Live LA fire stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdJw7QO571g

Or one of them. I think it's slowly moving across the field of view since I started watching.

Palisades fire: Fast-moving fire prompts evacuations - Fox 11 News LA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hLkc6FDvQ





Aerial view of LA shows Pacific Palisades and Malibu engulfed in flames last night.


There's more fires. Winds will still be too high through the weekend. It's only Tuesday-Wednesday now.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdJw7QO571g

Or one of them. I think it's slowly moving across the field of view since I started watching.
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Last night, when I first pulled up this live stream, it was only on the extreme right side. Now it's across the whole horizon.

BREAKING: Governor Newsom has ordered the mobilization of California’s National Guard to assist firefighters in battling wildfires across Los Angeles County, California. The Palisades Fire alone could become the “costliest” wildfire in U.S. history, according to reports, with LAFD Chief stating there are not enough firefighters to combat the blaze.
Las Vegas Valley is sending personnel from the Las Vegas, NV area to help and the state of Washington is reportedly sending personnel as well.

Due to California Wildfires there are 70K residents under evacuation order. City’s water tanks dry. Source has said.

Another round of Santa Ana winds are forecast for next week.

LA local news just reported the damage from the Eaton fire in Altadena has grown to 10K+ acres. Many hundreds of homes and businesses have burned to the ground. The wind is still gusty in the Los Angeles foothills and the embers are catching home after home on fire. It's incredibly sad. 0% containment. 150,000 under orders to leave and many nearby warned to leave.

President Biden says: I have directed the Department of Defense to rapidly provide additional firefighting personnel and capabilities to the region being impacted by the Southern California wildfires.
We also continue to work closely with the National Guard.
My thanks to the California National Guard and the Nevada National Guard for readying Airborne Firefighting Systems.
Ten Navy helicopters with water delivery buckets are on their way.

President Elect Trump says: Community notes says don't repeat it.

JUST IN🚨 AccuWeather estimates that the devastating Los Angeles area wildfires have caused preliminary damage and economic losses ranging from $52 billion to $57 billion.

Dr. Gupta recommends firefighters and reporters wear gas masks because of gasses in the smoke that N95 masks won't stop.

1.5 MILLION customers without power in Southern California, most of which are in Los Angeles County (940,270).

BREAKING: State Farm, one of the biggest insurers in California, canceled hundreds of homeowners' policies last summer in Pacific Palisades—the same area which is now being ravaged by a devastating wildfire, per Newsweek.

Paris Hilton's beachfront home in Malibu has been reduced to a pile of burning rubble ... TMZ has learned.
Sources familiar with the situation tell us her beach house is completely gone after being burned to a crisp in the devastating Palisades fire.

Fox 11 News LA
LIVE UPDATES: California fires torch Los Angeles, Palisades, Malibu, Pasadena, Sylmar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59VF9WASKDU

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BREAKING: Governor Newsom has ordered the mobilization of California’s National Guard to assist firefighters in battling wildfires across Los Angeles County, California. The Palisades Fire alone could become the “costliest” wildfire in U.S. history, according to reports, with LAFD Chief stating there are not enough firefighters to combat the blaze.
Las Vegas Valley is sending personnel from the Las Vegas, NV area to help and the state of Washington is reportedly sending personnel as well.

Due to California Wildfires there are 70K residents under evacuation order. City’s water tanks dry. Source has said.

Another round of Santa Ana winds are forecast for next week.
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An emotional James Woods talks about losing his uninsured house and all his possessions yesterday in the fire. Like many people in California his insurance company canceled his fire coverage 2 months ago because the state refuses to cooperate with the insurance companies and how to assess coverage.

High wind and fire.

Grab what you can and head out the door! If you're with someone who likes to dither about and be indecisive, good freakin' luck.

I lived in California for seven years, it's always burning down. James Woods is going on about the view that he had from his house. My feeling is always, those views are expensive as you're just finding out. He knew there was an extreme fire danger, everybody knows it who lives there. But they live there anyway. It's like people who live on a floodplain and then moan and groan that the insurance company won't give them coverage because the insurance company knows you're going to be flooded eventually and wiped out. But enjoy the view of the river while you're there.

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I lived in California for seven years, it's always burning down. James Woods is going on about the view that he had from his house. My feeling is always, those views are expensive as you're just finding out. He knew there was an extreme fire danger, everybody knows it who lives there. But they live there anyway. It's like people who live on a floodplain and then moan and groan that the insurance company won't give them coverage because the insurance company knows you're going to be flooded eventually and wiped out. But enjoy the view of the river while you're there.
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Even people who have plenty of money can overindulge beyond their means. Michael Jackson must have wasted millions of dollars to end up in the hole. And now he’s in a hole permanently.

Los Angeles County fire victims flee to Las Vegas for safety

Over 10,000 buildings lost damage estimate is $150 billion dollars. And it's still going on, some of the fires are not contained at all. It's hilarious watching everybody play the blame game. My feeling is live in California expect to lose everything you own about once every 20 years to some kind of natural catastrophe.

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Over 10,000 buildings lost damage estimate is $150 billion dollars. And it's still going on, some of the fires are not contained at all. It's hilarious watching everybody play the blame game. My feeling is live in California expect to lose everything you own about once every 20 years to some kind of natural catastrophe.
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I felt the 1989 earthquake, and saw the 2017 "wine valley" fires firsthand (okay, the closest I saw was the glow of the fire about to crest a hill that I don't think it actually crested), plus my house was in a tsunami warning zone a few months ago, yet I haven't lost a thing...says the guy seriously planning on moving to Las Vegas in the next few months.

In my head, I've invented an inflatable lightweight aluminum foil house cover. You drape it over your house and start pumping in some heated air, so you have a inflated tent over your house.

Of course, I just imagined it failing under 100mph gusts. You might be able to stake in place if winds aren't above the 20's.

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I am using my moratorium powers to prevent insurance companies from canceling or non-renewing policies in wildfire-impacted areas, so people don’t face the added stress of finding new insurance during this horrific event," Commissioner Ricardo Lara said

Google tells me someone in a fire tower can spot a fire on average about 15 miles. LA has lots of high points including buildings. Made me wonder if they have spotting technology hooked up to web/traffic cameras. Setting up remote cameras ought to be fairly economical considering the amount of potential damage.

Saw one video where flames were blown all the way down the mountain in one push of very high winds. Ashes are being blown miles and miles.

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Google tells me someone in a fire tower can spot a fire on average about 15 miles. LA has lots of high points including buildings. Made me wonder if they have spotting technology hooked up to web/traffic cameras. Setting up remote cameras ought to be fairly economical considering the amount of potential damage.
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Drones and using commercial real-time satellite imagery are other low cost options for spotting wildfires as soon as they break out, much cheaper than using manned aircraft.

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I've said here many times why my wife's nephew is an insurance adjuster for a major company and his entire purpose in life is to screw people on the money they get. He loves it because he's a bully. He tried to go into law enforcement so he could be a professional bully but he got rejected so now he just screws people on insurance claims. I've heard at least three retired Insurance executives say exactly the same thing on TV. The insurance companies entire goal is to pay you as little as possible anyway they can. And this lady in the video is right the nephew gets rewards for the bigger screw jobs that he does.