He was hardly the 1st one to make it political in this thread.

Thank you, Leon.

People are losing everything including their lives in some cases, and yet here's another thread turned shit show due to political opinion. It's insane.

A few posts up from yours, I asked to keep the politics out of this thread (per forum rules, everyone knows them)
Can you help me understand how you accomplished that with your statement?
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And thoughts and prayers to all those affected.
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Personal attacks calling people fucking twats are cool though. :)

The intended purpose of the thread was to check in with people living in the LA area. You and others high jacked the thread and turned it into a political debate--shame on you!
We evacuated on Wednesday morning when the fires were getting close to us. I returned Friday and my wife and dog returned yesterday. While we have been very fortunate, so far over 10,000 of our friends and neighbors have been less fortunate. For them we say a prayer.

I didn't see your post when I posted my response.

Have plenty more to say on the matter...but...moving on.

This is not the place for it.

I feel for everybody who is being affected by this disaster. This is a horrible situation all around, and I can only hope it can bring people together to overcome this tragedy.

One of the first pics I took of Lake and Morada area early Wednesday morning around 5am, a full 11 hours after the fire started. No firetucks or firemen were in this area for at least a mile in all directions.

Embers flying everywhere due to the strong winds.

Dozens of houses on fire

Fence on fire due to falling embers

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I was concerned that my car would catch on fire so I left the area.

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View from space of all the homes on fire in Altadena. Wednesday evening.

I felt deep sadness seeing so many homes go up in flames.

I can't imagine what that must be like.

One theory I heard was that the fire started by heavy winds that cut power lines. Here's a pic near where the Eaton fire started.

Eaton fire is believed to be started by downed power lines. Here is actual photo of the fire near the power lines around 6pm on Tuesday, Jan 7, 2024.

Powerlines near the Eaton Trail, with Altadena homes below.

I believe this is the actual tower shown in the pic above where the fire can be seen below the tower.

With 60 mph sustained winds and gusts up to 100 mph, it is standard practice to turn off the power to homes to avoid a fire. So. Cal. Edison (SCE) is saying they did so, but actual homeowners are saying they still had power even after the fire started.

This is the actual location where the Eaton Fire started.

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I'm amazed but not surprised California has not adopted European high tension line practices when it comes to clearing brush and trees to form a safety zone.

political post deleted. Thanks so much!

Here come the mudslides

Political comments deleted.

I am sorry this thread got so political and heated. (no pun intended).

The said thing is, is that it started out with the best of intentions. If all of the inuendos, attacks and political BS were deleted now, this thread would look stupid.
Anyone who wants to start another one, please do. It will be monitored, unfortunately, closer than this one was at the beginning. I was hoping those comments would die down as censorship in general totally sucks.

And back to the original point of the thread. My heart truly goes out to those affected so badly from this historic tragedy. God bless all of them. And God bless all of the animals affected too....so sad.
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