Disaster California is on Fire...Again - Potential Reptilian Plot?

LOS ANGELES — With thick plumes of smoke, towering flames and mass evacuations, a fast-moving wildfire struck one of America’s major cities on Wednesday.

As fires raged out of control across Southern California, a new blaze erupted in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, near iconic landmarks like the U.C.L.A. campus and the Getty Museum, home to old masters paintings and ancient Roman statues.

It burned up to the edges of the 405 freeway, the nation’s busiest highway carrying about 400,000 vehicles a day, where the northbound lanes were closed for much of the day and commuters drove through a shower of ash with flames rising in the horizon.

Forty miles to the northwest, the largest of several fires underway had consumed 90,000 acres by Wednesday night and at least 150 structures — probably many more, fire officials said — and threatened 12,000 others in the city of Ventura and neighboring communities, and was 5 percent contained. Other major fires were burning in the northern San Fernando Valley and the rugged region north of Los Angeles.

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The fires compounded the suffering of what has already been one of the state’s worst fire seasons on record, including the blazes that ravaged the wine country north of San Francisco in October. The new outbreaks have forced nearly 200,000 people in the Los Angeles and Ventura areas to evacuate, officials said, and extremely high winds are likely to make matters worse on Wednesday night and Thursday.

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Fire season usually peaks in October in California, but officials suggested that with climate change, more fires are occurring later in the year.

“These are days that break your heart,” Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles said at a news conference. “These are also days that show the resilience of our city.”

It was a day in which smoke from the fires ringing the region could be spotted from the Santa Monica Pier, the streets of downtown and the beaches of Santa Catalina Island. And in a city where residents live outdoors, many stayed home to avoid the foul air.

By Wednesday evening, the fire in Bel-Air consumed at least 475 acres and a handful of structures, small figures compared with some of the other blazes. But in such a densely populated area, the prospect of warm, dry Santa Ana winds whipping the flames into other neighborhoods had many residents of Los Angeles’ west side preparing for possible evacuation. Officials ordered 700 homes in Bel-Air evacuated.

A gray-brown pall, tinted orange in places, hung across a region that is home to millions of people, and the regional air quality agency warned that the air posed a health hazard in places.

At least four houses burned in hilly Bel-Air, where sprawling villas costing tens of millions of dollars are home to celebrities and other wealthy Angelenos.

Winds could still reach 80 miles per hour, said Chief Ken Pimlott of Cal Fire, the state firefighting agency. “These will be winds where there will be no ability to fight fires,” he said. Wind blowing from the northeast raised fears that the fire could jump the freeway, into the area around the Brentwood neighborhood and where the sprawling Getty sits on a hilltop overlooking the 405.

(More info in the link)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/us/california-fires.html

EDIT: I'll throw in an enjoyable little conspiracy I managed to stumble upon about these fires.

Spoiler: Wacky Rabbit Hole

 

[OhGoy]

"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels filthy fuckin' commies"
~ Matthew 25:41

 

[Fuck you jewish cunt]

Cali Kiwi here

The area where I live is fine, although I still got a Emergency warning.

Also having lived in Socal for most of my life, I can say that a lot of people where I live are Trump supporters. Commies who want Florida to be destroyed by Hurricanes primarily live up north(The Bay Area). So yeah, there's that

 

[omori]

Serves the dumbasses right for building houses in chaparral covered hills. Least it's not baking hot like it usually is during the regular fire season.

 

[Male]

California: You either feeling like you are on fire, or you ARE on fire.

 

[tehpope]

California: You either feeling like you are on fire, or you ARE on fire.

That's Texas. Not really that humid out in California.

 

[melty]

I legit thought this was the same thread from last time someone had just bumped.

 

[TowinKarz]

California, you either die in a fire, or live long enough to start one.

 

[Keystone]

I have to say, seeing smug Hollywood cunts like Chelsea Handler get chased out of her home by a fire is something of an early Christmas present.

I also don't feel bad or A-loggy over hoping [celebrity] houses burn down. They certainly have enough money to rebuild whatever mansion of theirs gets burned down three times over despite trying to pass themselves off as regular Americans like you and me. Also, like someone else said, "celebrities" like them were hoping "dumb Trump voters" in TX and FL got swept away earlier this year in the Hurricanes, so fuck em'.

 

[IwegalBadnik]

mSo when insanely dry weather comes in from adjacent deserts, it all becomes tinder, and an ember from some dumbass's cigarette can light it all up.

Some hipster's blunt*

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More seriously, and to those criticizing people for homes' locations:

A few years back, a family member of mine was looking at houses in California; one was in the mountains between the Los Angeles/Ventura counties. When he inquired to the relator if there was a problem with wildfires in that area, the agent claimed there wasn't. Anyone familiar with the area knows this to be a plain fucking lie. Wildfires in that area are quite routine and pose a near continual risk. Having known the truth, this was a clear sign to immediately walk away.

Developers and relators lie to buyers and homeowners. You can still jeer at the latter over shitty choices if you wish, but know that many times they haven't exactly been given the full truth.

 

[Graffiti canvas]

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

I have to say, seeing smug Hollywood cunts like Chelsea Handler get chased out of her home by a fire is something of an early Christmas present.

I also don't feel bad or A-loggy over hoping [celebrity] houses burn down. They certainly have enough money to rebuild whatever mansion of theirs gets burned down three times over despite trying to pass themselves off as regular Americans like you and me. Also, like someone else said, "celebrities" like them were hoping "dumb Trump voters" in TX and FL got swept away earlier this year in the Hurricanes, so fuck em'.

I just like to think of it as karma for those who either mocked Trump or wanted Texans to die.

 

[Fleshy Sanik]

This is a state that spontaniously combust at least once a year.

Do people actually settle there volountarily or is it a "Escape from New York" kind of deal?

 

[Dysnomia]

I sorta feel bad for the people who aren't crazy batshit commies (or similar) trapped there, but then part of me also feels they should have taken the hint several dramatic wildfires ago. It seems like there's always a fire over there or something, and that's not counting the fact that California seems to get massive earthquakes once in a while too.

Yet is still lives despite nature's best efforts. Who do we have to sacrifice to get rid of California?

 

[KimCoppolaAficionado]

 

[Kyria the Great]

Since we know that this is going to happen again, I actually managed to get an accurate satellite picture of the next big Californian Wildfire.

 

[Lackadaisy]

Stop taking our water, you cunts.

 

[Staffy]

"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels filthy fuckin' commies"
~ Matthew 25:41

Holy shit, if you look closely at the fire it kinda looks like a humanoid missing some legs. It has some arms. Maybe God has had enough of Cali's degenerateness.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

So I managed to stumble upon the TRUE ORIGINS of the fires this year al around California. Was it dried out plants that created a tinder box along with other natural explanations? Of course not! That's just what they want you to think. The real culprit? ...
The Government is starting them with laser beams! (For some reason)

There's quite a few of these floating around YouTube right now. Granted I didn't find a video on this particular fire, but no doubt they're hard at work on those right now.

EDIT: Lo and behold (this video is amazing)

 

[CWCchange]

Holy shit, if you look closely at the fire it kinda looks like a humanoid missing some legs. It has some arms. Maybe God has had enough of Cali's degenerateness.

It looks like the ass-end of cat with a long tail, that started the fire by farting.

 

[ZehnBoat]

LOS ANGELES

I'm okay with this