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thewayneThree wildfires have erupted in the greater LA metro area driven by the Santa Ana winds, which has registered gusts of up to 99 MPH. Fire fighters are doing their best, but over a thousand structures have been lost in Pacific Palisades alone, and at least two people have died. The number of injured is currently not reported but obviously very high.
From the article: "The three fires currently blazing in the L.A. area now include the Eaton Fire near Pasadena at 2,200 acres, the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley at 500 acres, and the Palisades Fire at over 5,000 acres." Palisades have lost their public library, it's completely gone.
The LA fire chief reported “Our firefighters always have a primary plan, a backup plan, contingency, and emergency plan. So oftentimes, just so that the public is aware, in large brush fires, water supplies are normally limited,” Crowley said. “So with that, our apparatus do have that ability to draft water if we need to out of pools, ponds, any type of water resource. We also utilize the water tenders…” So decidedly an insanely serious situation.
https://gizmodo.com/fire-hydrants-in-l-a-stop-working-as-firefighters-battle-historic-blazes-2000547550
From the article: "The three fires currently blazing in the L.A. area now include the Eaton Fire near Pasadena at 2,200 acres, the Hurst Fire in the San Fernando Valley at 500 acres, and the Palisades Fire at over 5,000 acres." Palisades have lost their public library, it's completely gone.
The LA fire chief reported “Our firefighters always have a primary plan, a backup plan, contingency, and emergency plan. So oftentimes, just so that the public is aware, in large brush fires, water supplies are normally limited,” Crowley said. “So with that, our apparatus do have that ability to draft water if we need to out of pools, ponds, any type of water resource. We also utilize the water tenders…” So decidedly an insanely serious situation.
https://gizmodo.com/fire-hydrants-in-l-a-stop-working-as-firefighters-battle-historic-blazes-2000547550
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Date: 2025-01-09 12:39 am (UTC)Is this fire season? :o
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2025-01-09 04:56 am (UTC)Well, not normally! But the seasons are kinda topsy-turvy with the changes in weather patterns. Things are very dry in the southwest, and these Santa Ana winds are not helping the area.
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Date: 2025-01-10 04:49 am (UTC)Pretty much all of Minnesota has been in some level of drought conditions for the last year or so. :o
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Date: 2025-01-09 05:25 pm (UTC)No idea, off-hand. I haven't seen any mention of fires in that area in my news feeds.
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Date: 2025-01-11 08:34 pm (UTC)There's always the possibility that some of this could have been alleviated some had not the LAPD sucked up so much budget to themselves that there wasn't much left for the other essential services.
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Date: 2025-01-11 10:06 pm (UTC)Interesting observation about LAPD, can't say that I'd considered that angle. Story popped up Thursday or Friday about a civilian drone colliding with a Canadian air tanker, damaging the wing and taking it out of service for a few days AND GROUNDING THE ENTIRE AIR TANKER FLEET. It's going to go very hard for that drone owner when they identify him.