Canada has always helped out with firefighting efforts in the US and not just in California. This time Canada was joined by Mexico and help fighting these fires. We really appreciate it.
Yes!! Canada is our Northern brother and we fight together when the need arises! We have had Canadian brothers here several times and I believe we in turn have sent our boys North when you need them as well!
LA County leases the Canadian Super Scooper aircraft and they're one of the most effective weapons in the fire fight. They're the yellow planes you see on TV dropping water. And yes, we have reciprocal agreements covering a wide area because no single jurisdiction can handle a disaster of this magnitude.
You're seeing only one neighborhood being devastated. You need to see arial views of the massive areas being affected by the fires. It's more than homes in residential areas like this one. There are business districts being destroyed. Many families have lost not only homes but businesses and jobs.. no place to live, no means of earning an income. There were as many as 6 fires burning at one point. Others may pop up at any time, at any place. This will takes years and years to recover from. Some areas may never recover.
I live in Northern California, which has normal rainfall this season. But Southern California hasn't had any rain in 8 months. Combined with ferocious winds there was no way to stop the fire storm.
Which is crazy to me because I always thought NorCal had the craziest fires. Maybe because there's more trees and less like chaparral which is what we have
I was born in L.A. in 1953. It is actually unbelievable that regular neighborhoods burned down. It breaks my heart to see communities I have lived in catch on fire and burn to the ground.
This is so incredibly sad. It breaks my hearts. In my opinion CA is by far the most beautiful state. Prayers for all the people of California. Sending love from Connecticut.
And generous to ANY who've suffered from disaster...without blaming THEM for hurricanes, fires, floods, earthquakes..never checking voter registration to say yes or no.. californians are not petty
@@WillMuny They blamed Biden for that, opposed to the states and the people in those states. This is a campaign by Trump's team to keep power in their hands for decades to come by attempting to turn California red. With all the lies and hate, I wouldn't doubt if they were involved in setting them for this campaign.
To put it in perspective...... the fires in LA right now, if you put them together, the fires are larger than the entirety of Jersey, UK. I think Jersey is 45 square miles while the fires are like 65 square miles.
Hi from California! I'm in Fresno, away from the fires, but grew up right there and have friends who are awaiting the fires coming towards them 🙏. It's heartbreaking 💔. I grew up in the areas that are devastated and just gone. Everyone should pray for the affected people please
I'm in Fresno, too. Unfortunately, this was not a surprise as they were talking about it many weeks ago and warning people. I urge people to give to the Red Cross.
I live in SoCal when I woke up that morning the smoke was Unbelievable it looked like the Oakland Hills Fire of 1991… So much devastation so far we’ve 9 Fires last week! Which was crazy! I appreciate your love and support! This is also the Deadliest Fire in SoCal with nearly 30 Deaths and many still unaccounted for…
I was born and raised in LA and watching the fires has been heartbreaking. So many friends and family are displaced and have lost their homes and businesses. It's horrific.
For those wondering, they do have newish building codes in place mandating the use of a non-flammable roof and non-flammable siding (I've seen fiber-board and aluminum siding mentioned). However, these codes are only for new construction. All of the new construction to replace these neighborhoods will use the new building codes. This fire will likely cause more building code updates, much like how building fire safety was much improved after the San Francisco fire of 1906.
The first fire in Altadena is only 15 miles east of Dodger Stadium. Pacific Palisades is west by the ocean after you would have passed through Sunset/Hollywood Blvd from the stadium. (just giving you reference since you were at the stadium). There is now 5 fires, 12 deceased.
Love your Channel I live about 400 miles north of these fires rhey are Devastating over 40,000 acres burnt, 12,300 structures lost 105 ,000 evacuated over 80,000 in evacuation warning zones 16 confirmed lifes lost many missing and just getting worse 3 heavy wind events on the way the first has winds up to 70 mph / 112 km per hour
Very scary. This has been flaming for about a week now and not over yet! My son and sister are there so prayers to everyone! Also shout out to u tuber Lav Luka who has shared news from nearly the start. He's been a lifesaver for some of us who don't get cable news!💕
LA hasn’t had rain since March. The landscape is dry and is more like kindling. Typically it would rain before they are hit with the Santa Ana winds. This year it didn’t. The wind got has high as 100 miles an hour spreading sparks of fire everywhere. Our allies mexico have sent firemen and water-drop plans to help. Bless them!
A friend of mine in Altadena lost his house, all his possessions, a classic car and his two cats. He tried to fight the fire with his hose and ended up having to go to the emergency room due to smoke inhalation and debris in his eyes. The heat was so intense it burned off his eyebrows and mustache. The fire spread so fast it went from a warning for the area to his house being ablaze in just 20 minutes. A couple days later he got one little bit of good news, he had another classic car that he moved out to the street and left the keys in it. A friend told him somehow it survived. There are thousands with similar stories and we're just learning of the worst of it now as they're going into the burned out neighborhoods with cadaver dogs. It's a tragedy beyond words.
I’m sorry esp the fur babies! Why didn’t you just leave? I just don’t understand why ppl are staying? NOT WORTH IT! We evacuated n I’ll find out soon enough if I still have a house left but it’s not worth My babies n my life. I’m very sorry for your loss
@@karenthompson8038 It wasn't me, it was a friend of mine that lost everything. I agree that people should always leave. There's almost no way a garden hose can deliver enough water to make a difference. The heat is so intense the water immediately boils off and a few moments later the house bursts into flames. You'll hear about the occasional exception, but I'm guessing there were other reasons the house didn't burn in those situations besides being wetted down. One of the reasons people stay in their homes is all the false alarms we've gotten in SoCal over the years. People who have lived here a long time say they've survived other fire scares and they'll survive this one. But each fire is different and just because you got lucky in the past doesn't mean you'll be spared next time around. The bodies of those people are now being recovered. Being stubborn can have deadly consequences.
A lot of the people had fire insurance that cancelled the policies just before this fire due to the risk. To understand the scope you need to see aerials of the area this was just one small area.
Not too long before all of this began several insurance companies cancelled the policies of many homeowners in these areas. We are praying for all of you in California.
When the wind is this strong, it can force embers inside the walls of the house or building via the normal air vents. In normal wind you might not even feel a draft, but at this level of power a building a long distance from the fire can go up if the wind gets embers inside the walls
Santa Ana winds were gusting 80-100mph. They've had a short respite from the winds, but they're back to 60-80mph and forecasted to be that way thru Wednesday
I'm from the area, and my home burned down six years ago in the big Woolsey fire. It was quite the experience - but nothing as bad as this one. My heart goes out to my fellow neighbors who have also lost everything. Thanks for your video...
This was right in the first night. Since it has claimed 10000+ structures and 16 deaths. This is the worst devastation in California history. It is still going. Many Celebrities' and RUclipsrs have lost there homes. Not to mention, The regular people as well. This is on the low end 52 Billion in damage costs. they are still having issues and fighting all the way the best they can but water is out and they have no other resource.
It’s 12,000+ buildings. In my county, we had the Camp Fire in 2018. An entire town burned down, almost 20,000 buildings. Almost 90 people died, mostly all elderly. Not minimizing these fires in LA, but the impact here of having an entire city burn is still being felt six years later. You two should react to one of the Camp Fire/Paradise videos.
The damages grow. The last I saw was 14,000 structures destroyed. Which includes single homes, businesses, apartments etc.. and vehicles. Over 40,300 acres burned. perspective; one acre is about 43,000 s/f, or a bit more than 200 feet by 200 ft. A good size lot for a home. Maybe large enough for 2-4 houses. Or another number is close to 70 square miles burned. The entire island of Manhattan is a bit over 20 square miles.
As a person that was evacuated in the Eaton fire I thank u for sharing what is going on to those that haven’t Hurd many family members of mine lost there homes
Fires in the cities of southern California are familiar. There's been a long history of fires because of the great winds which happen each year and it's in an actual desert which can cause things to be dry and very susceptible to fire.
Almost all of the major fires under control. Hurst Fire is also almost contained. Pacific Palisades and Eaton Fires still a work in progress. Im by Eaton Fire (East LA/Pasadena area), today is the first day not choking back smoke. Winds expected to pick up tomorrow night so still very worried.
Almost 8,000 firefighters from all over. The Gary Sinise Foundation is funding meals, showers, and other help for first responders. Friends say the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Coast Highway and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena and Altadena are so far the worst.
My friend from high school many years ago lost his home and the home studio he makes his living out of! So sad!!! I’m an ex LA resident so I’ve seen this many times but this is by far the worst!!! If anyone watching out there wants to help, he has a go fund me page for Chris and Aimee! Thank you guys for bringing attention to this horror! ❤
The winds in the LA area tend to kick up every year where they blow out from the mountains into the ocean and sometimes these are HARD gusts have been measured in excess of 100-mph (160 kph) and can blow for hours (or days) ... normally, it's just the gusting winds and we get some debris and trees knocked down. But this particular year ... the gusts were especially bad and the trees knocked into power-lines (or the power lines themselves snapped from the transformers off the poles) resulting in sparks and fires. With winds blowing THAT hard ... the fires QUICKLY spread engulfing entire regions... the Pacific Palisades has been wiped off the map - hundreds of homes have been lost. Evacuation orders have been issued for dozens of regions (as it's not just ONE fire ... but close a half dozen or more scattered all over LA) ... some are accidental (power lines or other such incidents) ... others have been blamed on arsonists taking advantage of the situation and starting fires to add to the chaos. Fire fighters from multiple neighboring states... Canada and Mexico and the Indigenous Tribal Nations have stepped up to assist (including multiple water-dropping tanker planes from Canada) ... I know lots of friends & co-workers who have fled to safer grounds and are praying that they still have a home to come back to. We're all dreading that moment when our cell-phone will sound with an alarm telling us that we need to evacuate ... many of us have already packed "go-bags" with our important documents and enough clothing (medication & necessities) to bug-out if that call does come in. Thank you everyone for your prayers and concerns. Hopefully, we will get through this all. (I live less than 20 minutes from Altadena and can see the smoke from my front door) Several fires have been fully contained - encircled and controlled - but a few of them are not and continue to burn wild.
I worked for the water district in Altadena until a few years ago. Four of us provided water to 10,000 people. The scale of this is hard to fathom. It is literally like an atom bomb has gone off in this small little town. It's block after block after block, gone. And that's just Altadena. It's even worse towards LA. How do you replace 120 year old homes and 150 year old trees? Nothing will ever be the same. Encourage you to go on google maps and look at street view of Altadena, before they take it down. Start at my old apartment building 937 E. Mariposa, Altadena, CA
I lived in Southern CA for most of my life. We are used to fires especially when the Santa Ana winds are blowing. But I have never, in 60 years, seen a fire as bad as these. It is just so extremely devastating.
So many celebrities have lost their homes and whole neighborhoods. Scary stuff! Here in BC, we lost an entire town to wildfires. The whole town no longer exists...sad.
I live in Northern California but have friends and family living in SoCal whose homes have burned down and have had to evacuate. It’s been heart breaking and I was wrecked with emotions watching the devastation and knowing it could have been prevented. Mismanagement and incompetence all around. Fires in our state is a normal thing here just like hurricanes in Florida but again because of the mismanagement and incompetence, you see horrific domino effect. I hope this is a wake up call to all Californians. I’m glad my friends and family are alive. Human lives can’t be replaced, homes and material things can be replaced. Donate to Samaritan’s Purse. One of the few organizations 100% goes towards disaster relief. I personally trust and use them myself.
It isn’t hot in California this time of the year ! It’s lack of rain for a long time, very dry vegetation, and almost hurricane strength winds. The winds prevented planes from dropping water on the flames. Temps in CA are high 60’s…nice and cool !
It's just horrible to see so much destruction. A friend of mine who is a history teacher told me he had seen some overhead drone pictures of entire city blocks completely burned. He said it reminded him of some pictures he'd seen of London during the Blitz. Thanks for your care and concern. For all the smack I talk about California, I never would have wished this on the state.
We have this every year. They keep rebuilding in the same hills and brushy areas. Im 80 miles away and several miles f et om foothills. Our area keeps brush,trees down to minimum so we havent had bad in long time. Santa Anas every winter.
The fires out here are heartbreaking to witness. It has not even been very hot lately, but when the Santa Ana winds blow in from the desert, they bring the dry (hot or cold) air with them. You can feel the dryness in the air. It is sad to see the devastation from these fires, thousands are now homeless and sadly many have lost their lives. In Pacific Palisades there was an old Boy Scouts of America camp called Camp Josepho where my son and I had camped many times. It was completely destroyed, with it, the cool looking old wooden dining hall that was a former aircraft hangar donated by Howard Hughes, of course this is only a material thing.
This fire in the LA area is devastating. Whole towns have been destroyed, everything gone. Between the winds and the fact that no rain since July 24. Over 100,000 homes have been destroyed.
I have a lot of family in this area. I know my cousin has lost his house and another may have lost the house in the Malibu area but we just don't know. It's almost impossible to get in touch with anyone and to be honest, they've got so much to do I can wait. My cousin's house was fully insured but there's no way they will be able to rebuild there. Nothing is left. Nothing. God knows how many years it will take to just clean up what's left and return the utilities. Everything that can burn is gone even things that won't burn have burnt. Cuz said the winds were 100 miles an hour when he left his house. Fire was a long way from him as he started gathering stuff and when he looked out the windows, just a few minutes later, it was at his house and roof was burning. He left with what he had. Thanks for thinking about us. It won't be forgotten.
I had several family members who lost everything in the Paradise Camp fire. Out of 5, only 2 decided to rebuild there. The hardest part of rebuilding was trying to find an insurance carrier willing to write them a policy! State Farm one month after the Camp Fire announced they were ceasing any new homeowners policies in the state of California. It has become just too risky for those businesses to continue with all the loss of property. So happy your family made it out safely, sorry they lost everything.
@@bigal7561 Oh that is so sweet of you, my family has all figured out their future and we are all good now. Concentrate your efforts and prayers on those who really need it at this time, please.
@@daricetaylor737 I shall. You are a good person and we critically need good people like you. Thank you for all you have done and all that you will do.
The Santa Ana winds are constant. They were clocking (55-70 mph:: 88.5-112.65 kmph gusts). LA is not flat. It consists of many mountains, hills and valleys which cause the winds to do many weird and wild things. Sadly, the fire planes could not immediately get up in the air when the fires were first noticed because the WINDS were so strong. Today (January 13), the winds are expected to "pick up" (aka get almost as strong) as they were last week.
I read this today and wanted to share: Mayor of Paradise reaches out to Altadena leader From CNN’s Stephanie Becker A day after the devastating fire began sweeping through Altadena, California, Steve Crowder reached out to the town council chairperson. Crowder knows what the city is facing. He is Mayor of Paradise, California, where 95% of the town was destroyed in the Camp Fire six years ago and more than 80 people were killed. Crowder lost his house, his business and his cars but not his hope. He called Victoria Knapp to let her know she is not alone. He offered support and guidance to get through the myriad of problems he knows the community will face. Elected to the Paradise city council two days before the Camp Fire, Crowder recalled surveying the town and thinking “It looked like a nuclear bomb went off. How the hell do you ever come back from this?” He told Knapp, “Trust me, there will be light at the end of the tunnel, you will get there and if you keep that in mind it will make a whole lot of difference.” Paradise’s population was about 26,000 the day of the fire. Today it is 11,000 and growing. “We are by no means rebuilt, but we are way ahead of where everyone predicted. We knew it would be a 20-year rebuild.” The Altadena fire is also personal for Crowder. His stepdaughter and her husband lost their home in the fire. “She’s a strong girl,” he said, noting when his neighbors in Paradise heard about her house, 175 people reached out, with many offering help. www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-11-25/index.html
Californians helping to lift Californians! Two of the 5 family members I had who lost everything in Paradise chose to rebuild. The 3 others did not. My medical doctor rebuilt in Chico, he said he would never live in the mountains again after his house burned down while he was out of town. The scars of homes lost that day in 2018 on GoogleMaps is still heart breaking.....so much devastation. I am sure that the LA area will recover much faster than Paradise, mainly because of money, fame, population density, and the location.
I remember watching those unfold on my phone both fires are 15 miles away from me one west and one East. It's unreal it's surreal and it's heartbreaking
It's almost impossible to put out a wildfire, most of the time you just have to let it run it's course However the fires In california are extreme and is a extraordinary situation, the only reason why CA can somewhat Keep some of these fires under control. It's because of the millions of dollars of resources. California is investing to put out these fires, CA is getting firefighters from Canada, Mexico, Israel, Ukraine, and many states to deal with this
Los Angeles County. Something all too familiar. Unfortunately. The fires are caused by Santa Ana wind conditions, brush, and some electrical wires falling down.
The air quality is awful. N95 masks required. It's heartbreaking for me to see in person. I'm safe. Forever grateful Mexico, Canada, South Africa, and 12 other western US states for helping the firefighters save our city.
I wish I could say that such fires are a surprise. I wish I could. Ryan, I hope you and yours get to sit these fires out. I hope you are well. Paradise fires, not so long ago. Prayers from I F, Ryan, for all of California. Amen.
Hey guys I went to UCLA and lived in West Hollywood for many years.. Santa Monica, Sunset Blvd, and Malibu.. that whole part of the PCH will never be the same again.. Its heartbreaking for all the people and all of the wildlife. I'm now in Riverside praying and hoping our neighborhoods will be safe from the Santa Anas
Two winters of much above average snow which gave the brush and trees ample moisture to thrive. Followed by less than 10% of the normal rain for the last year. Everything is bone dry. Couple that with the Santa Ana winds blowing up to 100mph and you have the perfect recipe for disaster.
As of January 20, 2025 LA fires Palisades Fire 23,713 acres and 59% contained Eaton Fire 14,021 acres and 87% contained The winds during the worse were over 70mph/112kph and at that speed no aircraft can support ground firefighting efforts. Winds could be back today.
California is not always warm. It's winter time. It was 40F this morning when I woke up at 6am. 4 celsius. It's in the 60's during the day which is about 18C.
These fires are unprecedented because of it running through Los Angeles. Have we forgotten the Paradise Fire? How about The Maui fires. There are documentaries on both.
@Latour6182 Of course it's not a competition. I was implying that whenever these horrible fires happen we call for change and politicians promise change but when the flames are out, we go back to our lives and we forget. Then when it ultimately happens again, we're all shocked and outraged. That's why I mentioned Maui and Paradise. The county was just as upset with those fires but nothing is being done to mitigate the damage. It's similar (but not the same) to school sh**tings and the demand for g*n control. We need to demand better from our leaders.
I am so sad to see the area where I raised my children is gone. Our old home was spared but some of our friends homes weren’t. 😔 Devastating is the only word I keep saying.
It's 25 dead over 2,000 buildings and it's the towns of altadena Pasadena Pacific Palisades parts of downtown LA around Glendale up in the hills in Malibu and Calabasas
This is so scary. My wife and I have friends that live in Los Angeles, we can not get in touch we are worried for them. The states of Oregon and Nevada are sending fire trucks to help.
This is so scary. My wife and I have friends that live in Los Angeles, we can not get in touch we are worried for them.the states of Oregon and Nevada are sending extra fire engines to help.
The sad part is the amount of coverage California is getting while there are people living in tents in North Carolina after losing their homes to flooding 3 months ago. California knows the threat of fires, North Carolina didn’t expect a hurricane to kill 104+ people and destroy over 150,000 homes with no warning. Hurricane Helene devastated communities from Kentucky to Florida. Prayers for North Carolina and California.
I am in California, and I have to agree with you on this one! It is because of WHERE it is burning, and WHO it is affecting!! There have been WAY more devastating and deadly fires in California, but because this one is hitting one of the wealthiest zipcode in the Nation, it is making national news. Just 5 months ago we lost more than 460,000 acres when a drunk drove his car into bone dry grass in our local Bidwell Park here in Chico. The fire, which was the 5th largest in Ca history, barely made a blimp on the news, even though several entire communities were completely wiped out. Not to mention the Camp Fire in 2018 that killed 85 people in one day, burned 95% of the town of Paradise and burned at a rate of 16 times faster than the Palisades fire. Power and money talks louder not only in the US but the entire world. I am so sorry for all you guys have had to suffer recently. I hope you recover quickly.
Tuesday night where I lived the winds were about a hundred miles an hour and we didn't even have a fire somehow I didn't lose power but most of the people I know in the area did and the scariest part is that next week it's going to be the same It's not going to be as crazy but it's going to be almost as bad
For some of the fires they have been able p get some containment on it. With crew from states of Oregon, Nevada, new Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Washington State along with parts of us navy and the Nevada national guard
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld I saw that! They sent an entire regiment, it was awesome watching their military plane land on US soil, propping their Mexican flag out the top of the plane as it taxied down the runway!
Update - as of 10 pm California time on 1/12 the death toll for all fires has reached 24. I suspect that will continue to rise as we still are not out of the woods.
I’m in LA this is devastating and I know a number of people who’ve lost everything and others who’ve had to evacuate but don’t know the status of their home. It’s huge and devastating but will not wipe out all of Los Angeles or all of California. It’s just going to require a lot of effort to rebuild. This video was from the first night so it doesn’t show some of the areas where the fire was have been able to allow people back to assess their property. Some of the other fires are already out. Others have appeared since. There are better videos and posts on social media that better explain the scale.
@devhunter1702 I read somewhere(?) It was 49 million. But let's give credit to all the firefighters that are going from all over to help. I think Canada sent some and I know some from the Houston Texas area are going. God bless them all and may he keep all firefighters safe.
What most people don't realize unless you have lived through one of these is all these videos are filmed during the daytime!! It is NOT night!! We lived through the Camp Fire in 2018 which killed 85 and destroyed more than 19,000 structures, and our Park fire just 5 months ago that burned more than 460,000 acres, and the smoke is so thick it totally blocks out any sunlight from reaching the ground! These fires are scary beyond belief. Natural disasters are the equalizers in economic statuses.
Wildfires are common in California except they’re usually in sparsely populated areas with a few people and few buildings. Mostly grass and bush, but these current fires happened in populated areas with lots of structures and homes. What made it extremely worse were the hurricane force winds which were unusual. The winds helped spread the fires faster and further than they would have been otherwise. In 1994, there was a horrible fire in Malibu. 31 years later, it happened again, but I think this time may have been worse than the last time. In Malibu, there are beach homes and businesses on the west side of PCH (Pacific Coast Highway). The fire started on the east side of the freeway, but because the high winds fire and embers flew over to the other side of the freeway, setting the beach homes on fire. Most but not all the fires started in mountainous areas with heavy brush and grass, but of course, embers and direct flames can be blown onto structures. Again, it was due to the unusually high winds.
As someone who was born and lived my entire life in an area of Los Angeles county I can say that wildfires are a fact of life almost every year in California. I cannot say anything about the different areas that have been affected by all of these various wildfires as I have no knowledge about the zoning regulations for those areas. I do know that 50 years ago there were certain areas about twenty or so miles away where the zoning regulations forbid the construction of any houses or other buildings as it was common for wildfires to occur in those areas. The only structures that were built in those areas back then were firehouses or fire stations that were fully staffed. They would deal with any wildfires that occurred in those areas. They would allow the wildfires to burn the vegetation but prevented it from spreading to any homes or other buildings. Unfortunately over the years the zoning regulations have changed and they started building houses and other structures in those areas. I know in a different wildfire that occurred several years ago a number of homes in that area were destroyed. I do not know if any of the people who lived there had rebuilt there or not or if they have been affected by any of these wildfires. The video you watched here was about just one neighborhood that has been affected by just one of these wildfires. From what I have learned from watching various news videos on RUclips there are several different neighborhoods in Los Angeles County that have been affected by these various wildfires. I know that there is a video on RUclips about various celebrities who have lost their homes in one of these recent wildfires. I would like to say that where I am at that I am perfectly safe and that there are no wildfires burning in my area. For health reasons I have not been outside in a few weeks because the air quality has been poor for people with certain health concerns. Looking out my closed windows these past few days I could never see any type of smoke or anything that showed there were any fires burning in Los Angeles.
I use to live out there. Policies caused this. Water diverted away from the reservoirs into the ocean (The spokesperson said so). Sad as it is and devastating. They voted for these people that make the decisions. Oh by the way a lot of those fires are most likely arson.
Reservoirs, like any infrastructure, has to be maintained. The reservoir is question - Santa Ynez - was developing cracks in its retaining walls, which could lead to a catastrophic flood. If it had broken and caused a flood you would complaining about that. It was planned to be drained & repaired during what is supposed to be the rainy season. Yes, several government departments screwed up not talking to each other, & one went ahead with the work when it should not have. Bureaucratic stupidity- yes, but is has nothing to do with ideology or politics unless you have a problem with engineers doing what engineers always do.
This is so sad. Samaritan's Purse is the most reliable group to send money to. They get in quickly and attend to the people and never have had questionable issues like Red Cross.
Canada has always helped out with firefighting efforts in the US and not just in California. This time Canada was joined by Mexico and help fighting these fires. We really appreciate it.
Yes!! Canada is our Northern brother and we fight together when the need arises! We have had Canadian brothers here several times and I believe we in turn have sent our boys North when you need them as well!
And I barely see the MSM giving them any credit.
LA County leases the Canadian Super Scooper aircraft and they're one of the most effective weapons in the fire fight. They're the yellow planes you see on TV dropping water. And yes, we have reciprocal agreements covering a wide area because no single jurisdiction can handle a disaster of this magnitude.
And we truly appreciate their help.
Even Ukraine offered to send help. Bless all these heroes anywhere they may be from ♥♥
You're seeing only one neighborhood being devastated. You need to see arial views of the massive areas being affected by the fires. It's more than homes in residential areas like this one. There are business districts being destroyed. Many families have lost not only homes but businesses and jobs.. no place to live, no means of earning an income. There were as many as 6 fires burning at one point. Others may pop up at any time, at any place. This will takes years and years to recover from. Some areas may never recover.
L.A. will recover.
I mean to be fair the majority of the buildings lost in both of these fires this past week were residential ones.
I live in Northern California, which has normal rainfall this season. But Southern California hasn't had any rain in 8 months. Combined with ferocious winds there was no way to stop the fire storm.
Which is crazy to me because I always thought NorCal had the craziest fires. Maybe because there's more trees and less like chaparral which is what we have
But it could have been prevented and was 100% avoidable. But Democrats run everything so ....
False
I was born in L.A. in 1953. It is actually unbelievable that regular neighborhoods burned down. It breaks my heart to see communities I have lived in catch on fire and burn to the ground.
Ty both so much for your love and concern
This is so incredibly sad. It breaks my hearts. In my opinion CA is by far the most beautiful state.
Prayers for all the people of California.
Sending love from Connecticut.
And generous to ANY who've suffered from disaster...without blaming THEM for hurricanes, fires, floods, earthquakes..never checking voter registration to say yes or no..
californians are not petty
Thank you 🙏🏽🩷
@@julindahiggins1582 You mean as opposed to what happened in North Carolina and Florida??
@@WillMuny They blamed Biden for that, opposed to the states and the people in those states. This is a campaign by Trump's team to keep power in their hands for decades to come by attempting to turn California red. With all the lies and hate, I wouldn't doubt if they were involved in setting them for this campaign.
@@WillMuny I'm pretty sure Florida has prepared emergency services for deployment and has offered assistance.
To put it in perspective...... the fires in LA right now, if you put them together, the fires are larger than the entirety of Jersey, UK. I think Jersey is 45 square miles while the fires are like 65 square miles.
Hi from California! I'm in Fresno, away from the fires, but grew up right there and have friends who are awaiting the fires coming towards them 🙏. It's heartbreaking 💔. I grew up in the areas that are devastated and just gone. Everyone should pray for the affected people please
I'm in Fresno, too. Unfortunately, this was not a surprise as they were talking about it many weeks ago and warning people. I urge people to give to the Red Cross.
@@HRConsultant_JeffNFL on Fox crew just said donate to the Red Cross unironically enough.
If you voted Democrat, you got what you voted for. If you keep voting Democrat, don't bother crying on camera.
Eaton Fire right by Santa Anita Race Track, Santa folk come to work Fresno Fair Grounds every year. Fresno love is best love. ❤
@@BobSmith-vg3khYeah so got some news for ya, wildfires happened before the invention of the US and political parties.
I live in SoCal when I woke up that morning the smoke was Unbelievable it looked like the Oakland Hills Fire of 1991… So much devastation so far we’ve 9 Fires last week! Which was crazy! I appreciate your love and support! This is also the Deadliest Fire in SoCal with nearly 30 Deaths and many still unaccounted for…
I was born and raised in LA and watching the fires has been heartbreaking. So many friends and family are displaced and have lost their homes and businesses. It's horrific.
For those wondering, they do have newish building codes in place mandating the use of a non-flammable roof and non-flammable siding (I've seen fiber-board and aluminum siding mentioned). However, these codes are only for new construction. All of the new construction to replace these neighborhoods will use the new building codes. This fire will likely cause more building code updates, much like how building fire safety was much improved after the San Francisco fire of 1906.
The first fire in Altadena is only 15 miles east of Dodger Stadium. Pacific Palisades is west by the ocean after you would have passed through Sunset/Hollywood Blvd from the stadium. (just giving you reference since you were at the stadium). There is now 5 fires, 12 deceased.
firefighters from my town here in Southwest Arizona fire department & rural metro were sent to help
Thank you!!
Thank you for watching this. ❤ and blessings from Southern California. 🇺🇲
Love your Channel
I live about 400 miles north of these fires rhey are Devastating over 40,000 acres burnt, 12,300 structures lost 105 ,000 evacuated over 80,000 in evacuation warning zones 16 confirmed lifes lost many missing and just getting worse 3 heavy wind events on the way the first has winds up to 70 mph / 112 km per hour
Very scary. This has been flaming for about a week now and not over yet! My son and sister are there so prayers to everyone! Also shout out to u tuber Lav Luka who has shared news from nearly the start. He's been a lifesaver for some of us who don't get cable news!💕
LA hasn’t had rain since March. The landscape is dry and is more like kindling. Typically it would rain before they are hit with the Santa Ana winds. This year it didn’t. The wind got has high as 100 miles an hour spreading sparks of fire everywhere. Our allies mexico have sent firemen and water-drop plans to help. Bless them!
A friend of mine in Altadena lost his house, all his possessions, a classic car and his two cats. He tried to fight the fire with his hose and ended up having to go to the emergency room due to smoke inhalation and debris in his eyes. The heat was so intense it burned off his eyebrows and mustache. The fire spread so fast it went from a warning for the area to his house being ablaze in just 20 minutes. A couple days later he got one little bit of good news, he had another classic car that he moved out to the street and left the keys in it. A friend told him somehow it survived. There are thousands with similar stories and we're just learning of the worst of it now as they're going into the burned out neighborhoods with cadaver dogs. It's a tragedy beyond words.
So sorry!
I’m sorry esp the fur babies! Why didn’t you just leave? I just don’t understand why ppl are staying? NOT WORTH IT! We evacuated n I’ll find out soon enough if I still have a house left but it’s not worth My babies n my life. I’m very sorry for your loss
@@karenthompson8038 It wasn't me, it was a friend of mine that lost everything. I agree that people should always leave. There's almost no way a garden hose can deliver enough water to make a difference. The heat is so intense the water immediately boils off and a few moments later the house bursts into flames. You'll hear about the occasional exception, but I'm guessing there were other reasons the house didn't burn in those situations besides being wetted down. One of the reasons people stay in their homes is all the false alarms we've gotten in SoCal over the years. People who have lived here a long time say they've survived other fire scares and they'll survive this one. But each fire is different and just because you got lucky in the past doesn't mean you'll be spared next time around. The bodies of those people are now being recovered. Being stubborn can have deadly consequences.
A lot of the people had fire insurance that cancelled the policies just before this fire due to the risk. To understand the scope you need to see aerials of the area this was just one small area.
Not too long before all of this began several insurance companies cancelled the policies of many homeowners in these areas. We are praying for all of you in California.
I heard of that too. This was all by design same as what happened in Lahaina, Hawaii.
When the wind is this strong, it can force embers inside the walls of the house or building via the normal air vents.
In normal wind you might not even feel a draft, but at this level of power a building a long distance from the fire can go up if the wind gets embers inside the walls
Living in Arizona which is pretty close we see the smoke when we look west. Our thoughts and prayers to everyone out in California.
Thank yall for covering this. Yall are like family
Thanks for the coverage ❤ I’m in la but far enough away and praying it stays that way
Santa Ana winds were gusting 80-100mph. They've had a short respite from the winds, but they're back to 60-80mph and forecasted to be that way thru Wednesday
I'm from the area, and my home burned down six years ago in the big Woolsey fire. It was quite the experience - but nothing as bad as this one. My heart goes out to my fellow neighbors who have also lost everything. Thanks for your video...
This was right in the first night. Since it has claimed 10000+ structures and 16 deaths. This is the worst devastation in California history. It is still going. Many Celebrities' and RUclipsrs have lost there homes. Not to mention, The regular people as well. This is on the low end 52 Billion in damage costs. they are still having issues and fighting all the way the best they can but water is out and they have no other resource.
Yep and many Cars lost too since many them left there Cars on the road.
Not quite. Paradise lost more buildings and people back in 2018. This fire cluster could end up being worse pretty soon though.
Thanks Newsome! Say your prayers, sucr
Thank you from California.
It’s 12,000+ buildings. In my county, we had the Camp Fire in 2018. An entire town burned down, almost 20,000 buildings. Almost 90 people died, mostly all elderly. Not minimizing these fires in LA, but the impact here of having an entire city burn is still being felt six years later. You two should react to one of the Camp Fire/Paradise videos.
The damages grow. The last I saw was 14,000 structures destroyed. Which includes single homes, businesses, apartments etc.. and vehicles. Over 40,300 acres burned.
perspective; one acre is about 43,000 s/f, or a bit more than 200 feet by 200 ft. A good size lot for a home. Maybe large enough for 2-4 houses. Or another number is close to 70 square miles burned. The entire island of Manhattan is a bit over 20 square miles.
As a person that was evacuated in the Eaton fire I thank u for sharing what is going on to those that haven’t Hurd many family members of mine lost there homes
Fires in the cities of southern California are familiar. There's been a long history of fires because of the great winds which happen each year and it's in an actual desert which can cause things to be dry and very susceptible to fire.
But yet they refused to do what was necessary essentially
Almost all of the major fires under control. Hurst Fire is also almost contained.
Pacific Palisades and Eaton Fires still a work in progress. Im by Eaton Fire (East LA/Pasadena area), today is the first day not choking back smoke. Winds expected to pick up tomorrow night so still very worried.
Almost 8,000 firefighters from all over. The Gary Sinise Foundation is funding meals, showers, and other help for first responders. Friends say the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Coast Highway and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena and Altadena are so far the worst.
Thank you for covering this. It’s very tragic. Love your channel ❤
My friend from high school many years ago lost his home and the home studio he makes his living out of! So sad!!! I’m an ex LA resident so I’ve seen this many times but this is by far the worst!!! If anyone watching out there wants to help, he has a go fund me page for Chris and Aimee! Thank you guys for bringing attention to this horror! ❤
The winds in the LA area tend to kick up every year where they blow out from the mountains into the ocean and sometimes these are HARD gusts have been measured in excess of 100-mph (160 kph) and can blow for hours (or days) ... normally, it's just the gusting winds and we get some debris and trees knocked down. But this particular year ... the gusts were especially bad and the trees knocked into power-lines (or the power lines themselves snapped from the transformers off the poles) resulting in sparks and fires. With winds blowing THAT hard ... the fires QUICKLY spread engulfing entire regions... the Pacific Palisades has been wiped off the map - hundreds of homes have been lost. Evacuation orders have been issued for dozens of regions (as it's not just ONE fire ... but close a half dozen or more scattered all over LA) ... some are accidental (power lines or other such incidents) ... others have been blamed on arsonists taking advantage of the situation and starting fires to add to the chaos.
Fire fighters from multiple neighboring states... Canada and Mexico and the Indigenous Tribal Nations have stepped up to assist (including multiple water-dropping tanker planes from Canada) ... I know lots of friends & co-workers who have fled to safer grounds and are praying that they still have a home to come back to.
We're all dreading that moment when our cell-phone will sound with an alarm telling us that we need to evacuate ... many of us have already packed "go-bags" with our important documents and enough clothing (medication & necessities) to bug-out if that call does come in. Thank you everyone for your prayers and concerns. Hopefully, we will get through this all. (I live less than 20 minutes from Altadena and can see the smoke from my front door)
Several fires have been fully contained - encircled and controlled - but a few of them are not and continue to burn wild.
though i don't live in socal, especially the LA area; and live in norcal... i thank you for caring about us califorians!!
I worked for the water district in Altadena until a few years ago. Four of us provided water to 10,000 people. The scale of this is hard to fathom. It is literally like an atom bomb has gone off in this small little town. It's block after block after block, gone. And that's just Altadena. It's even worse towards LA. How do you replace 120 year old homes and 150 year old trees? Nothing will ever be the same. Encourage you to go on google maps and look at street view of Altadena, before they take it down. Start at my old apartment building 937 E. Mariposa, Altadena, CA
I lived in Southern CA for most of my life. We are used to fires especially when the Santa Ana winds are blowing. But I have never, in 60 years, seen a fire as bad as these. It is just so extremely devastating.
So many celebrities have lost their homes and whole neighborhoods. Scary stuff! Here in BC, we lost an entire town to wildfires. The whole town no longer exists...sad.
Not just celebrities lost their homes. Regular people too lost everything. Celebrity have money to Rebuild their homes.
@@jdcaldwell5088 Oh absolutely true. But I'm sure we'll see some of those celebs coming out as climate change activists.
Normally, the fires in California take place in July, but Santa Ana winds blow up to 100 mph and are 100 degrees Fahrenheit!! Highly unusual.
Thank you both so much. God bless you and help everyone there.
I live in Northern California but have friends and family living in SoCal whose homes have burned down and have had to evacuate. It’s been heart breaking and I was wrecked with emotions watching the devastation and knowing it could have been prevented. Mismanagement and incompetence all around. Fires in our state is a normal thing here just like hurricanes in Florida but again because of the mismanagement and incompetence, you see horrific domino effect. I hope this is a wake up call to all Californians. I’m glad my friends and family are alive. Human lives can’t be replaced, homes and material things can be replaced.
Donate to Samaritan’s Purse. One of the few organizations 100% goes towards disaster relief. I personally trust and use them myself.
It isn’t hot in California this time of the year ! It’s lack of rain for a long time, very dry vegetation, and almost hurricane strength winds. The winds prevented planes from dropping water on the flames. Temps in CA are high 60’s…nice and cool !
It's just horrible to see so much destruction. A friend of mine who is a history teacher told me he had seen some overhead drone pictures of entire city blocks completely burned. He said it reminded him of some pictures he'd seen of London during the Blitz. Thanks for your care and concern. For all the smack I talk about California, I never would have wished this on the state.
Thank you two for caring I live in Bishop ca about 250 miles north
We have this every year. They keep rebuilding in the same hills and brushy areas. Im 80 miles away and several miles f et om foothills. Our area keeps brush,trees down to minimum so we havent had bad in long time. Santa Anas every winter.
The fires out here are heartbreaking to witness. It has not even been very hot lately, but when the Santa Ana winds blow in from the desert, they bring the dry (hot or cold) air with them. You can feel the dryness in the air. It is sad to see the devastation from these fires, thousands are now homeless and sadly many have lost their lives. In Pacific Palisades there was an old Boy Scouts of America camp called Camp Josepho where my son and I had camped many times. It was completely destroyed, with it, the cool looking old wooden dining hall that was a former aircraft hangar donated by Howard Hughes, of course this is only a material thing.
This fire in the LA area is devastating. Whole towns have been destroyed, everything gone. Between the winds and the fact that no rain since July 24. Over 100,000 homes have been destroyed.
I have a lot of family in this area. I know my cousin has lost his house and another may have lost the house in the Malibu area but we just don't know. It's almost impossible to get in touch with anyone and to be honest, they've got so much to do I can wait.
My cousin's house was fully insured but there's no way they will be able to rebuild there. Nothing is left. Nothing. God knows how many years it will take to just clean up what's left and return the utilities. Everything that can burn is gone even things that won't burn have burnt.
Cuz said the winds were 100 miles an hour when he left his house. Fire was a long way from him as he started gathering stuff and when he looked out the windows, just a few minutes later, it was at his house and roof was burning. He left with what he had.
Thanks for thinking about us. It won't be forgotten.
I had several family members who lost everything in the Paradise Camp fire. Out of 5, only 2 decided to rebuild there. The hardest part of rebuilding was trying to find an insurance carrier willing to write them a policy! State Farm one month after the Camp Fire announced they were ceasing any new homeowners policies in the state of California. It has become just too risky for those businesses to continue with all the loss of property. So happy your family made it out safely, sorry they lost everything.
@@daricetaylor737 I'll say a prayer and mention your family. God will figure it out.
@@bigal7561 Oh that is so sweet of you, my family has all figured out their future and we are all good now. Concentrate your efforts and prayers on those who really need it at this time, please.
@@daricetaylor737 I shall. You are a good person and we critically need good people like you. Thank you for all you have done and all that you will do.
The day time coverage is the most accurate thanks for thinking of us here!🕯🧡💜🧡
Pray for California🙏🙏🙏
I live in the San Fernando Valley and haven’t been evacuated. I have been other years. The winds make me nervous.
The Santa Ana winds are constant. They were clocking (55-70 mph:: 88.5-112.65 kmph gusts). LA is not flat. It consists of many mountains, hills and valleys which cause the winds to do many weird and wild things. Sadly, the fire planes could not immediately get up in the air when the fires were first noticed because the WINDS were so strong. Today (January 13), the winds are expected to "pick up" (aka get almost as strong) as they were last week.
I read this today and wanted to share:
Mayor of Paradise reaches out to Altadena leader
From CNN’s Stephanie Becker
A day after the devastating fire began sweeping through Altadena, California, Steve Crowder reached out to the town council chairperson.
Crowder knows what the city is facing.
He is Mayor of Paradise, California, where 95% of the town was destroyed in the Camp Fire six years ago and more than 80 people were killed.
Crowder lost his house, his business and his cars but not his hope.
He called Victoria Knapp to let her know she is not alone. He offered support and guidance to get through the myriad of problems he knows the community will face.
Elected to the Paradise city council two days before the Camp Fire, Crowder recalled surveying the town and thinking “It looked like a nuclear bomb went off. How the hell do you ever come back from this?”
He told Knapp, “Trust me, there will be light at the end of the tunnel, you will get there and if you keep that in mind it will make a whole lot of difference.”
Paradise’s population was about 26,000 the day of the fire. Today it is 11,000 and growing.
“We are by no means rebuilt, but we are way ahead of where everyone predicted. We knew it would be a 20-year rebuild.”
The Altadena fire is also personal for Crowder. His stepdaughter and her husband lost their home in the fire.
“She’s a strong girl,” he said, noting when his neighbors in Paradise heard about her house, 175 people reached out, with many offering help.
www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-11-25/index.html
Californians helping to lift Californians! Two of the 5 family members I had who lost everything in Paradise chose to rebuild. The 3 others did not. My medical doctor rebuilt in Chico, he said he would never live in the mountains again after his house burned down while he was out of town. The scars of homes lost that day in 2018 on GoogleMaps is still heart breaking.....so much devastation. I am sure that the LA area will recover much faster than Paradise, mainly because of money, fame, population density, and the location.
I remember watching those unfold on my phone both fires are 15 miles away from me one west and one East. It's unreal it's surreal and it's heartbreaking
It's almost impossible to put out a wildfire, most of the time you just have to let it run it's course
However the fires In california are extreme and is a extraordinary situation, the only reason why CA can somewhat Keep some of these fires under control. It's because of the millions of dollars of resources. California is investing to put out these fires, CA is getting firefighters from Canada, Mexico, Israel, Ukraine, and many states to deal with this
The last I heard there were 12,300 structures lost and that was over 48 hours ago. Roughly 9,000 in the Pacific Palisades fire alone.
Los Angeles County. Something all too familiar. Unfortunately. The fires are caused by Santa Ana wind conditions, brush, and some electrical wires falling down.
The air quality is awful. N95 masks required. It's heartbreaking for me to see in person. I'm safe. Forever grateful Mexico, Canada, South Africa, and 12 other western US states for helping the firefighters save our city.
I wish I could say that such fires are a surprise. I wish I could.
Ryan, I hope you and yours get to sit these fires out. I hope you are well.
Paradise fires, not so long ago.
Prayers from I F, Ryan, for all of California. Amen.
You might want to watch some more current videos too. The acreage burned is up to over 26,000. Thanks for sharing.
Over 40,000
One city alone - Eaton is 2,200 Acres = 890 Hectares = 3.475 square miles
Hey guys I went to UCLA and lived in West Hollywood for many years.. Santa Monica, Sunset Blvd, and Malibu.. that whole part of the PCH will never be the same again.. Its heartbreaking for all the people and all of the wildlife. I'm now in Riverside praying and hoping our neighborhoods will be safe from the Santa Anas
I GREW UP IN ALTADENA AND PASADENA. MY GRAND PARENTS HOUSE WAS EVACUATED BUT NIGHBORHOOD DID NOT BURN.
Thank you for thinking of the people of California it's like a fire hurricane going on. Devastating
It's the real life version of a fire storm it just looks like a tornado ripped through LA.
Two winters of much above average snow which gave the brush and trees ample moisture to thrive. Followed by less than 10% of the normal rain for the last year. Everything is bone dry. Couple that with the Santa Ana winds blowing up to 100mph and you have the perfect recipe for disaster.
Yep and the bad news is that more Santa Ana winds are coming an it doesn't look like it's gonna rain in the next two weeks either.
As of January 20, 2025 LA fires
Palisades Fire 23,713 acres and 59% contained
Eaton Fire 14,021 acres and 87% contained
The winds during the worse were over 70mph/112kph and at that speed no aircraft can support ground firefighting efforts. Winds could be back today.
California is not always warm. It's winter time. It was 40F this morning when I woke up at 6am. 4 celsius. It's in the 60's during the day which is about 18C.
I saw a figure on the news today. There are 14,000 firefighters fighting these fires. Estimates of thousands of buildings have burned down.
Yep Mexico's fire fighters just arrived to help out LA.
These fires are unprecedented because of it running through Los Angeles. Have we forgotten the Paradise Fire? How about The Maui fires. There are documentaries on both.
It’s not a competition.
@Latour6182 Of course it's not a competition. I was implying that whenever these horrible fires happen we call for change and politicians promise change but when the flames are out, we go back to our lives and we forget. Then when it ultimately happens again, we're all shocked and outraged. That's why I mentioned Maui and Paradise. The county was just as upset with those fires but nothing is being done to mitigate the damage. It's similar (but not the same) to school sh**tings and the demand for g*n control. We need to demand better from our leaders.
Multiple friends of mine have lost everything in Altadena and I hate it because I feel so helpless
I am so sad to see the area where I raised my children is gone. Our old home was spared but some of our friends homes weren’t. 😔 Devastating is the only word I keep saying.
Hi from LA! Personally keeping safe enough but not everyone is so lucky. We appreciate everyone's support.
1:36 Ahhh, I went to school (Grades 8-12) with cameraman Joel Cooke! So random!
Thank you.
At one point, the said on the news that fire was consuming areas at a rate of 500 football fields a MINUTE
It was 5 football fields per minute.
Good thing you visited when you did, because I think the "tourist thing" for LA is going to be a while.
Thank you Beasley family. I’m I Michigan but I really appreciate you g. Hi Archie, Beautiful baby
It's 25 dead over 2,000 buildings and it's the towns of altadena Pasadena Pacific Palisades parts of downtown LA around Glendale up in the hills in Malibu and Calabasas
This is so scary. My wife and I have friends that live in Los Angeles, we can not get in touch we are worried for them. The states of Oregon and Nevada are sending fire trucks to help.
This is so scary. My wife and I have friends that live in Los Angeles, we can not get in touch we are worried for them.the states of Oregon and Nevada are sending extra fire engines to help.
The sad part is the amount of coverage California is getting while there are people living in tents in North Carolina after losing their homes to flooding 3 months ago. California knows the threat of fires, North Carolina didn’t expect a hurricane to kill 104+ people and destroy over 150,000 homes with no warning. Hurricane Helene devastated communities from Kentucky to Florida. Prayers for North Carolina and California.
Yes, the people in the Carolinas need help badly, but those in California do too. Both are horrible tragedies.
I am in California, and I have to agree with you on this one! It is because of WHERE it is burning, and WHO it is affecting!! There have been WAY more devastating and deadly fires in California, but because this one is hitting one of the wealthiest zipcode in the Nation, it is making national news. Just 5 months ago we lost more than 460,000 acres when a drunk drove his car into bone dry grass in our local Bidwell Park here in Chico. The fire, which was the 5th largest in Ca history, barely made a blimp on the news, even though several entire communities were completely wiped out. Not to mention the Camp Fire in 2018 that killed 85 people in one day, burned 95% of the town of Paradise and burned at a rate of 16 times faster than the Palisades fire. Power and money talks louder not only in the US but the entire world. I am so sorry for all you guys have had to suffer recently. I hope you recover quickly.
I have donated twice to the NC crisis. Disgusting that we have Americans living in tents but "migrants" in hotels...
NC and people on Maui still need help.
@@kevinstrade2752oh give it up
These fires cover areas bigger than JERSEY island. Imagine a wild fire bigger than your entire island.
Tuesday night where I lived the winds were about a hundred miles an hour and we didn't even have a fire somehow I didn't lose power but most of the people I know in the area did and the scariest part is that next week it's going to be the same It's not going to be as crazy but it's going to be almost as bad
My poor California i was born in Santa Monica and his is heart breaking
For some of the fires they have been able p get some containment on it. With crew from states of Oregon, Nevada, new Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Washington State along with parts of us navy and the Nevada national guard
Don't forget mentioning the inmate crews!!
Also Mexico's fire fighters came over to help LA.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld I saw that! They sent an entire regiment, it was awesome watching their military plane land on US soil, propping their Mexican flag out the top of the plane as it taxied down the runway!
You guys should react to a Harry Mack Omegle Bars video. His house burnt down in the Eaton fire.
Update - as of 10 pm California time on 1/12 the death toll for all fires has reached 24. I suspect that will continue to rise as we still are not out of the woods.
As an Australian i feel for the people who lost family and property. We face the same problems here particularly in the summer months.
Yep an it's already summer in Australia.
I’m in LA this is devastating and I know a number of people who’ve lost everything and others who’ve had to evacuate but don’t know the status of their home. It’s huge and devastating but will not wipe out all of Los Angeles or all of California. It’s just going to require a lot of effort to rebuild. This video was from the first night so it doesn’t show some of the areas where the fire was have been able to allow people back to assess their property. Some of the other fires are already out. Others have appeared since.
There are better videos and posts on social media that better explain the scale.
16,000+ structures burned down, not 2,000.
Actually a huge lack of water
Despite a 2014 Bond issue to create more Supply that got mummified in environmentalist red tape and government glacial bureaucracy.
And we know why there's not any water.
State and local government at fault.
As well as equipment. This is what happens when you cut $17 million from a fire departments budget.
@devhunter1702 I read somewhere(?) It was 49 million. But let's give credit to all the firefighters that are going from all over to help. I think Canada sent some and I know some from the Houston Texas area are going. God bless them all and may he keep all firefighters safe.
What most people don't realize unless you have lived through one of these is all these videos are filmed during the daytime!! It is NOT night!! We lived through the Camp Fire in 2018 which killed 85 and destroyed more than 19,000 structures, and our Park fire just 5 months ago that burned more than 460,000 acres, and the smoke is so thick it totally blocks out any sunlight from reaching the ground! These fires are scary beyond belief. Natural disasters are the equalizers in economic statuses.
Well some of might have been filmed at night because the fire lasted through the night.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Not likely, they have those areas completely locked down from 6 pm to 6 am.
We had to evacuate during the Hayman fire in Colorado years ago. The imagery is surreal.
@@Gregg-b6b So sorry! These fires are hitting a lot of emotional strings for a whole lot of people.
Most of the footage I've seen was filmed the first two nights, it is not this dark during the day, there is plenty of day time footage to compare.
Think last I heard it was over 10,000 buildings now
12,000
Wildfires are common in California except they’re usually in sparsely populated areas with a few people and few buildings. Mostly grass and bush, but these current fires happened in populated areas with lots of structures and homes.
What made it extremely worse were the hurricane force winds which were unusual. The winds helped spread the fires faster and further than they would have been otherwise.
In 1994, there was a horrible fire in Malibu. 31 years later, it happened again, but I think this time may have been worse than the last time.
In Malibu, there are beach homes and businesses on the west side of PCH (Pacific Coast Highway). The fire started on the east side of the freeway, but because the high winds fire and embers flew over to the other side of the freeway, setting the beach homes on fire.
Most but not all the fires started in mountainous areas with heavy brush and grass, but of course, embers and direct flames can be blown onto structures. Again, it was due to the unusually high winds.
As someone who was born and lived my entire life in an area of Los Angeles county I can say that wildfires are a fact of life almost every year in California. I cannot say anything about the different areas that have been affected by all of these various wildfires as I have no knowledge about the zoning regulations for those areas. I do know that 50 years ago there were certain areas about twenty or so miles away where the zoning regulations forbid the construction of any houses or other buildings as it was common for wildfires to occur in those areas. The only structures that were built in those areas back then were firehouses or fire stations that were fully staffed. They would deal with any wildfires that occurred in those areas. They would allow the wildfires to burn the vegetation but prevented it from spreading to any homes or other buildings. Unfortunately over the years the zoning regulations have changed and they started building houses and other structures in those areas. I know in a different wildfire that occurred several years ago a number of homes in that area were destroyed. I do not know if any of the people who lived there had rebuilt there or not or if they have been affected by any of these wildfires. The video you watched here was about just one neighborhood that has been affected by just one of these wildfires. From what I have learned from watching various news videos on RUclips there are several different neighborhoods in Los Angeles County that have been affected by these various wildfires. I know that there is a video on RUclips about various celebrities who have lost their homes in one of these recent wildfires. I would like to say that where I am at that I am perfectly safe and that there are no wildfires burning in my area. For health reasons I have not been outside in a few weeks because the air quality has been poor for people with certain health concerns. Looking out my closed windows these past few days I could never see any type of smoke or anything that showed there were any fires burning in Los Angeles.
Theres a lot you can do BEFORE the fire gets out of control.
This was all by design just like the wildfires in Hawaii.
I use to live out there. Policies caused this. Water diverted away from the reservoirs into the ocean (The spokesperson said so). Sad as it is and devastating. They voted for these people that make the decisions. Oh by the way a lot of those fires are most likely arson.
Only one guy got arrested for arson but has since been released.
Reservoirs, like any infrastructure, has to be maintained. The reservoir is question - Santa Ynez - was developing cracks in its retaining walls, which could lead to a catastrophic flood. If it had broken and caused a flood you would complaining about that. It was planned to be drained & repaired during what is supposed to be the rainy season. Yes, several government departments screwed up not talking to each other, & one went ahead with the work when it should not have. Bureaucratic stupidity- yes, but is has nothing to do with ideology or politics unless you have a problem with engineers doing what engineers always do.
This is so sad. Samaritan's Purse is the most reliable group to send money to. They get in quickly and attend to the people and never have had questionable issues like Red Cross.