Quincy

Her first story today appeared to show a rain storm in what looked like Louisiana. That’s the storm that recently swept through the South. Based on that, I think she may have returned to Cali last night.

Beat me to it. She’s back and LA is burning still

I almost forgot about her. Have a few of her classic pop hits that come on shuffle once in a while. Brings back memories of yesteryear. I’ll have to check out her comeback.

It also drives up the cost of insurance and leads many companies to reduce or cut coverage entirely. The climate change aspect is scary. Extreme events seem to be the new norm. Hopefully there isn’t complacency. I think these fires hitting such a large area with significant population will help lead to awareness. Florida was in a false sense of safety after the 2010s saw less hurricane landfalls, but coastal storms have gotten really bad in recent years too.

Yeah, the destruction is going to be in the billions of dollars. Rich area or not, many people’s lives will be forever changed. Some drastically for quite some time. Some insurance companies recently dropped coverage for this type of disaster too. It’s heartbreaking.

Winter air is much drier, especially when winds are coming down the mountains, rather than onshore. It’s just a bad combination of factors coming together. Even if someone is not intentionally trying to set a massive fire, it’s almost certainly human induced. All it takes is a spark or flame to rapidly ignite and spread with these conditions and strong winds. 😞

Ahhhh, I barely use twitter anymore, so I had no idea. Can’t tell what’s true or not, someone else said it didn’t burn, but only saw one person claim that. I wanted to see it on my last Cali trip, but it was too dark. I barely got to the mural before sunset. Hoping it survives 🙏

Yet another sad element to the already depressing story

Recent decades have been very dry and the dying vegetation, trees, etc. become susceptible to ignition*. Geographically, when winds flow out of the northeast in this area, there’s a downslope effect off of the mountains. This brings dry air down toward the coast and downsloping also works to heat the surface, which acts to make the humidity drop even more (drying the air). I can’t speak to this specific fire. All it takes is one spark when conditions are ripe. *It could be a cigarette, a truck sparking a flame on a gravel road, a campfire that wasn’t fully put out, an errant lightning strike, or more nefarious reasons. When the wind is strong and the earth is dry, these fires can spread and get out of control very quickly. Large fires can’t easily be contained, so it usually comes down to atmospheric conditions easing, so the spread slows down and it can hopefully be put out. It looks like the dry conditions and downslope winds will continue through at least Thursday, but gradually fading into the weekend. Hoping that those in the area can stay safe and that destruction is limited 😞🙏

That means a lot. I do feel like I’ve been slacking in the Lana content department this year, but I found a bit of a voice in that thread to share ideas that I can’t really share anywhere else, and feel safe about it

I’m honored to be nominated for something that’s virtually the opposite of what I was nominated for last year

bittersweet

Thankful there’s finally a thread for this!!