Unreal scenes...
Los Angeles Fires 2025
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Hurricane speed winds and humidity increasing too. Sadly this is going to get worse before it gets better.
It’s absolutely terrifying.
I’ve got a client who lives in the Palisades, I’ve messaged him but not heard back. Also got a family friend in Pasadena. Really hope they’re all ok.
I’ve got a client who lives in the Palisades, I’ve messaged him but not heard back. Also got a family friend in Pasadena. Really hope they’re all ok.
Could someone explain what part of LA is burning? Are we talking about the city itself? I assume residential areas with a lot of forest and scattered houses?
Oh my goodness. I hope they're okay mate, hopefully just busy evacuating to safety at the moment
Oh my goodness. I hope they're okay mate, hopefully just busy evacuating to safety at the moment
Yea, fingers crossed, thanks mate.
In fairness he's probably a bit busy with the fire to be thinking about work right now
yeah hope he's alright
Unless you've lived here its not going to make much sense because LA doesn't have a city center like European cities or East Coast US cities.
Zoom in on the map here and you can see:
https://www.fire.ca.gov/Incidents
The two biggest are Palisades and Eaton Canyon.
The Palisades Fire is right near Billionaire beech with tons of multi-million dollar homes already burnt down.
Eaton Fire is in Pasadena near the foothills.
Hurst is near the 210 and 405 freeway meeting in very north LA (which won't mean anything unless you've lived here)
Also important to remember that LA is a chaparral climate zone so this is actually normal for this area. All the fires are either northern LA County or Palisades which is on the westside near Santa Monica and the famous beaches.
Thanks forjust map that show me los angeles. Not where is affected exactly. The neighbourhoods that are named shows like being part of the city but the images shows a lot of forest
Thank you for that. so basically LA but at the very outskirts with lots of big houses with natural terrain. So the forest is burning with some houses in it, not LA
The fires are highlighted on the map.
Bloody hell. First I've heard of this.
Better check in with my LA friends!!!
Better check in with my LA friends!!!
I'm being thick but why would humidity increasing make it worse?
Not in the map that I can see. So I apologize for the snarkiness as the intention is what it counts
Sort of? The Palisades fire is right by the beach and while it is hilly there, I wouldn't call it a forest at all, its more small hills with bushes than large trees. The Eaton fire is also burning residential city streets that are 2 miles from any hills or forest area so its definitely not what people might imagine. These are not just houses on winding roads into wooded hills, these are much more tightly packed residential streets. There have been huge winds the last two days 50-80 MPH so the embers are traveling much further which is how some of these areas are burning. This is also why some homes are completely gone while the house across the street is fine.
Here's a street in Altadena they just showed:
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Thanks for the clarification. How pack residential areas can burn so much and so quick?
Heard from our friend in Pasadena, she hurt her ankle after a fall whilst trying to run so has been in hospital but she’s otherwise all good thankfully.
It's excessively dry for January which means there is a lot of potential fuel (dried up piles of leaves, wood fences, etc), the wind means embers can travel much further than expected and because we have so many fires all at once since yesterday, the resources are strained. Like my edit said, sometimes we see one house burning down while neighbor's houses are completely untouched. Both Palisades and Eaton started in canyons and would have been brush fires first that quickly grew in size to be large enough to send embers 2-3 miles away.
Have a friend who has family in San Clemente and Dana Point area. I can tell he s getting very tired and depressed having to worry about them every time this happens.
None of these are anywhere near San Clemente and Dana Point. In fact those are about as far away from the fires as you can get since those are as far south in OC as you can get and these are mostly the westermost and northern most parts of LA county. They are like 1-2 hour drives away from San Clemente.
In UK terms the distance from the Eaton Fire to Dana Point is about twice the distance of Manchester to Liverpool (and Palisades fire is even further).
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Aye but it wouldn't be the first time multiple fires break out when there is one and they have been evacuated in the past. 1-2 hrs away is very close by my Midwestern standards. I can't even cross the metro area in an hour.
Well, I guess it make sense when lots of houses are made of wood compared with brick and steel in europes
What are the odds they rebuild in the same danger zone?
Who wins this battle, millionaires looking for the perfect ocean view or Mother Nature and physics?
Who wins this battle, millionaires looking for the perfect ocean view or Mother Nature and physics?
Just realized one of the fires is very close to my friends house in Lancaster who I lived with for a time when I was over in the USA.
They're not replying to FB messages. Really hope they're OK!!!
They're not replying to FB messages. Really hope they're OK!!!
Probably a bit busy with the whole evacuation thing mate.
Ah good to hear
My bad sorry I meant the humidity is going to make it worse (low not high) as it will dry out vegetation etc
There's other factors too. Eucalyptus trees are non-native trees imported into California 100+ years ago. They spread like weeds and they are matchsticks, one of the most flammable trees that exist. There were Eucalyptus in Eaton and Malibu canyons. Of course these fires likely would have start even if there were no Eucalpytus but they do contribute because a lot of California native trees are far more fire resistant than Eucalpytus.
1-2 hours I meant with no traffic. It's about 75 miles from Eaton Canyon to Dana Point so millions of residences would have to burn first before the fire reached south OC but you're totally right, multiple fires are breaking out.
Just got a message back - my friends are all ok thankfully, but what a horrible situation. Hope the firefighters can get it under control.
Good to hear mate. Hope they stay safe.
Glad to hear that.
Mother nature always wins, although given the location, the inhabitants always come back and rebuild.
The idiot I am called my friend in San Diego (2 hrs from Long Beach) to check on him regarding the fires no where near him
Also, may be worth investing in the Midwest (no natural disasters apart from a shit ton of snow)
With the surge on insurance prices, probably only the billionaires will return. Simple millionaires with their cheap 5 million dollar houses will be wed out.
Absolutely horrifying that this is happening in the northern hemisphere’s winter. Very reminiscent of what was happening in Australia this time 5 years ago.
JPL evacuated
Just had a look at the forecasts for the next six days on Windy, doesn't look too great. Winds are letting up a bit, but the northeasterly direction keeps prevailing which means dry winds. no moisture blowing in from the sea, and while the direction is great to help contain the Palisades fire it's the total opposite for the Eaton one, drives it right into the city.
With all the other small fires breaking out all over the place and diverting firefighting forces this might keep getting ugly for quite a while longer.
With all the other small fires breaking out all over the place and diverting firefighting forces this might keep getting ugly for quite a while longer.
We haven’t had any substantial rain here in nearly a year, which isn’t helping matters.
Certainly, and with the prevailing winds in the past and coming days the area isn't even getting moist morning mist from the sea. At least the winds should ease up tomorrow according to predictions, before getting slightly stronger over the weekend again, but not as strong as they've been recently.