Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Return Of Strong Winds Spark "Dangerous Situation" Across Fire-Ravaged Palisades


Return Of Strong Winds Spark "Dangerous Situation" Across Fire-Ravaged Palisades
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One week after the fires in Los Angeles County began, the blazes remain out of control, scorching nearly 40,000 acres and leveling entire neighborhoods. On Tuesday, winds are expected to gust between 45 and 70 mph, accompanied by dry air, significantly increasing the risk of fire spread.

The National Weather Service has issued "Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings" for L.A. and Ventura counties through Wednesday evening, warning that "this setup is about as bad as it gets."

Strong gusts could derail any progress made by firefighters early this week across two of the main fires, the Palisades and Eaton fires. The blazes have burned upwards of 40,000 and leveled entire neighborhoods and burned more than 12,000 structures. At least 24 people have died, with the death toll expected to rise. 


Here's the latest update on the two main fires (courtesy of the L.A. Times): 

Palisades Fire:

Burned 23,713 acres and numerous homes, businesses and landmarks in Pacific Palisades and westward along Pacific Coast Highway, toward Malibu. As of Monday morning, the fire was 14% contained, up from 11% early Sunday. Many parts of Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Calabasas, Brentwood and Encino are under evacuation orders or warnings. More than 12,000 structures remain threatened. Santa Monica has downgraded its mandatory evacuation orders to warnings. Officials estimate that more than 5,300 structures, including many homes, have been damaged or destroyed.

Eaton Fire:

Burned 14,117 acres and many structures in Altadena and Pasadena. As of Monday morning, the fire was 33% contained, up from 27% early Sunday. Officials say 7,000 structures have been damaged in the fire. Most of Altadena was under an evacuation order, as was unincorporated Kinneloa Mesa. In Pasadena, a mandatory evacuation order was in place in the northern half of the neighborhood of Hastings Ranch. In Sierra Madre, mandatory evacuations were in effect in some areas north of Grand View Avenue, and voluntary evacuations were in place in other portions of the city.

As of Tuesday morning, the Palisades and Eaton Fires remained largely uncontrolled with low containment.

The latest losses for the insurance industry could be monumental, with some figures pointing to $30 billion, if not more. 









3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What has gotten lost in the shuffle of the current SoCal fires in particular the rubble of the Palisades Fire...the Franklin Fire which engulfed parts of Malibu in December and threatened Pepperdine University. You talk about the handwriting on the wall.

Anonymous said...

Cancel their fire insurance. Give the plebs 770 dollars and maybe another 43k. Offer the plebs a buyout and build agenda 2030 you will own nothing and be happy. Apartments where their once was single family homes. The never ending commercials of we will buy your home right now. Blackrock buying up single family homes. What purpose? North Caroline no flood insurance give them 750 dollars. Yet, billions are laundered in Ukraine and siphoned off funneled back into the coffers to continue their plans without touching their own wealth. What a deal taxpayers funding their own destruction. Speculation or ? Is It a conspiracy if it becomes true? After all the statement “you will own nothing and be happy” was and still likely is the WEF agenda. The goal of complete control requires complete dependency. The same playbook that certain politicians have been using for years to enhance their power. Welfare, food stamps, etc. but what they have in mind makes those programs look tiny. Refuse the mark?

Anonymous said...

The other tentacle of what may be their plan is create an inflationary environment where home values increase and property taxes go up exceediing senior citizens ability to remain in their homes as their fixed income is eroded by inflation and can no longer pay forcing seniors to sell. The cost of living increase for social security is never calculated to include the true cost of living. It is Another dependency program that allows those in power to take that resource and use it for other than what it was intended. Had it been allowed to be used as the politicians have used insider trading the program would be worth trillions instead of being drained to the point of insolvency. Ask the representative from California about how to become a millionaire in 3 steps once in office.