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[Tere1071]

My daughter lives in Pasadena, about one mile east of the Pasadena Convention Center, near Lake and Del Mar. She called my wife and me informing her that it was recommended everyone in her area voluntarily evacuate. We immediately drove up from where we live in Whitter to pick her and her roomate up to stay with us until the all clear message is announced. Traffic flowed very well on the 210, but the smokey air and fallen trees around my daughter's area reminded us that anything is possible.

I hope to see you at the Pasadena show in a few weeks.

Phil aka Tere1071

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Tere1071

My daughter lives in Pasadena, about one mile east of the Pasadena Convention Center, near Lake and Del Mar. She called my wife and me informing her that it was recommended everyone in her area voluntarily evacuate. We immediately drove up from where we live in Whitter to pick her and her roomate up to stay with us until the all clear message is announced. Traffic flowed very well on the 210, but the smokey air and fallen trees around my daughter's area reminded us that anything is possible.

I hope to see you at the Pasadena show in a few weeks.

Phil aka Tere1071

Phil, thoughts and prayers 🙏

[DeanH3]

Sadly, my Son-in-Law's grandparents lost their home today in the Pasadena area. I can't imagine losing everything. Horrible.

[gregndodgers]

I have a home at Washington and Lake in Pasadena, which is just south of Alta Dena. We evacuated late last night, but I drove to my house early this morning at 4 am to see the fires and check on my house. I drove up Lake for around a mile north of Washington, and that's where you could begin to see smaller fires, which had been started by floating embers from the bigger fires closer to the mountain. There are something like 200 total smaller fires that all make up the Eaton fire. Thick smoke is everywhere and so are downed trees from the 70 mph Santa Ana winds from yesterday. Fortunately, the winds died a lot today. Pasadena has so many trees that it's a match box waiting to be ignited. We are staying in a hotel now, but I'm still working during the day.

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

I have a home at Washington and Lake in Pasadena, which is just south of Alta Dena. We evacuated late last night, but I drove to my house early this morning at 4 am to see the fires and check on my house. I drove up Lake for around a mile north of Washington, and that's where you could begin to see smaller fires, which had been started by floating embers from the bigger fires closer to the mountain. There are something like 200 total smaller fires that all make up the Eaton fire. Thick smoke is everywhere and so are downed trees from the 70 mph Santa Ana winds from yesterday. Fortunately, the winds died a lot today. Pasadena has so many trees that it's a match box waiting to be ignited. We are staying in a hotel now, but I'm still working during the day.

All the best Greg. I pray you don't have to experience losing your home.

[gregndodgers]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

All the best Greg. I pray you don't have to experience losing your home.

Thank you.

Greg

[philliesfan]

My thoughts and prayers are with the entire California community.
Bob

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Sadly, my Son-in-Law's grandparents lost their home today in the Pasadena area. I can't imagine losing everything. Horrible.

Thoughts and prayers Dean, such a tragedy.

[DeanH3]

Thank you, Phil. Much appreciated.

[NiceDocter]

Hoping for safety and peace of mind for all that are going through this situation. Reminds us all of how fragile our lives can be and how quickly things can change. Keeping all Californians including my Net54 collector friends in prayer during this difficult time.

[Exhibitman]

I've heard from several collectors in the LA area; all are OK.

[gregndodgers]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Sadly, my Son-in-Law's grandparents lost their home today in the Pasadena area. I can't imagine losing everything. Horrible.

Very sad. If they / you are a believer (like I am), you know things happen for a reason. I hope they escaped with all of their precious personal possessions, money, jewelry, old family photos, and if they have some, valuable sports cards. I had $15,000 in vintage cards stolen once, and I think about that loss at least one per week.

Greg

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

Very sad. If they / you are a believer (like I am), you know things happen for a reason. I hope they escaped with all of their precious personal possessions, money, jewelry, old family photos, and if they have some, valuable sports cards. I had $15,000 in vintage cards stolen once, and I think about that loss at least one per week.

Greg

Thanks Greg. I'm definitely a believer as well. That has helped me through many difficult times.

Unfortunately, the last I heard, they only made it out with a change of clothes. Everything else was lost.

[doug.goodman]

I'm in North Hollywood (which is generally nowhere near actual Hollywood) and while we have no fire concerns, the crazy winds were a concern while they were happening. Our only issues were being without power for the better part of two days, but my burning man alum wife had her solar powered generators and candles up and running pretty quick. We lost cable / internet before the power went out, and while we got power back late last night, we just in the last hour or so have gotten back on line.

First I cheked the email backup which is pretty legendary, and I'm ignoring it.

Next were all my go to porn sites of which net54 is near the top of the list, they all managed to survive me not being around.

This thread needs a card...

[gregndodgers]

My wife and I stayed up late last night talking about all the LA fires. I told her that my gut says incompetence is partly to blame for the quick spread of the two biggest fires, Palisades and Eaton. I saw the Eaton fire firsthand on Wednesday morning, and there were no firefighters trying to save homes in the southern portion of Altadena. I saw dozens of homes burning in a span of 20 minutes, and there was not one firetruck present in the area I was in. Apparently, there were not enough firefighters available. In my opinion, that is not a sufficient excuse. Not having enough firefighters is a sign of incompetence in my opinion. When I saw the fire up close, we were already 12 hours into the Eaton fire, yet the fire was still burning out of control.

Remember, we all know that brush fires can get big fast. Heck, my family and I had to be evacuated in 2018 due to the Woolsey fire! And in that 2018 fire, the fire burned uncontrolled all the way to the sea. If not for the sea, how far would that fire have burned?

When did it become acceptable for fires to burn out of control and destroy thousands of homes?

The other big problem is that there was not enough water to fight the two largest fires. The fire-hydrants went dry not long after the fires started.

So it appears that California's leadership was not prepared for these very large fires that grew quickly due to very fast winds. The winds were part of the problem but poor planning and slow response were also to blame in my opinion.