“A Miracle Has Happened”: James Woods Returns to Find Home “Still Standing” in Fire Ravaged Pacific Palisades Neighborhood

Gatewy Pundit ^ | 1-10-25 | Kristinn Taylor

[dynachrome]

Actor James Woods returned with wife Sara to the couple’s fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Friday, discovering that their home survived the massive fire that started Tuesday and destroyed many of the homes, businesses, and schools in the Los Angeles suburb, including the homes of their neighbors. Like many people who fled their homes during the flash fire, Woods assumed his home was destroyed, given that large flames were literally at his backyard.

[albie]

See James Woods in The Onion Field

[Buttons12]

Twitter vid linked at site...shows drone view of Pacific Palisades, homes reduced to ashes, yet plenty of trees appear intact. How can that be?

[ChronicMA]

I read the comments on the Yahoo reposted article on this.

The libs are saying ridiculous things like he should take back his criticism of politicians because his house survived.

They act as if all he cares about is his own house, not his community.

But they forget he took the initiative to find out if his 94 year old neighbor had evacuated. The guy’s caretaker and out-of-state son had not confirmed this (not blaming them, they may not have known of the seriousness of the situation).

Woods action to make sure the guy got out is to his great credit. It shows more concern for his community than any of the million dollar contributions other celebrities have announced (though they should get some appreciation for their contributions)

the people posting the replies are truly sick in the head to say what they say just for crass political reasons.

[Thomas Jerome]

All that whining he did was for nothing. Celebrities are such attention whores.

[SMARTY]

SUCH good news for him 😄

[dforest]

Hamill can keep his house. It is his big stupid mouth that should burn down.

[cb]

in the video I saw, he had a swimming pool full of water. all he needed was a small gas powered pump and hose. all that money and no water pump?

I talked to a home owner whose house survived a forest fire in NM. he had a pond and pump. he stayed and fought the fire and won!

[GranTorino]

We will see what happens during recovery.
I’m sure they will get more government assistance then North Carolina.

[Living Free in NH]

Nothing was done by the powers that be.

But from there on out, Ata was on the FBI's radar, so at least we had that...

[trebb]

God protects His own....

[Degaston]

I am happy for him too.

But going forward he faces several challenges.

1. There will be parts of his structures that did have damages of getting partially melted due to heat proximity. Before he closes out his insurance claims he will need to thoroughly have it all inspected.

2. His insurance will be canceled by the end of January 2026.

3. It may be impossible for a while to sell his house for what would have been considwred a reasonable price due to the core issues facing California due to incompetence and corruption in government.

4. His neighborhood is going to be a loud construction zone for the next decade.

I expect that many Californians of good means are going to carefully take stock of this crisis and consider the risks of continuing to domicile, live, spend, invest, earn, and have assets in California. Suppose someone with a 2M house in Pacific Palisades has 10M net worth. They lost the house and have 8M other assets. They could move into their “Not Cali” home or buy one to do this & remotely handle getting whatever they can salvage out of Cali. They should be careful about going to places like Denver, New California or Albuquerque, New Woke, Poor Deadend, Oregon, or See Ate All, Washington that have been kalifornicated. The blue zone blues are a big problem.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Nothing you say here is wrong…in fact, if anything you didn’t cover the full range of disaster that attempting to rebuild in California will be. Adam Corolla hit on it right away the first night of the fire. The REAL disasters are going to begin when the fires are finally put out. And they will be much longer lasting than the fires.

From the time people decide to rebuild to the first load of lumber is dropped off is going to be 5 years in California if people are very lucky and prepared to make all the bureaucrats in the permitting offices millionaires to do it. And the rebuild cost will be 5-10 times greater than the value of the home pre-fire. And you will never be able to insure the property…ever. For those on the coast the only answer from the permit bureaucrats, regardless of the amount of the bribe offered, will be “F**K YOU”. Probably in exactly those words.

No, if the residents think they’ve seen Hell this week, they haven’t seen anything yet. And Joe Biden is still abusing them - telling them the government will cover all the cost regardless of amount. That is classic Joe-Shit. He’s gone in a week. The Feds are broke after keeping Ukraine rolling in it for 4 years. That’s not happening, as much as the guilty politicians in California will scream and yell. Unless the state government and local governments are dissolved and reformed…they aren’t getting a load of Adam Schiff delivered.

I am happy for James Woods because he loved his house. He’s going to have very few neighbors for many, many years. But the Hell is just getting warmed up in California and it’s going to get much, much worse for everyone. In the lifetime of everyone living there now, regardless of how young or old, it will never be anything like what it was before this.

[AFret.]

Amen.

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Wood’s is a patriot and a true blue American. As for his home being spared...as they say, “Must be Trump’s fault”...

[logi_cal869]

Well now. Good for him.

Be it karma or a divine act, I’m more pleased that this will simply infuriate leftists.

[SaveFerris]

[That Mizzou professor who cheered the news that Woods’ home burned down as Karma for Woods’ Trump support can choke on the turn of events]



Can't tell if it's the same person - is that her on the Left?



Retired professor blasted by university for 'offensive' remark about California wildfires

"LOS ANGELES (TNND) — The University of Missouri condemned a retired professor on Wednesday for a “deeply offensive” remark regarding the ongoing California wildfires.

Thousands fled Los Angeles on Tuesday as uncontrolled fires swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood. The fast-approaching flames shut down multiple major roadways, forcing some people to abandon their vehicles.

Karen Piper has been a professor of English and an adjunct professor of Geography at the University of Missouri since 1996. Her LinkedIn profile lists her as still active at the school."

https://cbs4local.com/news/nation-world/retired-professor-blasted-by-university-for-offensive-remark-about-california-wildfires-university-of-missouri-los-angeles-karen-piper-james-woods-palisades-fire

[SaveFerris]

[Wow! Good news. Amazing miracle, actually.]

I had no idea that this thread existed - I just found it maybe(?) 20 minutes ago - I was reading through the replies and prepared a post about that professor

But then I remembered something (sorta) that I had posted in hopes that James Woods might see it (doubtful, of course) - I couldn't remember exactly what I had written but I was able to find the thread as my history showed that I had read a thread 2 days before this thread. FWIW

It will immediately follow this comment

[SaveFerris]

To: TigerClaws

God will make a way, James Woods

https://youtu.be/wjcXv0O_nz8?si=MyfFvrXwuND6v9Uj

🛐🛐🛐🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️

James Woods @RealJamesWoods | It serves no purpose whatsoever except for grooming children...

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4233556/posts

276 posted on 1/8/2025, 8:05:07 PM by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat,

They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4288730/posts?page=276#276

[LegendHasIt]

"Can't tell if it's the same person - is that her on the Left?

Sure looks like it to me.

[newfreep]

Kristinn Taylor

[Lazamataz]

It’s not a miracle. It is God’s grace and love because Mr. Woods is on the right side of things.