SoCal Fires

[Terrymo]

I’m out of the loop on this. Someone posted this on a Socal Jeep Club Forum. Screenshots so links are not live. Just in case this helps anyone. Thoughts and prayers out to anyone affected by this

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[LazyJL]

It's a huge tragedy with several major fires burning around us right now and winds are still blowing. We have friends who live in Pacific Palisades staying with us., they got out but their home of fifty years burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. Their whole neighborhood disappeared.
Living in LA all my life., the winds blew as hard as I have ever experience two night ago.
With a late arriving rainy season, the hills are bone dry, and the record winds make for a fire situation that is unstoppable.
Imagine a tropical storm with millions of burning embers flying sideways as opposed to rain. everything in its path burns, without question.

 

[Radioman]

Very sad for those affected by the several fires in the area. My MIL and FIL lost their home a few years ago to a forest fire. Devastating.

My new Jeep arrived at Irvine yesterday but I postponed flying down to pick it up because of the craziness.

 

[BobW]

It's a huge tragedy with several major fires burning around us right now and winds are still blowing. We have friends who live in Pacific Palisades staying with us., they got out but their home of fifty years burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. Their whole neighborhood disappeared.
Living in LA all my life., the winds blew as hard as I have ever experience two night ago.
With a late arriving rainy season, the hills are bone dry, and the record winds make for a fire situation that is unstoppable.
Imagine a tropical storm with millions of burning embers flying sideways as opposed to rain. everything in its path burns, without question.

Ditto. I've lived in Pasadena. Most of Altadena is not up in the mountains or canyons, it's on a plain sloping away from the San Gabriels... many of the houses have been there for a century. Hard to believe.

 

[SadRobot]

Thanks for posting the info. The LA subreddit on Reddit also has a long list of information. I've been following that all day as well as streaming KTLA.




Another long night ahead for everyone in the LA area. I was feeling better about things then about 10 minutes ago the Creek Fire flared up again.

 

[R3TRO]

I live in Pasadena and hike in the San Gabriels. Lots of nice trails up there. You drive through Altadena to get there and pass lots of cool little restaurants, shops, and historic houses in the hills. All gone now. Looks like a bomb went off. Use to Santa Anas and fires here, but never thought this could happen. So sad. :'(

 

[roaniecowpony]

Some citizens in Woodland Hills caught a Hispanic guy trying to light a fire with a torch.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/arson-suspect-arrested-in-woodland-hills-near-kenneth-fire/

 

[dstevens]

Unfortunately this seems to be the new norm. Fires growing 10,000 acres or more in a day. Areas which have not historically burnt now burning.

We're 3/4 mile from the national forest in developed suburbia, which we thought was relatively safe from wild fires. Now I'm walking around the house wondering what will help - removing all the hedges, taking out more trees, boxing in under the deck with hardy board, adding metal flashing to wood posts. When the winds get to 80 mph and blow embers probably not much short of a concrete bunker.

 

[SadRobot]

Unfortunately this seems to be the new norm. Fires growing 10,000 acres or more in a day. Areas which have not historically burnt now burning.

We're 3/4 mile from the national forest in developed suburbia, which we thought was relatively safe from wild fires. Now I'm walking around the house wondering what will help - removing all the hedges, taking out more trees, boxing in under the deck with hardy board, adding metal flashing to wood posts. When the winds get to 80 mph and blow embers probably not much short of a concrete bunker.

Yeah my neighbors and I were trying to clear some of the debris that blew in on Tuesday but realistically if an ember hits a roof or a tree there's nothing that can be done. I've already filled my green bin with branches, leaves and pine needles and haven't even made a dent into the debris that's in my yard right now.

 

[dstevens]

Our collection takes as many green waste as you care to put out so it is common practice to put out more than one. I have 5 out now. One neighbor has about 15. The big stuff I am waiting for the weekend to cut up with the chainsaw. The medium stuff I will feed into the chipper tomorrow. Power was out Tuesday afternoon through to Thursday night.

In a firestorm I think no matter how much foliage I clear away from the house the dry leaves, needles etc will blow in and then catch fire. On Wednesday morning it was knee deep in places. So the only protection would be to have a structure which does not burn when you have 12" of dry material alight right outside. Hard to do on a 50 year old wooden house, even if it is stucco. Can't rely on any water suppression.

 

[roaniecowpony]

Unfortunately this seems to be the new norm. Fires growing 10,000 acres or more in a day. Areas which have not historically burnt now burning.

We're 3/4 mile from the national forest in developed suburbia, which we thought was relatively safe from wild fires. Now I'm walking around the house wondering what will help - removing all the hedges, taking out more trees, boxing in under the deck with hardy board, adding metal flashing to wood posts. When the winds get to 80 mph and blow embers probably not much short of a concrete bunker.

My thought is that a stack of pre-cut flashing and a cordless staple gun, to cover all the soffits under the eaves could make the difference. Trying to fireproof everything would be a long road.

 

[SadRobot]

Our collection takes as many green waste as you care to put out so it is common practice to put out more than one. I have 5 out now. One neighbor has about 15. The big stuff I am waiting for the weekend to cut up with the chainsaw. The medium stuff I will feed into the chipper tomorrow. Power was out Tuesday afternoon through to Thursday night.

In a firestorm I think no matter how much foliage I clear away from the house the dry leaves, needles etc will blow in and then catch fire. On Wednesday morning it was knee deep in places. So the only protection would be to have a structure which does not burn when you have 12" of dry material alight right outside. Hard to do on a 50 year old wooden house, even if it is stucco. Can't rely on any water suppression.

Oh wow. I only have 1 bin. I live in the foothills so every time the Santa Anas come through it's usually over a week to cleanup so I can get the bin emptied.

 

[BobW]

Some citizens in Woodland Hills caught a Hispanic guy trying to light a fire with a torch.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/arson-suspect-arrested-in-woodland-hills-near-kenneth-fire/

The Kenneth fire was pretty scary, down canyons right up to houses. Hispanic buddy’s house in Calabasas is only a couple hundred feet from the burn area. He and his family spent the night with us after the evacuation order, all pretty rushed, though it took a couple hours just to drive to us in west Simi. Happily his house and neighborhood are undamaged. He was grateful for the aggressive response by firefighters, there with ample equipment, setting some backfires and so on.

 

[RetPara]

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[RetPara]

This list is pull from the Watch Duty app & site. ( https://app.watchduty.org/i/40335 ) The link is to Watch Duty the subscription is $10.00 year which gives you more info than the free version and allows you to track aircraft into and around the fires. Covers the western states. I can't copy the actual information off the page, but for each titled fire there is a listing of resources. There is also a good resource lists on the LA Recovers web page... https://recovery.lacounty.gov/resources/

I hope all this helps someone.

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