37 minutes ago, Khan said:

How did these fires start?  Does anyone know?

 

Well California is a very dry state 

Fires can start easy

Then combined that with very high winds over 100 MPH and we have this scary situation

Edited January 9Jan 9 by John

This is some sick [!@#$%^&*]

Current list of fires in Los Angeles County
(two pages right now)
https://www.fire.ca.gov/

The newest one is the Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills

23 minutes ago, carolineg said:

It's mostly human activity.  Either arson or something careless or benign like throwing out a lit cigarette or a campfire burning.  Pair that with the wind and dryness of Socal and it just gets out of control quick.   

ETA-they haven't said anything about how the current fires started, sorry.  I was just saying how they could possibly start.

Many times, it's power lines that start blowing in the high winds (the Santa Ana winds), then they arc or have a tree fall on them and ignite brush or whatever. My hubs worked for Southern California Edison for decades and they still call him to warn of power turn-offs. His phone was ringing off the hook these past couple of days.

Low humidity, dryness of the land and one spark can be picked up by these winds and then there's nothing they can do to put out the raging wind-driven fires. Add to that they had no air support yesterday because they couldn't put units in the air. 

My son down there is housing their friends and their cat because they were evacuated from the Hollywood hills with tonight's new fire. At least they have a few water-dropping copters in the air tonight.

1 minute ago, Beachstorm said:

Many times, it's power lines that start blowing in the high winds (the Santa Ana winds), then they arc or have a tree fall on them and ignite brush or whatever. My hubs worked for Southern California Edison for decades and they still call him to warn of power turn-offs. His phone was ringing off the hook these past couple of days.

Low humidity, dryness of the land and one spark can be picked up by these winds and then there's nothing they can do to put out the raging wind-driven fires. Add to that they had no air support yesterday because they couldn't put units in the air. 

My son down there is housing their friends and their cat because they were evacuated from the Hollywood hills with tonight's new fire. At least they have a few water-dropping copters in the air tonight.

Thanks for that info! Hoping everyone you know including family and friends are safe!  

3 minutes ago, Beachstorm said:

Many times, it's power lines that start blowing in the high winds (the Santa Ana winds), then they arc or have a tree fall on them and ignite brush or whatever. My hubs worked for Southern California Edison for decades and they still call him to warn of power turn-offs. His phone was ringing off the hook these past couple of days.

Low humidity, dryness of the land and one spark can be picked up by these winds and then there's nothing they can do to put out the raging wind-driven fires. Add to that they had no air support yesterday because they couldn't put units in the air. 

My son down there is housing their friends and their cat because they were evacuated from the Hollywood hills with tonight's new fire. At least they have a few water-dropping copters in the air tonight.

Arent the winds dyiing down tonight as well?

twitter:

Los Angeles Fire Department announcements
https://x.com/LAFD


Los Angeles Fire Department discussion
https://x.com/LAFDtalk


Los Angeles County Fire
https://x.com/LACOFD/status/


Cal Fire (State of California)
https://x.com/CAL_FIRE

The Fire Departments staff are too busy to post on all the social media at this point. (some of their twitter accounts are outdated by a few hours as new fires sprang up fast)
I've been reading  https://www.latimes.com/  to see the latest

Edited January 9Jan 9 by janea4old

Thanks for that. I am supposed to fly back to LA from my family here back East on Friday, but uh, it's starting to look a little dicey.

3 hours ago, DRW50 said:

You'd get some good run-ins with Tracy and Lois (and Tracy and Ned) over that too.

Exactly! Not to sound like a broken record, but...again...it writes itself.

2 hours ago, Aragorn said:

I was told that Cameron Mathison’s home burned down in the fire.

He posted on his IG during the day, about it. So sorry he's having to go through this. Obviously true for so many people. Hate this. Worried.

The lame attempt at a Guza era edgy montage was so campy.. Michael on fire while Willow's in heat.

The only acceptable way for the Drew /Willow story to end is her putting two bullets in his chest, Sonny style. 

Maurice was awful today; no depth, no emotion, just auto-pilot. You'd think it was one of his flunkies who got hurt, not his son. 

Of all the returns, Lois is the worst. Other than lame character assassination, no one has any idea of what to do with her. Only Lucy gets worse writing. Rena's Lois returns after 25 years and all she does is hang out at the Q mansion. She needed to take a 25 year break for that?

I will agree the montage today was a straight Guza ripoff.  It wasn't up to even late Guza standards, but if felt very much like what he would have done-just less effectively.

I guess I am in the minority but I like that Drew has evolved (devolved?) into an ambitious, sleazy ho!  This version is one I can see sticking around. I really hope the Quartermaines turn on him with lots of nasty fighting.  

I also hope that Chase leaves Brooklyn and Port Charles when the truth about her child comes out. I need Brooklyn to be single, desperate, angry, bitter and scheming to make everyone else miserable.  Not this Laura Ingall's Wilder version we have been seeing for some time.

I believe Eden McCoy gave a good performance today. 

9 hours ago, detroitpiston said:

I missed her air time hogging years so I just don’t get the Eden McCoy hate lol, I think she’s been doing a decent job with what she’s been given.

I missed them too so all the hate for her is always fascinating to me.