Posted on 01/10/2025 8:05:00 PM PST by Pelham
Southern California is about to be blasted by one of its most powerful Santa Ana windstorm in recorded history.
It may not be #1, but the combination of high population, drought conditions, abundant fuel, and mountain wave strength may create world-record high fire danger.
https://x.com/edgarrmcgregor/status/1876393368957452714
https://x.com/edgarrmcgregor/status/1877745890607415745
https://www.americaunwon.com/p/why-los-angeles-burned
Fire Weather Watch
Issued: 6:11 PM Jan. 10, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
MOUNTAINS...SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...SAN GORGONIO PASS...AND INLAND
ORANGE COUNTY...
...PREVIOUS RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED AS OF 6 PM FRIDAY...
* WINDS...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any wildfires that start could spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
* LOCATION...San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys -The
Inland Empire, San Bernardino County Mountains-Including The
Mountain Top And Front Country Ranger Districts Of The San
Bernardino National Forest, Santa Ana Mountains-Including The
Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest, San
Gorgonio Pass Near Banning and Orange County Inland Areas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
LA’s perfect firestorm: How a tiny spark in a back yard turned into the city’s worst ever fire in HOURS and incinerated 20 square miles of mansions - and it’s still out of control
A perfect storm of overgrown vegetation, dry conditions and uncharacteristic winds are responsible for whipping up the most devastating wildfire Los Angeles has ever seen with more than 20 square miles razed to the ground in less than 48 hours.
The stunning time-lapse, stitched together from various live webcams, showed how a small plume of grey smoke began rising in a ‘back garden’ on the city’s outskirts on Tuesday morning.
At first the smoke seemed innocuous but within minutes the plume had developed into a thick cloud as the flames began tearing through bone-dry shrubbery.
Before long, the City of Angels was ablaze and now, less than 48 hours on from the initial spark, the wildfire is on track to be the most destructive blaze ever, having ripped through the glitzy celebrity mansions and causing an estimated $48 billion in damage.
LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley believes the fire started accidentally in a back garden around 10am Tuesday morning. She told reporters the fire is ‘spreading at a speed beyond anything we’ve seen... it’s now unlike anything we have seen in our lifetime.’
The prospect of such an infernal firestorm was raised by podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan last summer, who recounted a chilling conversation he’d had with an LA firefighter.
Speaking to guest and fellow comedian Sam Morril in the July 2024 episode, Rogan recounted: ‘He said: ‘’One day, it’s just gonna be the right wind and fire’s gonna start in the right place and it’s gonna burn through LA all the way to the ocean and there’s not a f***ing thing we can do about it’’.
‘If the wind hits the wrong way, it’s just going to burn through LA,’ he said.
Quick, give them more illegals and homeless people.
If they don’t want them, they are extreme right-winger nutballs.
Liberals, put your money where your mouth is, and be an example!
What are the chances?
https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1877816915764416547
A resident who lives right by Eaton Canyon captured the moment the #EatonFire sparked right under the transmission tower on the east side of the canyon.
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