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‘I don’t know where to go’: Family gripped with despair after their homes burned in wildfire (video)
CNN video report via msn ^ | 10 Jan 2025 | Kyung Lah reporting

Posted on 01/10/2025 7:33:08 PM PST by blueplum

CNN’s Kyung Lah talks to members of an extended family who all live in Altadena, California, and who say they feel helpless about what to do next after losing their homes in the wildfires.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: altadena; banks; california; fema; lafires; losangelesfires; robertlara; wildfires; workingclass
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Questions raised in the video:

Question #1 - Why is FEMA telling people their claims for assistance are denied? Why are people having to reapply?

Question #2 - Why are banks telling victims they need to make their mortgage payments on destroyed buildings? Why aren't they offering a grace period?

Question #3 - THe news media is focused on the stars and their expensive mansions, but that's only part of the story. What can be done for traumatized working class folks such as this family right now?

1 posted on 01/10/2025 7:33:09 PM PST by blueplum
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To: All

The aftermath.

2 posted on 01/10/2025 7:35:00 PM 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: blueplum

#3- TPTB have always only cared about the stars and the wealthy.

The rest of us DO NOT MATTER.


3 posted on 01/10/2025 7:35:17 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: blueplum

Just like Laihaina, BlackRock is there to buy it all up for pennies on the dollar.

Almost like a plan.


4 posted on 01/10/2025 7:35:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: blueplum

Why did insurance companies cancel (CA) policies just months before this fire?

Why are folks in NC STILL living in tents with freezing weather happening?


5 posted on 01/10/2025 7:35:19 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just like Laihaina, BlackRock is there to buy it all up for pennies on the dollar.

Almost like a plan.


Mel (and, I :) agree ... vid, at link ...

Mel Gibson drops a bombshell on Fox News, accusing the California state government of possibly starting the fires on purpose.

Gibson says he knows the State of California was messing with the water supply of Los Angeles before the fires started.

pic.twitter.com/W7mCZi7uxg— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) January 11, 2025

https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1877893640246222893


6 posted on 01/10/2025 7:37:28 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: blueplum

There really should be a law that mortgage payments are paused on a mortgage for 6 months after a total home loss in a federal or state disaster zone. The lost interest payments can be added to the principle of the loan. It would protect both the bank and the borrower.


7 posted on 01/10/2025 7:37:44 PM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: Jane Long

Also, they stopped maintaining the firebreaks and let them get full of flammable biomass.


8 posted on 01/10/2025 7:39:10 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: blueplum

There are J6 political prisoners who have nowhere to go after Trump’s frees them in a few days. Lara Loomer apparently has an organization set up to help house them.


9 posted on 01/10/2025 7:41:20 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Jane Long

They cancelled the insurance because California prevented them from raising their rates. They didn’t want to operate at a loss.


10 posted on 01/10/2025 7:43:00 PM PST by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: blueplum

Watch for questions about ‘lithium batteries’ when the investigations start.


11 posted on 01/10/2025 7:43:54 PM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

12 posted on 01/10/2025 7:45:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: blueplum

Where to go? If you are a die hard Fascist Demoncrat, and wish to stay in California, go squat on Newscum’s mansion. If you desire to leave the state, move to NY or other Red State so as not to incur culture shock.


13 posted on 01/10/2025 7:56:45 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy. until Jan 20, 2025)
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To: Jane Long

Not only did they cancel insurance coverage, in our case, they increased our rates from $100 a month to $600 a month with no explanation. We live in Northern California and are nowhere near a catastrophic fire zone. There are orchards and rice farms and other agricultural fields nearby but nothing like the canyons and mountains like they have in SoCal.


14 posted on 01/10/2025 7:59:20 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves, and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: wildcard_redneck

“There really should be a law that mortgage payments are paused on a mortgage for 6 months after a total home loss in a federal or state disaster zone. ”

Lenders will work with homeowners in this situation.


15 posted on 01/10/2025 8:01:10 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Nateman

Lotta lawyers are gonna get A LOT richer!


16 posted on 01/10/2025 8:03:10 PM PST by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!)
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To: Texas Eagle

Insanity.

Sounds like you might be near the area where we had family, years ago.

Lots of orchards and rice farms.


17 posted on 01/10/2025 8:03:46 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
"Lenders will work with homeowners in this situation."

Not when the value of the empty lot exceeds the value of the mortgage they won't. The lender will squeeze the destitute and homeless homeowner until they can foreclose on the property and make a windfall.

18 posted on 01/10/2025 8:04:45 PM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: blueplum

It’s all part of the plan. The land was expensive and TPTB want it for cheap. Time to put the squeeze on the rightful owners to get them off. Deny them insurance, Deny them grace periods for mortgage pymts. And deny them FEMA help. We’ll give you 5 cents on the dollar and time for you to move on.


19 posted on 01/10/2025 8:05:30 PM PST by BipolarBob (I took my girlfriend to a fruit orchard. I didn't get it but she said she wanted to apple watch.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The attack on L.A. was extremely well timed.

Mon 10:38pm: Bass sends this tweet & flies to Africa
Tues 10:30am: Palisades fire starts
Tues 6:18pm: Eaton fire starts
Tues 10:30pm: Hurst fire starts
Wed 6:00pm: Sunset fire starts

Who signaled the arsonists to start the attack? https://t.co/Fkm9xWf7QQ— Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) January 11, 2025

There is an expected destructive and potentially life-threatening windstorm starting Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon.

Red Flag No Parking Restrictions will go into effect in certain areas tomorrow morning.

Stay safe LA! Join @NotifyLA here: https://t.co/C2EO2lzTXO https://t.co/ChmYDOhJPr— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) January 7, 2025


20 posted on 01/10/2025 8:06:51 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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