Yeah, thats honestly the only reason why the Hollywood Hills fire is more under control RN, if the winds were raging in that area we could have had the hollywood bowl, walk of fame, dolby theatre, and TONS of residential areas right there up in flames. theres more residential areas over there than palisades.

Also, I'm not sure if this could still apply to anyone on ktt, but if you could, spread the word with this link care.211cs.org/public-survey/86c5adf88e2a29c103df24ba5f48cd3f6cf9a9171207a15954dbb8b9649429f0

AirBNB partnered up with LA211 to provide folks in the affected areas 1 Week free stay in a airbnb.

The problem is its so f***ing dry Its like 6% humidity everywhere, s*** can catch on fire quick. We havent had rain in months

s*** is bonkers man the gov really failing bad here

This is why Trump wants to take possession of Canada and Greenland. Trump is not the climate change denier he presents himself to be.

He knows that as the US' southern climates get more arid, Canada's climate will get more temperate and the arctic melting means easier access to its hidden ressources. Not to even mention the access to fresh water.

This is so depressing

UK fam here, hope you are all safe, wish there was something i could do to help.

thank you so much dude this is actually really touching

it’s the dryness and the lack of infrastructure. they were tapping hydrants in the palisades and no water was coming out

the problem is they new about this for decades and did nothing. then karen bass cut 23 million from lafd

My heart goes out to CA. This is so f***ed. I could not imagine not having a home to come back to after evacuating

Also side note I understand there are underlying politics to be discussed which correlate to pre and reactive-ness of the situation, but everything being leveraged as a political opportunity disgusts me

this has been tough to deal with for me as well. i make less than 50k a year and people are calling me rich for living in the palisades. it’s kind of insane

People def been showing their ass all for some weird gotcha

It’s crazy here

slight good news

Sunset Fire is now 100% contained, officials say

The Sunset Fire that broke out in Runyon Canyon last night is now 100% contained, according to the LAFD, and evacuation orders for that area have been lifted.

The Sunswept Fire in Studio City has also been successfully knocked down and the Woodley Fire was contained on Wednesday.

Airdrops will continue today and hundreds of firefighters continue to tackle the blazes across the city.

A smoke advisory is in effect and the L.A. County Department of Public Health urges locals to be mindful of smoke, avoid unnecessary outdoor exposure and limit physical exertion.

Contributed to the GFM bro I really wish you many blessings in this hard time

Weird post

Probably never even been to California

heart goes out to all the renters

at least property owners will be compensated

the Eaton fire is currently spreading towards Mt. Wilson observatory

sorry if i get any of the location info/ names wrong i live in GA and just going off news sites

• Flames from the massive Eaton Fire are approaching the summit of California’s Mount Wilson. The mountaintop is home to communication towers and an historic observatory.

• The observatory said on Facebook that flames were approaching. "There are firefighters on the grounds but the power is out at the Observatory so communication is limited. We are monitoring the situation and will update here as we can," it said.

• The observatory holds a special place in the history of astronomy. It was there that Edwin Hubble showed in 1925 that the Milky Way is one of many galaxies. Four years later, Hubble was at Mount Wilson when he confirmed that the universe is still expandin

livestream nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-knbc-coverage-of-l-a-wildfires-driven-by-powerful-winds-228715077648

How do fires like this start? Someone being negligent about not putting out something? Or it being so dry out there a fire just starts

My sister is a freeway away from an evac zone

Both + high winds

Wake up call for all socal californians fr. Most people across the whole country want to see us die

Both.

THe humidity was 5% (absolutely f***ing dry).
Most of socal hasnt had rain in months. And those small pockets of rain were very minimal. If we do a full-year comparison back from todays date, we havent had s***.

The "Santa Ana winds" are "normal" because they always come out this time of year in the fall, but they are NEVER 90-100 MPH...
One wonders if that is a nasty side effect of climate change, or the combination of the winter storm that hit the other side of the US colliding with the santa ana winds.

Basically a lightning strike can cause a wildfire anywhere here rn. A lighter thrown in a brush area, Embers from a existing fire, even from a fireplace. A firework, etc.

With the wind being that strong, embers from far away can travel a long distance into a vulnerable area. That also makes it problematic in putting the fire out because they have to now time the water drop so that it actually connects.
In Hollywood Hills case, the winds died down heavily when the fire occured, and thats probably a leading reason why that one wasnt as bad