Drinker's Chasers - Hollywood Is Burning (Literally)

[@JasonAkersMusic]

I'm in LA and can clarify a few things for you guys there. 1) LA hasn't had a drop of rain in eight months, so everything is dry as a bone. 2) Three new reservoirs were scheduled to be erected, but they were stopped by our governor and his people. 3) The environmental protection folks have fucked us Royally here. A) They said you can't remove the underbrush or do controlled burns because it might affect some frog no one has ever heard of. B) A record amount of runoff from the mountains has flowed down this way, but we can't capture any of it to store for emergencies like this because of a little fish called the Smelt. The smell is like a mix of fresh and saltwater to live in, and the runoff from the mountains helps maintain the salinization level around the coast. 4) The comment you made about the rich getting their houses back right away is probably not the case for many of them. In the last year, insurance companies have dropped thousands of fire insurance policies because California regulations cap the amount they can charge. Even if they weren't capped, the amount of the policy would cost so much that many people moved here decades ago when those houses were cheaper and weren't rich. Even for some of the wealthy, it would be a good lick. 5) The distance between these fires is indeed long. The Eaton and Palisades fires are entirely across town from one another, and the Hurst fire is at the top of LA. 6) Most of these fires start when homeless people start them. Some people even begin them as an act of Arson. Honestly, if an ember from an outdoor grill chipped off in the right direction and landed in the right bit of brush, that could set it off, given the conditions. 7) I don't know if you have been in hurricane-force winds, but they are crazy. I went outside during the first round of the stormy winds, and standing up was hard. I'm 6'0 "and 240lb, or 17.14 stone, for you guys. 🙂 8) Also, everyone in LA accidentally received an evacuation notice yesterday. WTF? It's a wholly mismanaged situation. 9) Our Mayor was in Ghana on a trip to help swear in their first woman to something. I don't know what it was. But, the winds were expected, as they are every year. The lack of moisture for months was known, and everyone and their mother knew there would be fires, but they didn't know how many or how bad. It stands to reason that if you know that going to Africa, which this woman has done a lot for many years and has advocated for Africa more than her own constituents, is a bad idea. Anyway, there is more that I could tell you, but that's just a little information that might help you guys overseas have more details on what's going on. Oh, and for context, I'm not far from the fires, and if the winds shift in the right way, I will be running. So, it sucks. I'm a lowly music composer for film and TV, no one you've heard of, most likely, but I live and work in my apartment, which isn't nice. So I'm not a wealthy guy telling you this stuff. Just an average guy and a fan of yours, Drinker. Keep up the good work you guys are doing. Through efforts from people like you guys and Nerdrodic and the others, you're helping to shift the world back to sanity. Even if it's millimeters at a time, every little bit helps. Cheers!!!

[@rock_and-or_roll]

I used to live in the Los Angeles area. Once when I lived in orange county there was a wildfire out somewhere in the inland empire, and it created this yellowish haze, little bits of ash constantly falling from the sky, a burnt smell and stinging eyes when you went outside. Just get a good air filter my friend and keep the doors and windows closed.

[@matthewiskra771]

You have a pretty good summary. Fair disclosure: I live in Sacramento but have friends and family in various locations in LA, including Pepperdine U. The next catastrophe will be the other LA natural disaster: mudslides.

[@JasonAkersMusic]

@@rock_and-or_rollPeople are wearing masks all over, but for the smoke they might actually do something. Haha

[@JasonAkersMusic]

@@matthewiskra771I forgot to mention the mudslides.

[@dr.matthewhertert310]

further clarification for people, palisades to eaton is at least a half hour as the crow flies and with typical LA traffic is a one- to two-hour drive.

[@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._

[@Jar0fMay0]

You can’t do that in California. Blame the hippies

[@caveatlector2671]

@@Jar0fMay0 CA... the preeminent cereal box of America...

[@bettysteve322716]

The laugh is, Astraya has the same trees, we just have lots more of them, that's why we do controlled burns in winter, the huge forest fires we have here start in the wilderness where there is a lack of roads to get in and fight them. And yes, the Eucalypt seed needs to be burned to geminate, a survival technique when "food gathering" is "burn everything down and eat anything cooked, when that food rots, burn more forest down." AKA "Effective land management" according to Astrayan propagandists.

[@zachary3367]

Right, its ironically great for the environment when controlled. Farmers do it to their fields, releases the nutrients the organic matter held, aerates the soil, removes waste and helps prevent diseases in the plants.

[@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.

[@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%(Edit: $17 million not 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. Edit: To clarify, natural flow of fresh water does not mean using rivers formed by nature. It means using the natural flow of water due to gravity instead of using pumps. There would be man made channels, pipe lines, and aqueducts. Yes, the planed 1,400 miles would be a massive project and almost twice the distance of the South-North Water Transfer Project in China, the longest current water transfer project, at 785 miles. Keep in mind, water is expensive in California, over twice the national average, and a lot of people live there and the state has the highest GDP in the country and would have the 5th largest economy globally if ranked as a country.

[@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.

[@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.

[@johnnycalv]

Reap what you sow

[@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)

[@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.

[@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."

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

Newsom needs to meet Mario's brother if you ask me

[@cashflowhustles]

New Jersey and Louisiana are HISTORICALLY corrupt as well

[@synthchigginnz]

Not to mention the common folk being bled dry paying for everything and the rich not paying taxes

[@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.

[@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

[@matthewmagda4971]

If you live in NYC, this is nothing new. They will address snow, flooding, sanitation issues in the wealthier zip codes before helping anything near the Bronx.

[@MB-ig6gl]

Well when you had armed gangs driving around hunting/shooting disaster workers it kinda slows things down. Those workers had to retreat and do nothing instead of their normal 18hr grueling days working as fast as possible to assist. I mean the governor had to go on tv and ask people to stop shooting at the power line workers that were trying to restore power. You can thank the MAGAs for stoking fears into people to try to earn more political clout by making a disaster worse. All to then be able to point to it and complain about the response.

[@whya2ndaccount]

As an Australian I'm familiar with fires. Whilst I appreciate the humour, I feel for the real (non glamour) residents of LA.

[@heatherhillman1]

As do we all. These people have lost everything and many had their insurance cancelled recently, so they may not even be able to rebuild. Very sad, very desperate situation. Prayers for all. 🙏🙏🙏

[@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.

[@theinsurance2450]

​@@michaelmartin8337 wow that some timing. When did they know?

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

​​@@theinsurance2450 The insurance companies have been squeezed, trying to make payouts from previous fires. The approached Gavin Newsome with request to be able to raise insurance rates and Newsome denied the request and put caps on how much insurance companies could charge overall. It became too much of a risk to keep insurance policies, so they were cancelled. Many of the companies that could, packed up and left California altogether. It's not that the companies knew these fires were going to happen. Although with California's mismanagement, this outcome was definitely predictable. It's when you have ecological mismanagement, budget cuts for fire department, and general malfeasance in governorship, insurance companies consider it way too much of a risk to stick around.

[@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.

[@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.

[@SWAHswah-tm7sn]

​@@nomdeguerre8464not everyone in LA. Loads of poor people live around their either because they want to get into Hollywood or they just like living where a lot of celebrities live. Doesn't mean all of them are wealthy.

[@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

[@hewhobattles8869]

"Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked"

[@leslieleslie6590]

I love "Avatar: The Last Airbender!"

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

Fire Lord Newsom

[@Adelina-293]

*Azula intensifies*

[@odindarkll3706]

LA is the fire nation IRL.

[@salva0922]

This made me laugh

[@mitchellstanding5358]

Can you imagine being the most heavily tax people in the world only for the government to have managing so poorly that the fire hydrants run out of water when your neighborhood catches fire

[@Raskolnikov70]

But somehow they found money, personnel and time to paint them all rainbow-colored.....

[@SioxerNikita]

60-70% in Denmark at top tax

[@stanmoroncini8825]

Wrong. They didn’t run out of water. The hydrants in the higher elevations like in palisades run off of massive tanks of water due to them being difficult to pipe water into because of being in mountainous/hilly areas. These tanks are designed to fight 1-3 house fires at most, not thirty, with record high wind speeds that no one can control, the tanks ran dry because of the amount of water that was used at once. The homes in lower elevations fared better because the hydrants were hooked to water mains. Nice try though.

[@DraQinn]

There's a very powerful group of people that wanted that region cleared for their future plans of 15 minute cities, just like Hawaii fires. That's why no water in hydrants.

[@SioxerNikita]

@DraQinn loooooool. Do you even know what a 15 minute city is, and that the lobbying to keep car centric cities are far more powerful than any 15 minute city people xD

[@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

[@doctordetroit4339]

Lesbians are in charge.....it will be ok.

[@manwiththeredface7821]

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

[@heatherhillman1]

The celebrity whining is next level though.

[@mco3884]

They're already at their vacation homes in Tahoe.

[@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.

[@olafgurke4699]

@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou What else is he supposed to say? It kind of sucks for the people there. Only thing you can do now is get people to safety and find out what went so catastrophically wrong to allow this situation from happening. None of the things he's in a position to do much about.

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou Yes what a low thing to say that fire sucks how dare he. And what's with this pseudo-doxing creep behavior? Get help, manwhoprobablybeatshiswife

[@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!

[@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.

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

@@BillOhio73 and that's just funny, you should try laughing some time it's pretty fun

[@gnarwhal7562]

From what I've read, this was an absolute disaster waiting to happen. Both the Governor of California and the Mayor of LA were warned for months to clear out the vast amounts of underbrush, prepare water reservoirs, and approve another water supply that would flow from Alaska down to Cali in preparation for the wildfire season, and they ignored all of this advice. The Alaska water flow was denied to protect some endangered fish and frog species, the firefighters' budget was slashed by something like $17M and they appointed some DEI hire as the new Chief, the EPA and protesters wouldn't allow the state to carry out controlled burns (which are extremely necessary to contain future fires), and the Mayor decided to f*ck off to Ghana for some ceremony while all of this is happening. On top of that, many home insurance companies in California flat out don't cover many of these structures because of how expensive the risk is; and the few who actually are insured have to pay astronomical fees to stay covered (ie. rich celebrities -and even some of them can't afford the rates). As a result, many regular Californians just lost their homes with absolutely no way of recovering their expenses or fighting the fires. As a Canadian, we deal with our fair share of wildfires annually, (Aussies too), and I can tell you without a doubt that none of this can be blamed on these just being freak mastodon fires with no hope of containment, this is 100% sheer incompetence on behalf of Governor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Karen Bass, Chief Kristen Crowley, ignorant protestors, and corrupt EPA officials. Just to put things into perspective, many firefighters on the scene straight up can't do anything to douse these fires, because there is absolutely no water in sight to throw on the flames. All they can do is MacGuyver that $hit until foreign aid arrives, (and by then, it'll be too late). Don't get me wrong, I'm heartbroken seeing our American neighbours going through this, but at the same time, I hope this serves as a wakeup call to many to either exit the state or clean house within the government. Cali is the Titanic, and this is its ice berg

[@bewmdogg]

By voting Trump back in they have actively chosen to hit the iceberg. Dumbasses who still somehow support the moron don't bafflingly know it yet but they soon will

[@KdogPrime]

As a Canadian, we've seen the same thing happen in Jasper this past year.

[@suziechapstick8236]

Yep, we even had some bad wildfires in Malibu and Ventura county just a few months ago that showed how fast and difficult to fight that these fires can be. This isn't some freak occurrence we had no warning of, its the natural escalation of multi-yearly fires that have been happening for a decade or more.

[@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!

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

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

[@TexanWarEagle]

A preventable disaster. The worst kind.

[@JS-wy6uw]

If only the governor was smart enough to understand that water is useful for fighting fire 🔥.

[@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.

[@nadianikashina128]

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

[@carpetsnake83]

I don’t the normal people voted for this

[@chiefscheider]

​@@carpetsnake83 Did you mean 'doubt' or leave out 'think' ?

[@TakabIghe]

@@carpetsnake83so the children who’s houses burned down you’re ok with that? Do you know how many kids have also lost their homes. They don’t vote and you you shouldn’t think they have to suffer cause of their parents. Also there’s lots of conservatives in California

[@carpetsnake83]

@ ok kids I feel sorry for the kids they are stuck with wankers for parents but not to much cause they’ll grow up to become the new wankers who’d vote the same way And yes sucked in to the conservatives one you can’t get your shit together to win there despite all the failure and two you stay instead of leaving knowing the danger If anything i feel less for them cause they know better at least democrats get to claim stupidity and ignorance what’s conservatives excuse

[@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 🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽

[@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.

[@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?

[@christophersmith8316]

Its silly that they even have a evacuate two million people order. Where do they go?

[@antraxxslingshots]

@@christophersmith8316 Well they at least "SHOULD" have a plan for those scenarios...some long range missiles from russia are also possible, i bet they have plans for that somewhere.

[@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.

[@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.

[@lennoxoconnell5541]

Do you think we can all stitch together us singing “Imagine” and send it to the celebs who lost their homes? That will lift their spirits, right? Since we totally understand their plight?

[@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.

[@rigell2764]

If only someone could have predicted this. Oh wait, everyone did. When the insurance companies pull out, that's usually a great indicator that disaster is near.

[@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

[@Bonesawisready926]

@@tankerd1847 No it isn't. Next election cycle they're gonna vote for the same people who put them in this situation in the first place.

[@road_king_dude]

@@Bonesawisready926 What sucks is all of us, and there are more than a few, that didn't vote for it that have to suffer for it.

[@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.

[@bewmdogg]

Yeah heard about it years ago as well. Funny how dumbasses still believe it

[@chalkandcheese1868]

It's BS

[@ZakkOsborne]

People aren't going to be able to rebuild, they're saying, maybe for A DECADE or more. That's how bad the regulations and bureaucracy nightmare is.

[@avengemybreath3084]

Don’t worry, they will expedite permits for high profile Hollywood celebrities.

[@solarydays]

I don't think celebrities care too much about losing one weekend house

[@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.

[@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.

[@rock_and-or_roll]

The internet says “(Baby) oil can catch fire fairly easily, but is not technically a flammable liquid, according to OSHA standards. It has a flashpoint around 335 degrees Fahrenheit (168 Celsius), which does not qualify as flammable, even though it certainly can catch fire.”

[@bettysteve322716]

@@rock_and-or_roll diddy's mansion would have flared up like a roman candle, or an adulteress oil soaked love letters 😂

[@anthonyml7]

Oh good one, I can top it though, it was all Newsom's plan to get rid of the homeless...

[@hauntngu4002]

They never should have accepted those eucalyptus trees from Australia.

[@nomdeguerre8464]

@@hauntngu4002 quick, import 🐨 en masse!

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

Sneaky move, Australia...very sneaky move.

[@Orko1983]

why did they import eucalyptus trees? There are Zero Koalas which is basically what they are for as they get drunk on the leaves and screw like rabbits and 50% of them have chlamydia! I guess they imported them as they are fabulous timber for building. But they obviously aren't importing them now, This must have been 30 years ago for them to grow big. I do know Angela Lansbury had a massive one in her garden as she loved the smell and her nephew was at one point the Prime Minister of Australia. Fun Fact.

[@jamesadams2278]

Does this mean that Velma, season 3 is gonna be delayed?

[@hewhobattles8869]

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

[@keyster747]

i wish i could give this 12 thumbs up but youtube will only allow 1... darn.

[@danielsliwa1045]

As someone who lives dead center of the valley. Etween the four fires, in Van Nuys, it’s truly a bizarre and apocalyptic time. Not just the fire but the wind damage. Tones of roofing and siding flew off and damaged cars and tore trees down. People taking advantage including a new fire threat (the Kenneth fire) was supposedly started by an arsonist they caught. Just a weird waiting and seeing. Between the winds and the brush and lack of water our firefighters didn’t stand a chance

[@bewmdogg]

Stay safe

[@danielsliwa1045]

@@bewmdogg thank you 🙏🏻 currently have my car packed and waiting to leave any moment. Is a bit nerve wrecking so much appreciated

[@onespecies-human344]

Thats one way to clear out the tents

[@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.

[@maggiethedog9113]

@@phonepunk7888 You have over 100 comments on this channel. HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@TempusestIocundum]

​@@maggiethedog9113 What in hell is wrong with you, mate? It's the eighth time you check how many comments people leave beneath this channel. Let people comment on the channels they like, I do not see anything even remotely discreditable about so.

[@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.

[@synthchigginnz]

And then Black Rock vanguard and State Street swoop in to scoop up all those properties😢

[@Orko1983]

As an aussie. I'm perplexed at how these fires are operating. We go through this every 2 years. This is not how bushfires operate. They are random fires in 3 separate areas miles apart. A fire on the ocean, Never seen that before, I've never even seen a Bushfire get anywhere near a Metropolitan area, It just doesn't happen. But we do backburning year round s we have to Too much foliage will just DRY OUT and is a disaster waiting to happen. Every June this takes place all trails are cleaned and moved up. There is no scrub around. I've certainly never heard of a fire hydrant with NO WATER. Besides the fire is literally next to the dam beach. Get those aircraft scoop it up and dump it on that burning crap. Don't they use chemicals as well to put out the fire? I mean this is just negligence at the highest level. It doesn't help when they cut 20 million bucks from the fire budget last year. California is literally insane. These are the same people that laughed in Texas face when they had a cold freeze, These are the same people who laughed their ass off at Floridians and De Santi's when it was hit with the Hurricanes. I can hardly feel sorry for a lot of them when we know what kind of people they really are.

[@suziechapstick8236]

Problem is that all those precautions make make practical sense for the benefit of the people, which isn't allowed here in California.

[@silverscorpio24]

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

[@JOHNNYCASHMONEY23]

Nope. Don’t remember. Which actor laughed at the hurricanes in North Caroline. Remind us again.

[@shorseyletterkenny]

We should have, no one cares about North Carolina....

[@kowalski3769]

Yeah tell us because I don't remember which people in Hollywood laughed?. I'm in Coastal SC and hurricanes are no joke.

[@silverscorpio24]

@kowalski3769 Admittedly, I may have confused it with them saying it was karma for Florida getting their bad hurricanes, not North Carolina. But I do distinctly remember Jennifer Lawrence saying the deadly tornadoes in Texas were what Texans deserved for voting for Trump.

[@AngelofRemedy]

That never happened but please continue exercising your free speech and spreading lies

[@wdanielcoffey9213]

The firefighters don't have the water needed to extinguish fires because the California government refused to build desalinization plants. Instead, they take water from Northern California or surrounding states, which have droughts. Los Angeles was built on a semi-arid climate where wildfires occur naturally.

[@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.

[@AncientRylanor69]

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

[@kurtkensson2059]

"We don't need no water..."

[@medigoomnis]

I'm sad they didnt find the LA fire dept ad floating around...that really shows their priorities...the one where their response to DEI hiring, vs. the comment "but you couldnt pull my husband out of a fire" is "he shouldnt be in one to start with." or similar wording.

[@rydirban]

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

[@PlutoDividesByZero]

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

[@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

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

I want everyone to please remember that it's not just the multimillion-dollar celebrity Palisades neighborhood that exists in LA. There are 4+ major fires going on and that's only one of them. The rest are in much lesser income regular neighborhoods, with regular old schools and churches and McDonalds'. California is the most populous state in America, most of whom are not millionaire actors. LA is a city full of regular people are getting their homes and livelihoods erased by this disaster.

[@Grubnar]

Those "regular people" got what they voted for.

[@theoriginaldylangreene]

They kept voting dem. At some point you have to accept responsibility for your own actions. Smart Republican voters have flown to better states.

[@shorseyletterkenny]

​@@GrubnarWho voted for high winds????????

[@shorseyletterkenny]

​@theoriginaldylangreene keep voting Republican, soon you'll be filling in your own welfare applications

[@Grubnar]

@@shorseyletterkenny If you believe all this was caused just by "high winds" ... Bless your heart!

[@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

[@masteronionnorth2341]

The level of stupidity, incompetence, and corruption involved is staggering. I hope someone ends up in jail because of this.

[@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

[@paxromana1982]

I’m in studio city. It’s apocalyptic. What’s happening is historic and unprecedented. I grew up here and lived through the Northridge quake, I have never seen anything like this. It’s devastating. 😢. Pray for us we need it

[@christophersmith8316]

Not really. Fires routinely run in the hills for miles where nobody lives. A,difference now was they didn't hold the front and many houses burned in palisades

[@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.

[@malcontender6319]

"anti vaxxers were dying" I got some news for you.

[@bewmdogg]

No one deserves to die about that but yes the it was mainly red states who were most affected due to their ignorance. Unless if course ALL data is wrong.

[@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

[@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.

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

The helicopters could only make runs when the Santa Ana winds would die down.

[@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.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

The whole state was a metaphorical dumpster fire, and now it’s become a literal dumpster fire. I think the state and city governments need to be abolished and placed under the direct control of the federal government. Once everything is sorted out, California can hold new elections for state and city officials.

[@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.

[@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”.

[@Tallacus]

It was just revealed, that Karen Bass had slashed the budget for LAFD by another $49 million, there was a reservoir out in Palisades that had a 117 million gallon compacity, it was shut down and emptied for repair, that water most likely sent out to the sea.

[@chriscole683]

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

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

At least DEI Bingo cards were fully filled.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@davidsummer8631]

Palisades can now be used as a set if anyone wants to make a film about Gaza

[@qasimmir7117]

Yep, it probably could sadly.

[@blank8460]

Best comment

[@ericbailey9549]

I grew up there. Its rolling hills of dry grass. It burns every year and they didn't have a plan.

[@eeddieedwards3890]

"Burnt Acres" is the place to be, flame living is the life for me, land burning so far and wide, keep Manhattan and give me the country fried".

[@MrReubenTishkoff]

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

[@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?

[@Bonesawisready926]

@@rhedosaurus2251 Shoulda moved

[@GNpatent]

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

[@MightyDrakeC]

Read an article that described that, prior to man settling there, along the west coast, there was a permanent smoke haze. In the past, there were always fires somewhere west of the mountains. Basically, we're trying to fight Mother Nature

[@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.

[@PowerfulLeadahYas-Yas]

I will never forget watching the LA fires on "Channel One News" in my high school science class in 1993. My teacher, a former hippy who lived in Cali in his youth, said the Hollywood Hills burn down every year, and every year they just rebuild it even denser. 22 years later and he's never been wrong.

[@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. 😆

[@diminios]

Thoughts and prayers to all the Hollywood celebrities.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

James Woods believes in climate change now.

[@albanmacleod5487]

Leftfield ft. John Lydon - 'Open Up'. Always loved that track - can't get it out of my head atm

[@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.

[@BTC909]

The Palisades fire only stopped to the west because of the burnoff from a previous fire.

[@johnvanderploeg6707]

Nature's own fire break.

[@BTC909]

@@johnvanderploeg6707 No fuel, no progress.

[@The_Zilli]

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

[@rsanchez9865]

Gotta admit it's a great way to transfer prime real estate back to the banks for those that can't afford to rebuild. I think this was a pre-engineered disaster

[@AmeliaBodilia]

Hollywood is burning! Life imitates art.😳

[@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.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Come on baby light my fire!

[@alanfrazer3291]

Some locals detained a homeless guy who had a blow torch and was setting fire to old xmas trees…. Police took him away and let him go as there was insufficient evidence for holding him…..

[@johndurham6172]

DEI firepeople, nah it will be fine 😂

[@barnabasastrofengia5345]

Perfect 👌 tho very very sad 😔

[@shorseyletterkenny]

Thank you from the peanut gallery........

[@johndurham6172]

​@@shorseyletterkenny my boss used to say the same thing when I made comments during meetings 😅

[@maiutoob4632]

The wayer bags are for small spot fires while the hoses work on large fires. They had water, the pressure dropped after 15hrs of heavy water usage. The water tanks used for water pressure couldnt be filled fast enough to maintain constant pressure up into the hills.

[@ThinkTwice2222]

Just look up the videos of the governor talking about destroying dams to protect a certain salmon, lowering the amount of accessable fresh water to put the fires out

[@Purge00]

The smoke is reaching Fresno over 200 miles away. The school from Carrie in flames looks like a shot from the movie.

[@Cyraxior]

My granddad was a wilderness firefighter in CA back in the 1950s. I remember in the 1990s he was predicting that this very thing was going to happen sooner or later because of their crappy land management policies. I feel for the poor folks losing their homes, but there are people who saw this coming from miles away.

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

"I'll take shit that didn't happen for $400 Alex"