

[@mikebrown965]

Newsom & Bass have to be fired IMMEDIATELY!!!!! Democrat voters in California have to realize that the current politicians in California (Like Pelosi, Newsom, Bass) - THEY ARE WOLVES DRESSED IN SHEEPS CLOTHING - THEY ARE NOT DEMOCRATS in the traditional sense. The current Republican party is more representative of the traditional JFK era Democrat party...........ya'll need to disassociate from the label 'Democrat' and look at the ACTIONS AND VALUES - WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING ACHIEVED. I think this is what the issue is.........people are sooooo tied up in the labels that they're blind to the fact that a Trojan Horse has infiltrated the party and the current Political leaders are doing an inside job to destroy us. Wake up voters, please - how much worse does our state have to get before you wake up????

[@crtune]

Please note that vast, dangerous fires like this happened hundreds and hundreds of years ago. THINK. This may have some relation to AGW, but this same stuff was happening long before any recorded history. So, there are only some limited controllable things which can possibly be good policy here. Fighting some world wide phenomenon to deal with things that have LOCAL, PRACTICAL aspects is BAD POLICY. We have seen the result of BAD POLICY.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

@crtune We have NEVER seen fires like this. This is the largest in LA county history, and its happening in WINTER. We have always had a fire season. But they have become larger, stronger, more intense, and the fire season is practically all year round. You can't tell me this has happened for centuries. Fires like this one have not happened for centuries. I am LA born and bred. I've NEVER seen fires this big near the beach.

[@djdollase]

Great reporting and storytelling as usual. Just devastating for most all of LA County…

[@Hurpdurpdipidydoo]

Dei certainly is changing the landscape

[@laurahoward5426]

Is that how you found work, or are you still on WELFARE?

[@Cathy-e1s]

It will help; those homes won't get rebuilt w/o immigrants of color. Our home-grown poor folks don't have the skills or the desire to work hard.

[@anderander5662]

Can we fine California for increasing CO2 emissions

[@emichaelny336]

Indeed, imagine how much they added to climate change!

[@Leslie-mw2zu]

Yeah, a lot there to agree with.

[@LeeBross-r7r]

California has so many restrictions and laws that rebuilding will be a nightmare taking years to get construction permits. Then there is the Coastal Commission and the Sierra Club who will block any construction along the beach and hills. No gas stoves, water heaters, furnaces, swimming pools need double walls to prevent water from leaking and contaminating the ground water.. construction loan with no insurance due to insurance companies refusing to insure homes in fire areas...

[@shaliseshaw9385]

Still praying for landmarks, other people's houses, businesses, stores, etc. in Los Angeles to be rebuilt. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@jeffreykindron7162]

My heart ached as I watched these devastating fires from Western New York. Beyond donating money, I feel helpless. 😢

[@nobody.special.basically]

I'm sorry for your losses, Lee! May your memories be enough, for now.

[@tatiyana8934]

This all - is just so badly heart breaking.../ 🙏 For the first time in my life I feel like... I couldn't find words. I just don't know what to say to people, who have lost their homes... in such a... mess/ chaos... I don't know how to call this... ...Home... /is one of the basic, so important feelings... - like I feel It, - it is a part of my personality... I can hardly imagine what people can feel... about all these gone in fire...💔😔 I just wish... It could stop as soon as it is possible I wish... no victims... will occure any longer... And I wish people could get ... help and rehabilitation, and the support to overcome/ and another start... I can hardly find any words, I'm shocked with emotions.../ I am a huge fan of Hollywood and consider it as the "Mecca" and the heart of the Westen, what it call (I guess), - soft-power and most authoritative influences... I'm writing from a faraway country, And I feel about it - as about... my personal grief.../ with most sincere compassion, (from Msc./R.) 😔

[@jacquelinemswartz9293]

I lived there until I was 16 yrs old . My grand folks aunts and uncles are buried there .prays to all.😢

[@alq2868]

Sensationalism at it it’s best - tragic yes, but vast majority of LA and So Cal is fine, going about it’s business. We Californians feel bad and our heart goes out to Tampa, New Orleans, everywhere else where natural disasters strike, and we expect the same compassion in return instead of blame and politicizing.

[@richtorres5115]

So uplifting!!

[@bbygrlpt2]

Climate change doesnt discriminate. The poor have already been suffering the consequences and the rich will too

[@gooser__43]

How do we stop climate change 🤔

[@missmaggie5509]

Maybe give more money in taxes.

[@maggieparnell2853]

This isn’t just homes. It’s a whole city. Everyone loses. I

[@Soothsayer-rs5nb]

Has nothing to do with climate change it's just plain incompetence of leadership.

[@stephenSO11]

You sound insane. This isn’t climate change. It’s sabotage bro.

[@Twilightsummerbreeze]

Did you do a documentary on North Carolina? Lahaina? Florida? Ohio? Texas? Or just on the richest people in the world?

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

Why not look it up .. there are plenty of documentaries on NC, Florida, etc ..

[@AnthonySnoddy2004]

Why Ohio?

[@angelg2700]

Heart breaking..😢

[@loismiller7742]

Community gone, extended families ripped apart, children and elderly sent to live @ family to get some security. Kids need to get back to school. People need to find jobs. Yup, we know here in Butte County what a conflagration of a community does. Paradise, Camp Fire 2018 - Then: Middletown, Weed, Redding, Berry Creek, Feather Falls, small towns around Lake Tahoe, Shastina, Ashland, OR and other towns on I-5. Etc, etc, etc. It's LA, it's horrible - ya'll are dealing with tragedy and loss, getting press. Others have suffered too, let's not forget... What about all the towns in NC/ TN that lost everything? What about Florida - hurricanes, tornadoes wiping out town after town in Midwest? Pay attention people, this isn't anything new. Help whenever, however you can. Many many many need our help.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Thank you for thinking of how to help.

[@dennissierocinski6038]

What inept management from their government.

[@jennymacallan9071]

Several iconic architectural structures lost, including the Bridges House. No coming back from that.

[@johnhall9645]

California yall really need better leadership. Your government policy's and your leaders have failed

[@Soothsayer-rs5nb]

I am amazed that very few commenters miss the fact that the leadership in California has failed.

[@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt]

Tell us about it 😢

[@alexanderangelo7284]

​@Soothsayer-rs5nb We are the 5th largest economy in the world. We are doing something right in this state.

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

all are gone!!!

[@aden6986]

God doesn't stop it because he is punishing LA for their sins. Never mock Jesus

[@roushleague3897]

Y’all did not care that much about Hawaii though

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

Hawaii has received $3 billion from the Federal government... Ask your Hawaii reps

[@flashflame4952]

This is beyond devastating and heartbreaking!

[@jamescarlsen2789]

They are getting what they voted for

[@leonskum7705]

Karmageddon.

[@flashflame4952]

@@leonskum7705 Nahhhh! That's not it.

[@ravenscry048]

I am holding everyone involved in these California fires in my heart .A similar fire burned through the area where I live in northest NewMexico in 2022. I ,my employee and our 5 horses were evacuated for about 22 days. I left my dogs and cats there to fend for themselves and neighbors who stayed behind except for the three days around the burn through took care of them. I was very fortunate that all my buildings , equipment & animals survived. Many firefighters from several states helped all in that fire that burned around 431,000 acres. God bless all involved and may you be protected from harm.

[@mollymclean-xj3qd]

Leaving your dogs and cats to fend for themselves? 🤬🤮

[@AeraSteele98]

So you took 5 horses but not your dogs and cats???

[@kenfrancisworld8720]

Kaiser Permante, one of the Southland's biggest healthcare providers, does not value mental healthcare. Kaiser's mental healthcare workers have been on strike since October 21, 2024 and Kaiser has not sat with the NUHW union for negotiations in 2 months. Workers are striking for better working conditions and the ability to provide treatment (over just stabilization) to their patients. Kaiser needs to settle so that workers can get back to work and address the needs of this community NOW!

[@kdplain2923]

I am so sorry to those who are impacted for the loss, pain and sadness from these California fires. More USA citizens stand with you and will not spread hate. We will help you.💝🇺🇸

[@susannpatton2893]

Thoes insurance companies need sued into bankruptcy. How dare you collect the money for their premiums and then drop them. Better sell your yachts and kids new cars and pay these people.

[@victoriaknox9623]

My heart weeps 💜🧘🏼‍♀️💜🧘🏼‍♀️💜🧘🏼‍♀️💜

[@rvena.3945]

Make America Mexicana Great Again!!

[@kellypond9377]

Insurance...what a scam.

[@vangie72]

Keep safe everyone 🙏.

[@eddieg6436]

Hopefully the citizens of L.A. will FORCE OUT that terrible, INCOMPETENT Mayor Bass!!!

[@readg4fun]

Didn’t she just get voted in? She is bad

[@alexanderangelo7284]

You clearly don't know what you are talking about since you aren't from here. Homelessness has decreased by 10%, the first double-digit decrease in at least nine years. Make-shift shelters have decreased by 38%. I can see the improvement since she took office. She also is a community activist.

[@matthewgibbs6886]

not in a million years

[@jellyg.8961]

Yeah because that will make things better. One politician goes, another comes, same garbage.

[@jolyfrye1871]

Where is Newsom's accountability?

[@billbill5326]

Heartbreaking! 😢

[@PeterHChen-cf3oo]

Governor, city Mayor, Fire Chief all need to resign because of incompetency😢

[@whackamole4909]

how is it incompetence if this was what they intended? at a certain point you have to just say "mission accomplished"

[@jamescarlsen2789]

Why???. The people of California voted for this..and they voted for it for the last 12 yrs..

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

I'm pointing fingers at the fossil fuel industry.They should be rebuilding california😮

[@mpeasee9935]

Don’t point fingers at the fire fighters!! Get your facts!! It’s not their fault that water ran out!! Billionaires stole the water, and the California government let them.

[@SaltyBollocks1]

"Vote blue no matter who!"

[@jellyg.8961]

Is voting blue or red making things better? No, they just keep getting worse. Wake up, politicians from both parties doesn't care about you, this country is run by lobbyists and billionaires.

[@BayouDiddy]

The comments are so silly over the fires. Just like during hurricane season. Wish everyone luck and help your neighbors. Keep on truckin'!

[@JJ-ke4gq]

No one can be blamed for the hurricane force winds!!!!

[@howardj602]

FACT CHECK: Budget cuts: Under Gov, Newsom's leadership the CAL FIRE budget had almost, doubled from $2 billion in 2018-19 to $3.8 billion in 2024-25, while the department's personnel went from 5,829 to 10,741 over the same period. The recent budget cuts of $100 million amounted to .03% of the total budget of $3 BILLION.

[@BGM16]

My heart goes out to all the Community. 😢. 1. Rebuild with concrete and steel. 2. Redesign the whole urban map. 3. Much greater distance between houses. 4. A new subdivision of land now knowing is an area prone to extreme wildfires. 5. A new and efficient water reservoir and distribution system.

[@readg4fun]

I will add Stop reducing FD budget by millions. Stop giving political comments (governor & county major) and follow through on the promises.

[@badbrianinkansas]

you seem confused . . . this was deliberate just like maui . . . to eminent domain and buy up all real estate, there for pennies on the shekel . . .

[@leokleinhanz3917]

so much destruction. it's going to take months just for the cleanup

[@usmcmsgt5487]

Soon they'll make a Hallmark Movie about a family barely making it alive and along the way rescuing a few people.

[@AMtheAlmostAce]

So will Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount, Tubi, Max, Apple TV, etc.

[@palashmatt1435]

God bless you all ❤

[@gloriahohman2790]

I'm so so sorry for these great losses from the horrific wildfires. They have lost everything including human lives, pets & livestock not to mention churches schools stores businesses and the amazing architectural structures and so much more too numerous to mention. We need to help.😢

[@realitynow4342]

n the 1990s when we were evacuating people out of many of the same areas, firefighter said their chiefs recommended to the city and county leaders to build more reservoirs. And the insane drug addicted Californians worry about how to spread WOKE policies and legalize marijuana. To those who will oppose governor Nusom and run for LA City and County office. Get a court order to secure video and court reporter documentation of fire chiefs recommending more reserviors for decades. You home owners paid the taxes while City leaders use illegals to keep power claiming they are victims.

[@Cloudchopper-x1r]

Loss in LA, loss in Gaza. those things are connected.

[@beechnut8779]

Except when people lose their houses in Gaza, there are no evacuation centers to go to, no food banks so they don't go hungry, no FEMA to help, no government agencies to replace documents, no insurance to pay at least something. Nothing.

[@user-Kova15]

They’re literally on different continents, but somehow they’re connected? Make it make sense

[@Soothsayer-rs5nb]

Keep voting for the Left until there is nothing left.

[@Ruby_2470]

That’s why a republican was just voted in. And you cannot possibly say that this is Biden’s fault. I swear you people are so pathetic. There’s lost and devastation everywhere but let’s turn it into an us versus them situation. These wildfires happen every single year it is part of life. It has nothing to do with who the hell the president is Jesus a few people are pathetic.

[@Ruby_2470]

Oh wait but the Republican president that you just got voted in he’s a genius that said that we need to sweep the forest. Come on Republicans. 🎉Let’s get our brooms and start sweeping the forest. total genius. 😂😂😂

[@plonss]

I am not sure "the Right" would have prevented this

[@spi_media_core]

Talk about how everyone forgot about Western North Carolina. The shameful government response. The continued crisis that's still ongoing

[@MrAndrewCreech]

To think, in 1000 years, they'll study these building's ruins.

[@tjwash2]

In much less than 1000 years this part of California will be under the Pacific Ocean. But yes, people will be down there checking it out.

[@AeraSteele98]

Pretty sure they will be demolishing and/or rebuilding the ruins

[@user-Kova15]

@@tjwash2it won’t be underwater, but sure

[@tjwash2]

@@user-Kova15 in 1000 years there's no chance it'll be underwater?

[@user-q3cIy1mkx9]

I learned that fire and wind is the most dangerous and devastating combination in world history.

[@Bryanbkk]

It will all grow back, hopefully, more robust this time.

[@Nadimshaikh2025]

Its a shame that they let this happen and Authorities are responsible for it. We talked about law and order where is the law and order now when these criminals politicians fails to do their jobs in cities and government departments The law is for only citizens and immigrant how come it doesn't apply to these criminals who failed to do their jobs and now they acting their sympathy should be ashamed and resign their duties cause of their actions.

[@DevellJeffrey]

Well. Paris Hilton certainly doesn't have to worry about where she'll go or what she'll do in light of the California wildfires.

[@christinezimmer6887]

What did we let LA become? Almost no one supports normal public schools. Letting lovely communities become gentrified clusters of strangers ? Terrible!! I am an LA native devastated by what is and has been happening to LA since the 80's.

[@PaulaZF]

Just wanted let you know that the closed caption I just watched from the broadcast version said that the motel was built by “Willie Nelson”. Here it correctly says “William Randolph Hearst “. Nice piece by the way. I’m a native of Pasadena watching from across the county in Boston.

[@shaliseshaw9385]

Praying for water pressure in Los Angeles to be restored, another fire not to happen in Los Angeles again, more firefighters to put out the fires, etc. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@danielf986]

Heartbroken.

[@CatBeck-lg7gp]

It's an absolute land grab

[@user-Kova15]

Never let a good disaster go to waste

[@nappybiscuit]

They say now is not the time for politics. Oh,, but when it is,, stand back. They won't be blaming Trump or Russia for this one.

[@josehernandez-fs9ek]

So sad 😪😪

[@tayler2148]

Sign the petition to recall bass look it up

[@jtbrown51]

Keep voting democrat, California. I'm sure it'll get better.

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

Ask the red states what they will do with out California's federal tax dollars... California needs all of their money now

[@x_x-xx6ek]

Maybe it's time to rethink what infrastructure means to a community? Could our infrastructures be more self supporting and self sustaining? Could we be more self reliant? How can we build smarter?

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

What about the arson suspects who were arrested? If any fires were deliberately set that certainly has nothing to do with some of the misinformation I'm seeing in comments.

[@toniweiss_getyourstorystraight]

All of these American buildings look like sets. Even the expensive ones are nothing but plywood and woodbeams. Every stone arch is fake plaster and plywood. No wonder it all goes up in flames so easily. Condolences to my friends in LA. This must be terrifying.

[@deltafox1]

I can't feel bad for multi million dollar houses burning, when the rest of us cannot afford to buy an entry level home. I'm sure they can find money again to rebuild

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

What a sick comment

[@jellyproductions3767]

@deltafox1 just because you can't work and save for a home doesn't meant others should be punished. You should try working harder or learning something new and valuable.

[@Cathy-e1s]

You should cry for their maids, gardeners, and all the service people they employed. All out of work immediately. Rich people pour money into the economy. Poor people suck the money out.

[@fallenskybird]

These actors have these beautiful homes because they get paid so much. If I had their money, I'd live modestly ---- and prioritize how I would spend according to a set of values. The guy that wrote The Christmas Box ---- saw him at Tattered Cover when it was still in Cherry Creek ---- he used his money that way. It really impressed me.

[@elultimo102]

IDK where Keanu Reeves lives, but he is known for his generosity.

[@fallenskybird]

@@elultimo102 He's cool ---- some of his movies encourage people to reflect.

[@pigjubby1]

$50 billion in loss is just a fraction of one giveaway to Ukraine.

[@AM-br4ix]

So very sad and disheartening. As I type this from an apartment in Syracuse New York years are falling down face as thousands of people have lost their homes and memories! ❤ 🥲 My thoughts prayers and condolences go out to everyone affected there in California!! Upsetting to me the most: this devastation could have been avoided to the degree that it would have been contained if those in power were not Criminally Negligent of causing this crisis by their own greed!!

[@work2gather]

I haven't heard anyone talk about the difference in costs from a house that is paid for (lived in over the term of a loan) and the very different costs of new construction... plus tax changes. I have heard those were the highest tax areas. Plus insurance costs, if they can even be found. It's a whole different choice. Most lower income people will never even have the option.

[@OldesouthFarm]

Of course no one gives a hoot about NC, SC, TN, FL. .. those folks are living in tents and in snow.

[@JohnMeyers-f5g]

Ask their representatives in Florida, NC, SC and TN ... Billions of federal dollars have been sent to each of the states you listed. Give them a call

[@vonniofdoom5590]

Lot those houses got burnt to a crisp people’s houses got burned down.

[@AFloridaSon]

Gee, what gave it away? The piles of ashes where there was a house a few days ago?

[@darkmoonlady2002]

Did you really need to group elderly/disabled into a group with pets and animals? Thanks CBS.

[@rubyus7332]

Good reporting, but…now what??!!