Drinker's Chasers - Hollywood Is Burning (Literally)

[@saphrix4587]

“Hollywood will burn in my lifetime. You watch.” -Macaulay Culkin

[@precisedime1377]

the guy's kind of a TDS clown, but the quote is applicable sure

[@saphrix4587]

He said it in a interview, that is a bit hard to find, talking about all the PDFiles.

[@calummacritchie7840]

Prophetic

[@trevorcoyle517]

“KEVIN!”

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@@saphrix4587 he's weird enough to have set them himself

[@dcstiger]

They do controlled burns(prescribed) in my area on a regular basis. In fact they burned the scrub right behind my house 6 months ago. It looks ugly afterwards and frankly it's scary when a roaring fire is less than 50 meters from your home. However it helps to regenerate the ecosystem and prevents actual wildfires from getting out of control.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

This is what the Native Americans used to do in that area, as well. And they sure as heck didn't grow grassy lawns and _plant ladder trees in the cedar groves._

[@ryanbarker5217]

the newly appointed water boss of LA, janisse quinones, makes $750,000 a year. gavin newsom, governor of CA, makes almost $300,000 in salary and 'benefits.' imagine how a person in charge of one area's water makes vastly more than the man who runs the entire state, yet he somehow managed to recently buy a $9.1M mansion. in 2014, billions were approved to build new water storage infrastructure... which was never built. CA perennially is voted the most corrupt state in my country. the second and third spots seem to flip-flop between NY and IL. between unions, corruption, and powerful lobbyist groups like the audubon society (believe it or not), it's no wonder these things get out of control.

[@michelleadams5609]

She did a great job at the press conferemce. I'm not sure what your point is.

[@StreetPreacherr]

Forget it Ryan, it's Newsome Town."

[@johnwerkheiser5555]

It is wild how quickly the Federal Government has responded by throwing mass amounts of cash to LA when North Carolina is still waiting for relief, going on months now. We are truly F'ed up here in America.

[@harbl99]

I'm sure the residents of East Palestine, Ohio are also weeping for the poor afflicted people in LA.

[@SheldonAdama17]

10 more days

[@Gunnerb52]

What's also wild is they are comparing Biden and what he can do to what Trump is doing (which isn't anything since he isn't President yet). Liberals lick a lot of dirty windows

[@Jekyll_Jackal]

Don't worry: It's a mostly peaceful fire

[@hewhobattles8869]

😂

[@lJ0blixen]

Underated comment

[@Var_ar_Vargen]

'Member during the lockdowns when all the rich celebrities filmed themselves in their palaces singing "Imagine"? It's gonna be a little easier for them to imagine no possessions now. For everyone else affected I have nothing but sympathy.

[@Jekyll_Jackal]

@@Var_ar_Vargen ohh yeah!

[@NoahGooder]

oh you know roiting/stealing is probably happening.

[@Noneofyourbusiness2000]

They haven't cleared the brush in 30 - 40 years. The female mayor of LA cut the fire department's budget by 17%. The city council appointed the first lesbian female fire chief who went all in with the DEI and increased the number of women firefighters from 4% to 8%. Newsom vetoed a bill that would facilitate the natural flow of fresh water from Alaska to California to protect the delta smelt, a 2-3 inch fish endangered in California. The fire hydrants went completely dry trying to fight the fire because they didn't have enough water stored. The level of stupidity and incompetence is mind boggling.

[@Bonesawisready926]

You get what you vote for. And this is a big part of the reason I hate diversity policies. They are irritating and destructive in entertainment, but ship them to other industries and services and this level of incompetence is what you get.

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

I thought the LAFD budget was cut by $17 million…

[@deadli-us]

That’s Democrats for you. They couldn’t manage a lemonade stand.

[@broncosfan1619]

⁠ They haven’t cleared brush in 40 years is total BS. People refusing to follow water restrictions in a 10 year drought doesn’t help the water thing.

[@Wanda711]

Cutting the fire department's budget reminds me of the New Orleans terror attack: the bollards that could have protected those people were taken down (for repainting, I think) several months before. The most obvious action to keep people safe seems to be the last thing on the minds of the people in charge.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

LA went from a metaphorical dumpster fire to a literal dumpster fire.

[@thisismyname3928]

Thank you for understanding literal.

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

@@beowulfsrevenge4369 Like your life

[@lt8473]

Literally!!!!

[@Raximus3000]

I'd say it it poetic, they constantly make movies that disregard forestry and now it bites them in the ass!

[@NoahGooder]

i bet it smells like a bunch of burning diapers.

[@MrLolguy93]

Seeing the re-enactment of the last days of Sodom was not what I expected at the start of the year 🤣

[@timarmstrong3251]

You didn't expect a lot of Sodom in Hollywood?

[@nomdeguerre8464]

D.C. is Gomorrah then.

[@jcorbett9620]

They should film it. I hear the special effects are amazing. You'd really think those houses were burning.

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@@MrLolguy93 Gomorrah would be D.C.

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

@@jcorbett9620 And it's all for free! Imagine that!

[@hewhobattles8869]

"Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked"

[@joer626]

‘It kind of sucks for the people that are there’ Drinker you articulate quick witted artisan you’ve done it again

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

Yup, guess he would think the same as fire engulfed his home as he watched with his wife and kids (yes, he has both, easy Google search). This is a pathetic low for him.

[@clearspira]

​@TheOneManWhoBeatYou He's a male born before Gen Z. We don't do getting down on our hands and knees crying our eyes out. And I think deep down you know that, you are just trying to find an excuse to dislike him.

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou tell me you didn’t watch the video without telling me. You’re the only one on the new low here.

[@palehorseman8386]

Don't forget that the vast majority of these residents voted for the policies that created this disaster. You get the government you deserve

[@thenerdbird5596]

their gated communities might keep the poor out, but fire doesn't care.

[@lJ0blixen]

For decades

[@BillOhio73]

And as a country we reelected a conman as President.

[@centurion8446]

Wait until they have to deal with the cumbersome permit process to rebuild they voted for Might be a while until the Palisade highway seaside properties are back...

[@fawkesandhound]

Does that help set right in your head the writing off of people? Imagining that we (I live in LA) that we, VOTE for how the fire department handles things, and how the water is managed? And so what- people just trying to live in a system where we don’t have much say should just fck off? Nice.

[@JSabh]

Three lesbians named Kristin run the fire departments. Not even joking, that's actually true...look it up.

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@@JSabh not the lipstick kind. Fantasy ruined.

[@BillOhio73]

And?

[@devlinallistair-zx5by]

​@@BillOhio73 And they suck. You need it spelled out for you?

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

@@BillOhio73 And the results you can see on your screen, if not in person.

[@Bto6471]

Would it help if we all sang "Imagine" for them? They sure thought it helps when crisis strikes.

[@phonepunk7888]

Imagine no possessions, it's easy if you live in LA.

[@antraxxslingshots]

I´d rather go with The Doors - "The End"

[@Walk1ngParAd0xX]

I only remember them laughing when the “red” states got obliterated by hurricanes last year

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

The magic song of the left! It will surely help heal every wound! Let's do it!

[@blacklivesorblackvotes2985]

Imagine there’s no heaven (because they won’t be going to one even if there is one)

[@kyleegeep]

I definitely have every sympathy for the individuals suffering, however it's beginning to come out that the LA fire services have been more concerned with Diversity Policies rather than being better at Fighting Fires...... Hollywood is literally burning due to woke policies both Figuratively and physically.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Also not REALLY what would’ve fixed this. While I agree, the problem is TRULY environmental policies. The worst forest management in the nation, insane water legislation, no investment in natural resource management. We wouldn’t have noticed Karen Bass and the FD wokeness if not for the catastrophe that was allowed to happen by the leaders of California.

[@Bonesawisready926]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 The wokeness is the reason you had morons at the wheel making decisions in the first place.

[@Al-ok6xm]

What's important is that the firefighters are grey. Everything else is not important.

[@broncosfan1619]

Oh no it’s time for the DEI boogeyme! Is DEI the reason Texas power grind fails every-time a cold snap or heat wave comes along? Oh it’s the republicans who refuse to hook into the national grid because they don’t want to follow the national rules. That means that can’t draw power from other regions who can spare it in and emergency! The fact is blue states put way more into the Federal coffers than red states. Red states love to deny federal aid to blue states when something happens but when you guys beg for those sweet federal dollars after a natural disaster etc your getting that from those mostly from blue states you love to hate. Your welcome. Oh and that has zero to do with taxes in those states it that most red states are broke and on federal welfare.

[@nomdeguerre8464]

Aren't they predominantly super wealthy? Very hard to feel sorry for them in that case. I feel sorry for their animals left behind. That's about it.

[@Serahpin]

As an Oregonian, I always wondered why they didn't do fire mitigation like we do. Then I found out that it costs the state a few million to manage, but you get hundreds of millions in federal funds if your state burns. Yes, it's all graft.

[@nomdeguerre8464]

Grift. But yeah.

[@TheCleanerDragon]

@@nomdeguerre8464 Graft too

[@archstanton9073]

They have the highest taxes in the country. They take in plenty of money.

[@NathanCassidy721]

We’ll see how long THAT lasts because there’s been an influx of Californians coming into the state over the past four years. THE BAD ONES that created this mess in the first place.

[@phonepunk7888]

That would just make the evil Orange Man right and we can't do that under any circumstances.

[@chance_ondriezek99]

The fact that the mayor of Los Angeles wasn’t even in the country when this happened is nothing short of disgraceful.

[@PoolKid75]

Paid for with tax payer funds, of course.

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

Because she doesn't have to be in the city 24/7, 365 days a year, shocking, I know...

[@JayART71]

She’s a commie😂

[@Bonesawisready926]

@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou She, and she is an incompetent fool.

[@6581punk]

They never are. Enjoying the high life traveling the globe on "fact finding" missions.

[@kineticstar]

I can't share in the jokes on this. I may be a Texan, but California is in need, and this old veteran will do his duty. I volunteered to go and help.

[@michelleadams5609]

❤

[@Greekay]

You have a good heart even if some of them don't deserve it and will still despise you. But there will be the ones who are in need and are collateral of those who selfishly thought of themselves. Stay safe in your venture.

[@janelabonte9418]

Thank you! So very much appreciated

[@BrotherVoidBomber]

From a navy vet from AZ thank you. We are all Americans don't let policies or politics divide your mind Red Blue woke not woke people die and it's a tragedy.

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

I both sympathise and disapprove. Anyway, do what you think is right and God bless you, good sir!

[@justinsolomita9283]

For anyone in Britain or not in California the fire is bad because they have no water and a shortage of firefighters that have been destroyed by budget cuts and DEI hires. The government and environmental groups have thwarted attempts to build new reservoirs and dams so there’s no water in the hydrants. And for people whose homes have been destroyed, you need a permit to rebuild which can take up to 3 years to do. So everyone in Hollywood who have been living in their ivory tower are in for a world of hurt when they learn they cannot rebuild their home right away. Also their power grid is over 100 years old and haven’t bothered to upgrade it. The whole state is a hell hole run by morons.

[@joshuamueller3206]

I heard it was illegal to build a non-mansion single family home in California now. Only Duplexes and Apartment buildings.

[@justinsolomita9283]

@@joshuamueller3206 it cost Carson Daly $5 million to put in a swimming pool!

[@ajanis95]

I am DESPERATELY hoping this will be a wake-up call for the state and things will turn around. I'm beyond infuriated we got to this point, infuriated that Newsom wasn't recalled, infuriated that we have Bass as mayor. I sadly doubt that we'll actually see change but I'm hoping and praying.

[@imantsjansons5009]

I heard they even demolished one dam to make a beautiful salmon river. And they banned firefighters from cutting down bushes in certain areas so as not to disrupt the migration paths of moose or mice.

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

"I'm making shit up and convincing myself it's true" There, fixed your asinine comment

[@JamesDatWork]

I love how 100,000 people in West North Carolina are still in trouble, but 1000 rich people in LA is the biggest story ever .....

[@nomdeguerre8464]

Yup. They'll get more than the measly 700 bucks we got too...

[@justlivin2499]

Everyone’s suffering, and it’s not just rich people in LA

[@vincentfalcone9218]

Altadena is destroyed and it's not considered a rich area. Pacific Palisades is home to over 20,000 people and it's virtually obliterated. Get your facts straight and stop spewing garbage.

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@@justlivin2499 way to miss the point

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@vincentfalcone9218 Altadena average home prices are well over a million dollars each. Get your facts straight.

[@micahthomas705]

My money is on someone trying to destroy evidence before the Diddy trial....

[@CharlemagneGuy127]

I heard his mansion got burned down, so it’s a possibility.

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

Yes, it all is very suspicious, like someone wants to bury something very deep or better destroy it completely. Or at the minimum divert the public's attention. And this someone isn't above any measures to do so.

[@TexanWarEagle]

A preventable disaster. The worst kind.

[@Pyrate_Of_Las_Vegas]

What's worse is people trying to claim Insurance and then get a permit to rebuild with California Environmental Bureaucracy. Good Luck.

[@NathanCassidy721]

Yeah CA policy was so horrible, particularly with crime, that Insurance Companies had to pull out or go bankrupt. And that was after their requests to raise rates (just so they could break even and continue to provide coverage) was denied. This was a fucking disaster waiting to happen.

[@michaelmartin8337]

practically ALL fire insurances were cancelled/not renewed by the end of last year

[@StreetPreacherr]

@@michaelmartin8337 Yep, most of these properties probably didn't have any Fire Insurance coverage... And any companies that even still offered it would charge $50K+/month. Although, luckily the Hollywood Entertainment business has been doing so well recently, and these celebrities can afford to just walk away from their now VACANT LOTS that they're not allowed to rebuild on.

[@richtea615]

Remember all the actors laughing at people dying in the 2021 Texas Snowstorm. Never forget.

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

Nope, I don't

[@quaker5712]

I never heard about that. There's no depths these people won't go to just to prove their "virtue". Disgusting.

[@BillOhio73]

Dems aren't rooting for Cons to suffer disasters. You're comment is gross.

[@bigdreams5554]

Ignore the Russian bot trolls.

[@EgoEroTergum]

​@@BillOhio73 Stephen King did, but he's not Californian.

[@TestAcct46]

Of COURSE Hassan's house survived, people like him never get what's coming to them, when it rains every drop friggin misses him.

[@phonepunk7888]

The only footage I have seen of airlifts dropping water was in the Hollywood hills. Lord forbid the adult pretenders suffer.

[@tba113]

The story about the swimmer getting scooped up by a firefighting aircraft's bucket and dropped onto a wildfire has been around since the mid-80's. Given how the details change with each supposedly original source - swimmer vs scuba diver vs fisherman, California vs France, plane vs helicopter - and how it's always told as having happened just a few years ago, it's just an urban legend. The story about the firefighting aircraft having the airframe fail and the wings fold off like cardboard mid-flight, though...

[@At-07461]

Yeah, saw that news when it happened. C-130 as I recall. Horrifying.

[@danielhaigler556]

I feel for every firefighter out there. My fiancee did her fire training in California. They've been entirely failed by top leadership

[@Coconut-219]

2021 year of the tiktok nurse - so now is 2025 the year of the tiktok firefighter?

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

​@@Coconut-219Who will still accomplish more in their lives then you ever will incel

[@mtpender69]

[World's smallest violin plays]

[@zerovalon6243]

Now, to ride off into the sunset on my worlds smallest bicycle...... Wait..... That's not the sun....

[@Deachuu603]

subatomic quark violin

[@nadianikashina128]

I feel bad for all the normal people who had to go through this, I feel nothing for the celebs though.

[@analogbunny]

I'd pour one out for John Goodman. Obviously he'll land on his feet, but he's spent his career staying out of politics and not talking out his ass. All the memorabilia and family photos he lost and whatnot, I'd state my sympathies to him. The others... 🤷‍♂️

[@charmandyorton006]

Clearly MauLer was very negatively affected when Anthony Hopkins started to suffer from such a disaster.

[@astraghost774]

James Wood was one of the good ones

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

Get help kid

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

@@astraghost774 James Woods didn't believe in climate change and well this wildfire proved him wrong once again.

[@MaryamofShomal]

Exactly! This was the first person I thought of, given that he already lost everything once before when he lost his home in Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago 💔😔 I pray for the families of all the humans and animals who have lost their lives, and for the ones who are still fighting to save theirs 🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽

[@kyleneffofficial]

i live near all of them. northern LA near Calabasas. we were ordered to evacuate yesterday but then as soon as i packed my car full, they said it was an accidental evacuation order. idk who y’all believe in. but definitely pray.

[@ajanis95]

That was fun. I was 'lucky' in that a family member was in a meeting and everyone all over LA got that warning at once so we all quickly realized it was an error. Still terrifying though.

[@antraxxslingshots]

I checked the areas in google, would you mind elaborating how such vastly areas are packed with houses that all seem to be worth millions? How can one City offer so many well payed jobs? Those can´t be all celebrities and if you are a plastic surgeon in Oregon you won´t have a pool house in L.A. right?

[@maxjones9112]

I have sympathy for those affected who aren’t obsessed with politics. Not so much sympathy for those who are. I live in the south so for the past few years I have been told by some of these LA residents and private jet owners that we deserve the hurricanes, God and Mother Nature are punishing us, that hurricanes are our faults, that mass incidents are our faults, that certain groups deserve mass incidents, that it was funny when the anti vaxxers were dying, that unvaccinated don’t deserve healthcare since they pretended it was mainly those in red states that were anti vaxxers, and that we deserve harm for stuff like Roe V Wade and Trumps victory. So yeah, I don’t really feel inclined to mourn and weep when I see people like mark Hamill and Jamie Lee Curtis crying on social media.

[@Dumparino]

I'm heading to LA (Burbank) for a work trip tomorrow - to attend the wrap party for season one of Creature Commandos (I worked on the crew as production staff, and yes we're all still going to meet. A bright spot in a dark time, as it were). I work remotely but go to LA about once a year and I'm so glad I left when I did. That said, many of my friends, colleagues and people I know in the industry are literally getting burned out. As much as I dislike hollywood and want the industry to change, watching everything literally burn has been hard. I can only hope that this disaster sparks real change in both the industry *and* in city policy. Though...even if things do change, I don't want to go back. I'll never live in LA again.

[@At-07461]

Having worked a tiny bit in modelmaking there part time in the 80's (I've always lived elsewhere), it IS hard seeing places that I've been to burn and it is a grim lesson to the residents there and to all of California when it comes to cutting the budgets of essential services to fund "other" agendas. I still feel for all those affected by this tragedy though. Misery is not a pleasant feeling.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

I feel bad for the victims. I feel worse that the bureaucrats don't care and will let it happen again.

[@RoryMitchell00]

This is a tragedy and not something to celebrate, but at the same time my honest reaction to this decades-long failure of municipal planning isn't a huge outpouring of sympathy either. One of the interesting things most people don't realize is that around 30% of the men fighting the fires are prison inmates, who are not allowed to use water, but instead must wield chainsaws and hand axes inside the burning forests to try and contain the spread. And they get paid only $20 a day, and are given one meal consisting of a single sandwich and an apple. Honestly, thinking of the dirty and dangerous jobs - many have died in the activity - these men are being forced to do really puts a lot of this disaster into perspective, and it doesn't put California or LA in a very positive light in my mind.

[@e.c.winner7252]

And Kamala kept many men in past their sentences and withheld exonerating evidence in order to keep more of their “firefighters” Thank God she’s not going to be president.

[@antraxxslingshots]

If this is what a country needs to wake up i think it will be a benefit in the long run. I would wish for no casulties tho...which sadly always happens.

[@manwiththeredface7821]

I feel sorry for regular folks living there. Hollywood celebs? They will be alright.

[@chriscole683]

They can’t use airborne fire suppression stuff because of the winds. The winds are like 80mph

[@williamberry9013]

Homeless guy cold at night starts a camp fire the sleeps off whatever, wind carries ember, starting it is too easy.

[@lJ0blixen]

There are several people caught on film lighting these fires

[@LordOfNihil]

never mind the funds diverted from the fire department to "solve" homelessness.

[@arantarisu_yamu2414]

Newsom and Karen should be sent to prison

[@silverscorpio24]

Remember when Hollywood ignored and/or laughed at the hurricanes in North Carolina?

[@road_king_dude]

It sucks out here guys. Lots of regular folks in both those areas. Hopefully this will be what changes California for the better.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

O and how is your house burning down is going to change California for the better? This was a freak natural disaster and a lot of people lost everything and yet I hear people making jokes about it and some even cheering for this disaster.

[@tankerd1847]

It's a big wake up call, that's for sure. You'd think after the major fires that wiped out those towns a few years ago that they would have wisened up.

[@lJ0blixen]

Decades of voting for this climate crap is what got Commiefornia what it is

[@wilferrero244]

As a Californian, liberal governmental policies are a main reason these aren’t contained. The governor diverted billions of gallons of rainwater from northern CA to protect an endangered fish

[@PlutoDividesByZero]

Government can send them $700 if they pay it back right?

[@The_Zilli]

appropriate for a city that celebrates fallen angels. Pray for the innocents.

[@MrSmith4545]

California's strict policies on logging is a huge reason for their numerous fires

[@hauntngu4002]

They never should have accepted those eucalyptus trees from Australia.

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@@hauntngu4002 quick, import 🐨 en masse!

[@Bonesawisready926]

You get what you vote for. This was all preventable.

[@jdlizzard62]

Just remember they defunded their fire department and there is no water in their fire hydrants lol

[@Bonesawisready926]

@@jdlizzard62 And their primary focus was diversity, not competence. I'm in a red state so they hate me and would happily watch my life burn before my eyes, so I'm just returning the favor.

[@joimumu]

That the sad part this was long time coming because they neglected LA

[@rhedosaurus2251]

Except 2.1 million people in LA voted for Trump. Did they deserve this too?

[@broncosfan1619]

@@rhedosaurus2251what does who they voted for have to do with fire started in an area with a 10 year drought? People keep watering lawns and wonder why there no water to fight fires!

[@AncientRylanor69]

The Roof, The Roof, The Roof Is on Fire!

[@onespecies-human344]

Thats one way to clear out the tents

[@GLJosh]

Actually, the idea of swimming in a lake only to be picked up in one of the water sacks, flown away, and then dropped onto a fire sounds like a horrific way to go.

[@timarmstrong3251]

I think they did that one in a very early episode of NCIS

[@nomdeguerre8464]

Nah. You have to go somehow. Might as well be epic.

[@johnn.4407]

They tested this myth on Mythbusters - was busted.

[@bartsullivan4866]

I watched a 60 minutes episode about 10 years ago that had to do with the water table in California especially southern California it showed healthy underground areas and then it showed California and it was solid black. Overusing the water for farming and other things to the point where nothing underneath basically making it a tinder box. Mind you this was years ago before Paradise burned and all the seasonal fires that the state gets. Lake Shasta up north was nearly totally dried up like lake Mead. Alarming and scary feel bad for everyone down there. I did wonder why the helicopters weren't using ocean water near the palisades fire since the ocean is right there.

[@Chayaen]

We should give back what Hollywood actors gave us while Corona: thoughts and prayers

[@Bonesawisready926]

"Imagine there's no heaven..."

[@defeqel6537]

@@Bonesawisready926 imagine no possessions

[@N8oRMusic]

Diddy is making sure they don't find more evidence against him. And all the celebs are ok with that.

[@LuisNunes-ps4sl]

They voted for it again and again and again as well as gloating about the hurricanes in Florida. Karma.

[@davejenvey3598]

Just another example of how we think we're so smart but we've never been so stupid. I don't mean the fire i mean the state of Hollywood and film in general.

[@LordOfNihil]

living in a fantasy world distracts your attention from the grim nature of reality.

[@hewhobattles8869]

Hey, maybe we'll get lucky and the film equipment for Captain America: Brave New World will burn too, along with script.

[@VaultWizard]

From California here there is very little containment of the fires due to the Santa Ana winds and bad water capture policy with over 1000 structures plus burned

[@tetrapack79]

Stories of a swimmer or diver scooped up by a water bomber are told since decades, but there is no evidence that such an accident ever occured. The water intakes are only 10 inches wide and protected by grills that prevent larger objects blocking the flow.

[@mayhemwritingcompany]

Remember kids…your vote has consequences. Think carefully before pulling that lever.

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

The lyrics to the song “Ænema” by Tool rings too true now Spoiler Alert: it predicted the end of LA

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@@chucksenhowzen9740 it doesn't "predict" anything. The lyrics are around the well-known discussions of fault lines leading to 'California falling into the ocean' which precedes the song by a long time. It also talks of flooding, kind of the opposite of what's going on now. Stop trying to make it prophetic. Bad Religion got it much closer anyways.

[@hellidontknow74]

Bad Religion wrote a song named "Los Angeles is Burning" and released it in 2004. I'd say that's spot on.

[@brockdavid]

Misfits “Hollywood Babylon”.

[@spartanhawk7637]

Of all things to have happen in 2025, I wasn’t expecting a recreation of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

[@diminios]

Thoughts and prayers to all the Hollywood celebrities.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

James Woods believes in climate change now.

[@FredSpade]

I'm sorry for the non-Democrat voters and sorry for the non-celebrities.

[@brahmsO]

💯

[@defeqel6537]

I'm sorry for everyone who didn't vote for this

[@nomdeguerre8464]

So, maybe 2 people that quite frankly should have moved out of Mos Eisley. I feel sorry for the pets, that's it.

[@justlivin2499]

I’m sorry for everyone whose lives are getting destroyed regardless of their political beliefs

[@CheapGodiva]

Only.

[@petermgruhn]

I might argue that having your house, your entire larger neighbourhood, burn to the ground fully sucks, not kinda sucks. Then y'all get worse.

[@pete5691]

On the bright side, they are making their firefighter companies more diverse

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

There is a time and place for that and your WDS(Woke Derangement Syndrome) is not wanted here.

[@rydirban]

As long as it stays away from Jay Leno's Garage in Burbank... 😅

[@thecircleoft.e.d2121]

Hollywood's on fire? Literally?! *goes to make popcorn*

[@nomdeguerre8464]

Oh no! Anyways...

[@devilmaycry3566]

If it were just Hollywood being affected, I would be making popcorn as well, but tons of civilians have lost their homes to this so I can't.

[@hewhobattles8869]

I got a question for you. If you were to watch the world burn from atop a skyscraper. What would your last meal and drink be? Also, would you smoke?

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@@devilmaycry3566 rich civilians. Boo hoo

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@hewhobattles8869 Fresh cooked baby, the tears of the hard left and a massive bag of weed. 😆

[@BufusTurbo92]

As it turns out, planting EXTREMELY flammable and invasive eucalyptus trees (thanks, german guy from the 1800s), reroute most of the water supply to feed the incredibly thirsty almond cultivations, and then cut firefighting and woodland management budget is a recipe for environmental disaster.

[@gideonmyles3083]

Take it from someone who lives in the dry southwest, when a fire breaks out like this embers can fly off and get to quite a distance where they ignite a new fire. Especially with winds like they were experiencing.

[@BenSlashes]

Snake Pliskin - Escape from LA

[@brockdavid]

Pretty much. We need Snake Pliskin to set off the worldwide EMP, and send us all back to the Stone Age.

[@BenSlashes]

@brockdavid so true!

[@michaelmartin8337]

Didn't it start that way? All that's left is the Big One

[@GNpatent]

We need a law banning anyone fleeing California after this from registering to vote wherever they end up.

[@dmaxcustom]

The millionaires are inconsequential. They can buy another huge mansion with their pocket money. But the regular people. Hope the insurance works for them, because we all know they dont like to pay. The sad part? All of this was preventable or workable. But nah, woke state, woke policies.

[@StreetPreacherr]

Apparently most insurance companies had stopped even OFFERING Fire Insurance coverage in many of these locations... And any providers that still sold Fire Insurance were charging $50K+/month! So chances are that many/most of the properties will NOT be receiving any Insurance Money. And Building Permits are famously difficult to acquire in California, so a lot of these property owners might be forced to basically just WALK AWAY from their newly VACANT and now WORTHLESS land!

[@JeffHucik]

I didn’t get an alert for open bar yesterday. Even went looking for it. So weird.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

At least DEI Bingo cards were fully filled.

[@garysmith9823]

Having lived in a fire prone section of one of the conservative areas of Northern California for twenty years, I now appreciate how much better it was able deal with natural disasters then L.A.

[@MrReubenTishkoff]

But at least they are green, inclusive and saved the precious dish!

[@markbell335]

I'm a 6th generation Californian. My Pop's family arrived in the US in the 1600's and found their way to California in the 1840's. Generally, it was known within the family to settle above the river plain and stay away from mountains, canyons and forests. If you have a great view or are very close to water, build your primary house elsewhere. Mark Bell

[@awesomehpt8938]

Come on baby light my fire!

[@Drosophilax]

One big reason for the rapid spread of the fires are the many introduced eucalyptus trees.

[@defeqel6537]

isn't that an invasive species?

[@thisisnotachannel]

Seems cruel, to have it all burn down, just for the entire state to eventually sink into the ocean... Stay safe, everyone over there.

[@RobSandman]

watching this listening to "Burn Hollywood Burn" by Public Enemy while watching "this is the end" is surreal...

[@nomdeguerre8464]

Bad Religion's song is better and more applicable

[@RobSandman]

@@nomdeguerre8464 good song!, very relevant, thank you, had never heard it!...

[@StreetPreacherr]

Ice Cube must be scared shitless!

[@friendlyredneckneighbor4326]

It’s about time they realized it’s past due for a return to holding people accountable and hiring individuals who show even a shred of competence as opposed to checking boxes.

[@marsspacex6065]

The Hollywood fire was put out it didn’t do much damage. The two big one ones are Eaton and palisades.

[@40kedge]

I hate .. seriously hate... to victim blame here. These are the people who continue to elect these people.

[@iron_rush_theater1246]

An article this morning stated there is an arson suspect in custody for the Kenneth fire in Woodland Heights near the south side of the San Fernando Valley. No other details given.

[@nomdeguerre8464]

Ofc it's arson. Look at that map. The fires are all MILES apart. That's not how wildfires work.

[@BobRyansaul]

"it kind of sucks for the people that are there" Prolific insight.

[@Wanda711]

I was watching live footage of the Eaton fire yesterday, and it was getting alarming close to the Mt. Wilson Observatory.

[@tba113]

LA looking worse due to woke incompetence than the city did during Battle: LA when space aliens invaded

[@codygriffin8256]

My cousin lives in Hollywood, he said is mind numbing destruction. How wild.

[@RedDeadRanger]

Weaponised incompetence. It never fully made sense to me until I heard about this.

[@Gamble661]

It's been unusually windy in LA the past few days (up to 80 mph winds) so embers from one fire get caught in the wind and end up starting another fire in another spot. Sometimes miles away.

[@NoalFarstrider]

Some people are intentionally starting them as well as the wildfires. Ive seen footage of people throwing gas literally off the side of the road.

[@NoalFarstrider]

Why would I've seen footage be a sentence for a link? And yet if I post a link I'll be shadowbanned?...

[@alexlozano8162]

They caught a homeless person with a blowtorch in a hiking trail near a wooded area in LA

[@astormofwrenches5555]

Its worse than that, Drinker. Many if these people recently lost insurance coverage, and those that are insured, CANNOT rebuild their houses in the same fashion, of the same materials, as they will insist that they are built to modern codes. They will make rebuilding unaffordable for all but the wealthy. And even some of them will not be allowed to rebuild on sloped properties.

[@stevedenis8292]

What is disturbing is that they allow people to live in places that are this dangerous. You want to build any thing you need permits and have to follow codes and yet insurance is optional,

[@ChaoticYak1]

At least one insurance agency pulled out of California last year so the people who had been paying in for years were suddenly out all that money they'd paid.

[@eviljoshy3402]

I can't believe not one rich person built a house like a doomsday bunker.

[@JWUniverse]

It’s terrible here guys we literally have lost 2 Entire Cities and more buildings in Malibu never seen anything this bad since Maui…. 10 People are Dead more probably will come in time… And it’s not over yet we’re getting more High Winds next week… We need Prayers… Firefighters are probably using the bags because the Hydrants ran dry… We finally got Choppers up day before yesterday because they couldn’t fly during the winds.

[@matthewdee6023]

"Alexa, play 'Open Up' by Leftfield."

[@untze0]

Alexa, play 'LA is Burning' by Bad Religion.

[@Meop79]

No. Do not perpetuate the lie that these are natural events. Are son has been documented in these fires already.

[@leecormack2413]

Would sending marshmallows be considered bad taste?

[@theliato3809]

With how aweful it is over there I can’t help but think that fire might actually spread into the city.