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How Meryl Streep Cut A Car-Size Hole Through Her Fence To Escape The Los Angeles Wildfires
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Posted on 01/29/2025 9:05:18 AM PST by Red Badger

The Oscar winners nephew Abe Streep revealed that the actress, 75, had to come up with a creative plan to get to safety.

Hollywood actress Meryl Streep had a tense escape from the Los Angeles wildfires, according to her nephew, Abe Streep. The 75-year-old actress was forced to cut a hole in her fence large enough to drive through while evacuating her home on January 8. The wildfires, which started a day earlier, spread rapidly across parts of the city, forcing many residents to flee.

Abe Streep shared details of the incident in a New York Magazine article, highlighting the destruction caused by the fires. Emergency services have been working to contain the blazes, with officials urging residents to stay alert.

"Evacuation mandates were sent across the city. My aunt Meryl Streep received an order to evacuate on January 8, but when she tried to leave, she discovered that a large tree had fallen over in her driveway, blocking her only exit," Abe wrote in the New York Magazine.

"Determined to make it out, she borrowed wire cutters from a neighbour, cut a car-size hole in the fence she shared with the neighbours on the other side, and drove through their yard to escape."

The wildfires, which have devastated large portions of the LA area, first ignited in Pacific Palisades and spread to Malibu and Santa Monica, with the Eaton Fire particularly impacting the Altadena-Pasadena area.

Numerous Hollywood stars have lost their homes in the wildfires, including Pratt's ex-wife Anna Faris, Anthony Hopkins, Billy Crystal, Mel Gibson, Jeff Bridges, Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Paris Hilton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Diane Warren, Cary Elwes, and more.


TOPICS: Outdoors; Society; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: california; disaster; escape; fire
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To: Red Badger

Must make a three hour drama and donate to the illegals who made her food and trimmed her bush es


21 posted on 01/29/2025 9:23:17 AM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Red Badger
Apparently the hole did indeed need to be that large:

Meryl Streep, the 75-year-old actress, had to cut a car-size hole in her fence to escape her home during the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this month. According to her nephew, Abe Streep, Meryl received an evacuation order on January 8, but a fallen tree blocked her driveway, prompting her to borrow wire cutters from a neighbor and cut a hole in the fence to drive through to safety. This dramatic escape was part of the widespread evacuations in the Los Angeles area due to the devastating wildfires that have claimed lives and destroyed thousands of structures.

22 posted on 01/29/2025 9:24:40 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: ClearCase_guy

I was going to say the same thing.

DID SHE GET PERMISSION FROM THE COASTAL COMMISSION ??


23 posted on 01/29/2025 9:25:13 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: AppyPappy

Except for the illegals she needed to clean her toilets.


24 posted on 01/29/2025 9:25:17 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: AppyPappy

I have a fence up to keep out unwanted people too. also a privacy fence so I don’t have to see them.


25 posted on 01/29/2025 9:26:04 AM PST by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: All

Streep home.

26 posted on 01/29/2025 9:27:14 AM PST by Liz ((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))
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To: Fuzz

But you probably support a fence on our border. She doesn’t.


27 posted on 01/29/2025 9:27:37 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: OldHarbor

Let them truckers roll
10-4


28 posted on 01/29/2025 9:27:53 AM PST by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Robert DeLong

It did if she wanted to drive a car through it.


29 posted on 01/29/2025 9:29:40 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

The city will fine her for not having the building permit for a new driveway in a protected easement for duck and turtle migration.


30 posted on 01/29/2025 9:30:08 AM PST by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Red Badger

Was that where she had the Kommie sign?


31 posted on 01/29/2025 9:30:19 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Red Badger

Surprised she has such a cheap fence so easily broken.


32 posted on 01/29/2025 9:33:06 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Red Badger

Did she go running to her sugar daddy, Harvey Weinstein?


33 posted on 01/29/2025 9:34:03 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

He’s in prison, Jim.................


34 posted on 01/29/2025 9:35:19 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Your right.
She should have had a helicopter, tank and a boat.🥱


35 posted on 01/29/2025 9:35:24 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I can’t even imagine the la-la denial land mentality of waiting until you have to bust out your fence to escape from a wildfire that has been raging and somewhat predictably moving...


36 posted on 01/29/2025 9:36:22 AM PST by TheBattman (Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists-Satanists: redundant labels.)
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To: alternatives?

She’s commented on that?


37 posted on 01/29/2025 9:37:29 AM PST by Fuzz
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Did she have a permit from the state of CA for this work?”

Her notice of code violation is in the mail—unfortunately the mail box probably burned up along with everything else.

She will then get hit with interest and penalties for late payment—probably when she tries to renew her registration for a vehicle.

Bureaucracy has no mercy—and a long reach.

:-)


38 posted on 01/29/2025 9:38:22 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: Red Badger

Why do good things happen to bad people? That said. I wonder what kind of fence she had. It’s hard to believe that she has a chain link fence.


39 posted on 01/29/2025 9:46:39 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
No doubt it is hard psychologically to leave your home early, but it’s the surest way to save your life.

True, but if there's a wild fire heading your way, pack your most treasured possessions and leave.

While you may lose what was left, at least you won't lose EVERYTHING.

40 posted on 01/29/2025 9:50:59 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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