Nothing left but the memories: New imagery shows shocking extent of California fires' devastation

[@jamesclaytonbowman5977]

what Katie said about how there are a bunch of middle class families who have been there for generations who may not be able to afford to rebuild there, only the wealthier newcomers... reminds very much of the fears surrounding the rebuilding of Lahaina.

[@MP-lq3xx]

🙏

[@chioupingmeng8941]

There are dry and less of water not suitable for people to live .

[@ConnerOfRS]

@@chioupingmeng8941Your sentence doesn't make sense in English.

[@hippdip]

@@ConnerOfRS Replace "less" with "lack" and the sentence is perfectly understandable for anyone with half a brain.

[@Kimberly-qg3ks]

The wealthy home building corporations will do well. The rest of us will be out of luck.

[@suedavis3525]

There has been no rain for months. No urban water systems are designed to fight multiple wildfires.

[@josephjones825]

(D) always has an excuse for their failures.

[@salaltschul3604]

@@josephjones825 Yeah, it's THEIR fault it hasn't rained! Tell it to MTG.

[@dawngerken6613]

Not an excuse. They have the same water lines that every city has. Do you shower at 6 am and have less water presser that at 8 am? That is because more people are using water.

[@peteranthony7877]

Just like Red states can’t stop tornadoes. Excuses, excuses…

[@lewisduffy675]

@@josephjones825 You haven't been listening to Dear Leader very closely MAGA. All he does is make excuses and golf. The gaslighting won't work.

[@peteranthony7877]

As someone who grew up not far from the Palisades, this assessment hit home. When I was newly married my dream was to buy a house on one of the alphabet streets. That didn’t happen, but I am very sad for the small town atmosphere that was already slipping away in recent years and is probably gone for good, now. Thank you Katie and may your hopes come true.

[@aikanae1]

Of course developers will swoop in, cash in hand, and buy out folks who can't afford to rebuild for pennies on the dollar. They did that in Maui too.

[@chantlive24]

What a wonderful and inspiring coverage. Best I have seen

[@isotopiary]

Agree. An incredibly touching and personal account of a life lived and affected by this real life nightmare.

[@bunsw2070]

Really? I didn't hear anything about the Democrat government's incompetence preventing this fire or dealing with it after it started. They couldn't even provide traffic control. Highest taxes in America and zero services. Are you going to blame out of control crime on global warming too?

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Key point: '.... twice the size of Manhattan.' When the fires are out, the scale of this disaster will shock further. Good, clear reporting.

[@uriellevelupriley684]

‼️😯😢

[@tootsla1252]

Oh. My. I had no idea it was this bad until you flashed the before/after photos. Jeez! Horrible.

[@isotopiary]

Wonderful reporting. Hearing about how the landscape of Katie’s life is gone, hits such a poignant note. The unknown scale of decimation for thousands, is only just unfolding.

[@danhayes4941]

What's caused fires in Los Angeles is a hurricane without rain. It is a hurricane with fire. Same thing happened here in Lahaina, Maui. CALIFORNIA STRONG!

[@uriellevelupriley684]

🎯📖🍃

[@rsvpevents6780]

Is there (was there) any way to mitigate the destruction of the fires? I hear something about brush clearing and controlled burns. And water from north California. Would any of this have helped the fire not be so catastrophic? I know it couldn’t be avoided entirely.

[@ConnerOfRS]

​@@rsvpevents6780 Sadly, it seems the fire spread far too quickly and violently to combat using ground methods, as air support is not viable with ~100 MPH gusts; PVC pipes and even copper and steel do not handle thousands of degrees of heat, either in terms of maintaining structural integrity, nor in containing explosive steam vapors. Water pressure is difficult to sustain in a situation like this, either due to disabled pumps or the mentioned hemorrhaging of pressure containment. The human circulatory system is an alright analogy. Better management, including control burns in the surrounding managed lands through the hills, may have helped decrease the severity of the fire, but we'll never know for sure.

[@ConnerOfRS]

@@rsvpevents6780 Sadly, it seems the fire spread far too quickly and violently to combat using ground methods, as air support is not viable with ~100 MPH gusts; PVC pipes and even copper and steel do not handle thousands of degrees of heat, either in terms of maintaining structural integrity, nor in containing explosive steam vapors. Water pressure is difficult to sustain in a situation like this, either due to disabled pumps or the mentioned hemorrhaging of pressure containment. The human circulatory system is an alright analogy. Better management, including control burns in the surrounding managed lands through the hills, may have helped decrease the severity of the fire, but we'll never know for sure.

[@katescarratt4267]

I don't think, from what I've heard, that controlled burns are practicable in urban areas. ​@@rsvpevents6780

[@martinschenk1003]

Katy Tur sure is sharp on her feet. This is really fine and deeply informative reporting.

[@pauldiam0nd]

🤣

[@infonyourmark]

This is exactly why we need to protect our historic places. It's our source of culture and being ourselves. Great reporting, very sad 😢 All the Best

[@josephtrovato2180]

Truly sad and heartbreaking for the people in California.

[@41jenz]

Classy & appreciated 🫶🏻

[@fallenskybird]

It's like experiencing hundreds of years of change to an area in 24 hours ---- a complete time warp ---- and this has put her in complete shock.

[@katestoryteller]

Hopefully, the California Coastal Commission will not allow rebuilding along the coast and provide public access to all beaches along PCH throughout LA.

[@josephjones825]

Depends on who pays them. And how much.

[@41jenz]

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@MrLoobu]

Firefighting and containment are pretty big words for a society that ignores their climate.

[@rmar1957]

Look into GeoEngineering ... Then look into DEW. That isn't Climate Change. C is a scam. Stratospheric Aerial Injections & HAARP.

[@bunsw2070]

Global warming is easily debunked nonsense. This fire was caused by Democrat inaction. No water in the fire hydrants. For 100 years, crews cleared out underbrush because it would feed a fire. Democrats decided they didn't need to do that. They give themselves massive raises while doing nothing but playing politics. They're like the worst people to work with that all of us have experienced.

[@SandraBall-s2z]

Thank you!

[@devorarossi961]

90 mph Santa Ana winds…. No way LA could survive this…

[@uriellevelupriley684]

Facts ✨🎯✨😓

[@jacquelinekohn2082]

The life they had is gone. So many with no insurance, it’s devastating. I’m so very sorry for everyone who has lost so much. 💙🙏💙

[@crs50]

Prayers and Sympathy for the affected residents of LA 🤲🌷🇵🇭

[@katiesmashes878]

Katie I love you!

[@fallenskybird]

Katie's a nice looking girl for sure.

[@hlakyaw6844]

Los Angeles or second Gaza ! so sad.I want to say that we cannot see our future.

[@Madakalim]

Earth be rebelling

[@sarahbishop3416]

Are there prisoners helping out out the fires? Can you do a story about that

[@marniehill3330]

Yes my husband runs a fire camp and has two inmate firefighters there and working they are from up north. Praying for all first responders and for fire victims.

[@katiesmashes878]

Why?

[@user-wd5ho2su7h]

This might work for some inmates, but do you really think Trump can responsibly manage a hose?

[@fallenskybird]

There are inmates working everywhere ---- do you want a story about each and every one of them?

[@katescarratt4267]

I think the poster would like to see something mentioning the fact that prisoners are used for fire-fighting, which many people don't know happens. I don't think, though this is just a guess, that she wants to see a story about each individual prisoner. ​@@fallenskybird

[@MurraydeLues]

Katy is in shock. Fantastic report but she is going to take a long time to process it.

[@lindaroodt484]

These disastrous events humble people Especially if they've never had loss of this magnitude Pray for Los Angeles!

[@briankendallRyanandBrian]

i feel so sad for those in california that live a small carbon footprint and are now suffering because of the worlds denial of climate change.

[@viejitoloco4133]

only pacific ocean gonna contain it

[@tbone6924]

DEI mayor hires a DEI fire chief whose main goal as stated by her is to increase diversity in the department....what could possibly go wrong?

[@glgl7676]

So what happens this summer?

[@CinematicFour]

Sorry you need to pull Katy she is in shock and on set of PTSD...think of her not you stupid fire ratings. There is no reason these reports need to be on site and in the way

[@josephjones825]

Gosh, I feel so bad for Katy Tur(D💩). 😂

[@MichelleMcCune-e7x]

Dems......question......what damage has this done to our environment? Are the little "fish" still there???

[@jeffsmithsailing]

Emmy-quality reporting. Thank you!

[@smilinglynn9584]

Heartbreaking scenes.

[@thishandleisntavailable.]

looking good!

[@paullavender-pc1uz]

How are these fires starting?

[@richie4540]

Any number of reasons, spark from a lawn mower, broken glass bottle in the sun, cigarette butt out the car window, lighting strike, powerline blown down in the 100mph wind, arson, fireworks, any number of reasons

[@rmar1957]

By Magic.

[@DeeMeter78]

Guy with the red baseball cap, most likely.

[@DanielCastillo-cn3pp]

Yeah.. Bob Turs daughter! I remember her dad

[@kerrybyers257]

Is this an electrical infrastructure disaster just like Maui and Paradise?

[@CaptainChaooooos]

Was an arsonist arrested?

[@josephjones825]

Christine Hayes of MSCCP

[@MichelleMcCune-e7x]

Look to the Dems LA Mayor and Newscum!

[@Easyfilm84]

Yes a Russian man.

[@matclairoux]

Nope, he's still on the news crying about water faucet and lying about water pressure. Who want's to dismantle NOAA and keeps lying about climate change but don't argue to add 10 billions over the hundred something billions for climate catastrophe help.

[@evertvandenberghe]

I am glad you point out all of this. It is really important. I hope - in time, because now you need all help - that people will think about the devastation in Greenwood (Tulsa) and have another look on how things unrolled. I cannot comprehend what it would feel like if no one could talk about memories like Katy just did. You cannot take away the past and memories of people. Forcing this to happen is just… so America, pls don’t stay the racist country you are… anyway, best of luck!!

[@DwainDwight]

folks need to convert to EVs, solar panels & wind farms.

[@MrLoobu]

Why would insurance cancel insurance before it happened? Do you think they do fortune telling, or do they maybe understand climate science?

[@c.eb.1216]

Risk factors

[@aldrinspeck2724]

what about the 2028 Olympic games in LA? any talks of cancelling them?

[@simonefraser5997]

So sad to hear, no one will take away your memories. Will be forever yours. When I went to Los Angeles, as I step in I felt that my soul was there... I can not put in words how much hurt me to see all this catastrophic fire. God bless all and give powers for what needed to go through in these difficulties time. Sending all my love and compassion.

[@boombasett6038]

Memories....all alone in the moonlight...sing it with me folks. ( from the musical CATS )

[@CloroxPresidenite]

the Alphabet Fire Chief is doing great work

[@lewisduffy675]

MAGA blame game. Derp derp derp derp derp.

[@dsab381]

Spoken like a true bigot.

[@shaunbrown5803]

The mayor looks like the black version of Pat from Saturday Night Live 😂😂😂 i

[@josephjones825]

It's just ... Pat ! ... Karen?

[@castlekingside76]

This is Biblical truly, the most famous city in the world ravaged by hellfire.

[@JimmyStark77]

where's the water!

[@commandopoppins4339]

Let's face it, the whole Los Angeles basin was never going to accommodate the millions of people who call it home. It lacks water, which is the major deterrent. It is artificially supported by diverting water from rainier areas to keep it alive and even thriving. This day or this series of days was imminent. There's nothing man can do if they build in an area that is prone to fires. It's simple idiocracy, and unfortunately the people who die in this fire and/or lose their belongings, had it in their soul path to experience this.

[@tondalayajr]

I thank your comment is golden I feel this to be true as well God bless be safe❤

[@skrillgorefuski]

She is so obviously not upset. Her fairytale stories of yesteryear are pathetically forced and also not important or informative. It’s too late we already saw you laughing and gushing over some mutual acquaintance with pal Jennifer Garner, while you stood in front of the devastation.

[@OarsmanPower]

Stop voting democrat. Yes, this IS political.

[@Davemmmason]

This happened many times in Northern California, LA was NOT prepared

[@ahmedmaher3996]

And you really understand part of the Gazans have been living for more than a year and on the hands of people. Not natural catastrophe.

[@greggrowe7048]

Happens every year....no one ever learns. Idiots start the fires.

[@suburbantrapqueen]

Fires happen every year, yes, but not with hurricane force winds & air that dry. THIS…is unprecedented & no one could have prepared for it.

[@DR-jd8vc]

God bless, at leat the fire fighters are diverse, equal and inclusive... that's all that matters

[@pauldiam0nd]

🤣

[@CloroxPresidenite]

No H20 at the Hydrants 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@shaunbrown5803]

Well we do have the eels 😆

[@Riannon_Bardsley]

only energy drink comes out of hydrant

[@lewisduffy675]

Yeah that's what happens when multiple fires happen at the same time. Loss of pressure under extreme demand. Give your head a shake.

[@pauldiam0nd]

@@lewisduffy675 😒NO.. that's "half" the reason why

[@czgator9000]

@@lewisduffy675 There is nothing in their heads, that's why Dumpster loves the poorly educated.

[@raufahemadsayyad6265]

It look like Gaza,

[@barking_mad6649]

Minus the 70k dead people and fascist Israeli military.

[@tonycaine5930]

Palisade eerily sounds similar to Palestine. One destroyed by nature the other by evil men

[@2ndestate]

Day 4

[@mahtabshaikh0191]

In the past years we have seen Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon burning and in 2025 we are seeing America burning..... The game is the same, the only difference is that the player has changed......☝️

[@DorothyChartrand-g6x]

Seriously?

[@AbdRashid-j8k]

From Gaza to Carlifornia ... with all sadness.

[@astridspark2686]

Should it be rebuild? What if this is a yearly recurring event as of now?

[@katiesmashes878]

Always assumed LA would be demolished by an eathquake! Katie, I love U

[@rmar1957]

DEW. Making room for 15-minute Smart Cities.

[@jedison0311]

No call for prayers on MSNBC?

[@calvoh9715]

If the houses are concrete they won't be palatable to fire.

[@katescarratt4267]

Concrete can be damaged by fire.

[@TheWayofFairness]

We are being done wrong. We can stop them with "The World Fairness Agreement"

[@rmar1957]

All by design.

[@patriciagriswold6060]

Can we get some of that money back from Ukraine? 😢

[@ET-jv1wm]

The 2 Trillion dollars that the Trump tax cuts added to the deficit would go a lot further than the 61 billion to Ukraine don't you think? Are you equaly in favour of cutting Military spending and financial aid to Israel by the way?

[@katescarratt4267]

You get 90% of it back anyway because Ukraine uses the money to buy arms from the USA.

[@michaelhapgood782]

So anybody seen Opera?

[@hassanwasim6349]

Take your meds...

[@katescarratt4267]

I've seen several operas, though I don't see the relevance.

[@CloroxPresidenite]

Defund the fire dept. 😂 Great work Dems

[@lewisduffy675]

I thought MAGA was _against_ politicizing tragedy? What gives? Why do you hate your fellow Americans so much?

[@josephjones825]

​@@lewisduffy675 (D🇨🇳) isn't American.

[@Mutanttaint]

They didn't defend, she added over 50 million in the last year.

[@pauldiam0nd]

@@Mutanttaint 😂didn't defUnd..??? okay

[@Mutanttaint]

@pauldiam0nd yes, that's a fact. She has increased the budget for the fire dept. Stop spreading false information.

[@mysticwatersoo]

Gov Gavin NEROsum wont take any blame?

[@bartjargengarblbargeler1980]

Welcome to Biden's America

[@suedavis3525]

There were wildfires under Trump. They were his fault?

[@lewisduffy675]

So Biden is to blame for climate change and record-breaking drought? Wow. Brawndo has what plants crave.

[@barking_mad6649]

So it will be better soon then? 😂 Clown

[@fatimamiranda82]

Me me me.

[@MarkKenworthy-d2d]

Karma Haza

[@gregfelix202]

Are they saying the Palestinians like the Palestinians in the Bible is that literally the name of the place cuz every time I hear it I get confused but I just need somebody to elaborate? Is that literally the name of the neighborhood that was burned down one of them.?

[@shantimindproductions5585]

In reference to the war

[@PeterLGଈ]

Do you mean the Palisades? It's an area in LA. They're not talking about Palestinians.

[@c.eb.1216]

Is Palestine in the Bible? I thought that was Philistines. There is supposedly a connection between the two words, meant to taunt the Israelis. This is Palisades. When I was a kid, they had a reference book shelf at the library where you could read about all these things and more. It was better than the internet IMO because it was straight and direct reliable information.

[@fatimamiranda82]

Dont talk about you. Report

[@Howarddavis9730Davis]

Suspicious Right Before Inaguration. It Smells.

[@lewisduffy675]

When you don't understand anything, everything is a conspiracy.

[@TracyAdams-ry2fc]

@@lewisduffy675yeah especially when you can’t even spell the word inauguration correctly@Howarddavis9730Davis !

[@mikeneidlinger8857]

I am now against fire.

[@jfern6673]

How does a city in the United States of America, get ravaged like this in a fire? How does that happen? where is the common sense? has any been applied? why are those houses built from timber omg

[@primrose62]

What has common sense got to do with a fire ? Not sure that fire abides by any rules !!

[@c.eb.1216]

This isn't normal. 2000s this never happened. I remember Katrina. I would remember something like this too.

[@ChrisforChristJesus]

When your hole state borders a ocean and it burns up for lack of water you may need new leadership

[@PeterLGଈ]

Using saltware for firefighting requires specialised pumps and equipment, and even then, it is only workable for a block or two from the coastline. (Australian firefighter 🇦🇺)

[@ChrisforChristJesus]

@@PeterLGଈ Thank you still there are chopper and buckets right

[@ChrisforChristJesus]

@@PeterLGଈ Also how corrosive would the salt water be to the pumps as the loss in property is so high here the loss of the pumps may be worth it if they could last a few days right ?

[@ChrisforChristJesus]

@@rabbitwhisperer LOL do you know what a dictionary is for? what in my comments would a definition help with ?

[@salishseas]

@@ChrisforChristJesushi! The correct word is whole, not hole. A dictionary is a resource for spelling, as well as definitions. Honestly, just trying to help. I wish you the best.

[@bruceanderson-v9m]

Copycat Arsonists at work?

[@CloroxPresidenite]

🔥🔥Gavin needs to resign 🔥🔥

[@lewisduffy675]

Because of climate change and historic drought? Hardly. Get a grip on yourself.

[@josephjones825]

​@@lewisduffy675Keep reelecting him. 😂🤡

[@pauldiam0nd]

@@lewisduffy675 😅🤣climate change😂😂

[@pauldiam0nd]

​@@lewisduffy675 record rain last year in CA... where'd it go ? OH YEAH..! CA Dems "dumped" it into the Pacific

[@lewisduffy675]

@@pauldiam0nd Your little smiley faces and your foolishness doesn't change the facts. How old are you?

[@Riannon_Bardsley]

Heee Heee Heeee HA HA! it was me!

[@ZorroComputers]

It should be a requirement, that every fift building is built from a concrete. Just to prevent fire spreading.

[@josephjones825]

Everything (D) touches turns into 💩. But in this case, into ash.

[@lewisduffy675]

Why do you hate your fellow Americans so much? Why have you allowed your Dear Leader to poison your soul in such a way?

[@josephjones825]

@lewisduffy675 Our King has an army of 100 million + prepared to carry out his will. MAGA !!!

[@lewisduffy675]

@@josephjones825 Spoken like a true fascist. That's about the most un-American thing you could say.

[@katescarratt4267]

​@@josephjones825Your King??

[@Mw2Og]

Now they can get a glimpse of what the citizens of Gaza are going through.

[@biscuit5061]

Incompetent governor, not prepared after so many big fires. Sleeping on the job

[@fallenskybird]

You want a scapegoat or what? ---- If you don't like the job he's doing, you can take over for him and shoulder the responsibility; and when you can't keep up with the fires, you better hope there's someone just like you pointing the finger so as you can learn your lesson my good friend.

[@biscuit5061]

@fallenskybird california makes 200 billion dollar annually, because of the history of enormous fire, i would spend over 10 percent of that, to triple the size of water tanks, invest more on water pressure machines and pipe lines and even artificially spraying water during these dry months on specific zones. And all this can be done with common sense which the right wing has.

[@matclairoux]

But you vote for a liar who cry about faucet saving water then lies about not enough water?

[@josephjones825]

Since Slicked Back Gavin is always crowing that KommieFornia would have the world's 5th largest economy were it a country, they won't need help to rebuild.

[@G5Ckxew]

How many tax dollars will provide housing for all of the displaced illegals?

[@ああ-z3n5d]

Was the governor arrested?

[@primrose62]

What for ??

[@jaygibson5057]

Evidence destroyed

[@Gordon-f7f]

Democrat budget for California wildfires - zero

[@walawala-fo7ds]

millionaire memories.... can't relate sorry 😂

[@katescarratt4267]

Still people.

[@walawala-fo7ds]

@katescarratt4267 curious how we're appealing to humanity now but not when the poor get crushed for their riches. It really is just a price tag

[@johnconnor1847]

Remember when AOC said jewish space lasers? That was weird.

[@primrose62]

Um that was MTG not AOC - you’ve got the initials confused !

[@c.eb.1216]

Troll bot. Go sow your confusion somewhere else.

[@JhonCarolan]

The majority of you people in California voted for this what is wrong with you. When are you going to wake up.

[@lewisduffy675]

They didn't vote for climate change and record-breaking drought what is wrong with you? If a natural disaster happens in a red state does that mean they voted for it? You have lost your mind.

[@gazeral8136]

Wonder if Iran, Russia, or even China are involved??

[@وائلالهلالي-ح6ح]

Keep supporting Israel instead of supporting your own citizens

[@hassanwasim6349]

Amen

[@mauricem6359]

Something very strange thing had happened, it was a supernatural event. Wildfires don't happen in the winter time, not to the scale of this destruction.

[@planetofether5462]

Wildfires can happen anytime a year.

[@barking_mad6649]

Drought + wind + fuel + source of ignition = fire

[@primrose62]

It’s called climate change !!

[@mauricem6359]

@@planetofether5462 True, but wildfire happens mostly in woodland, forest, bushes areas. When were wildfires in history in this magnitude burning houses/buildings rapidly in winter times?

[@c.eb.1216]

It was an interesting coincidence of factors, the perfect storm. I have always wondered how the biblical prediction of the entire world being destroyed a second time by fire could possibly come to pass, and then I see this. It is because of iniquity, gross consumption and lack of responsibility to the earth. The line between "science" and ancient foretellings is drawing thin.

[@sammyash9765]

Ah yes...California just a memory hope the people don't come here.