California Fires

[SarahWelborn]

Hello everyone, I recently heard about the California Fires, and I hope the fires are put out soon. Is anyone affected that live in California?? I even heard some celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Gerald Butler lost their home. I am keeping those who are affected in my prayers.

 

[Psydye]

Yeah it's pretty bad out there! I definitely hope most make it out okay. Godspeed to those who didn't make it.

 

[G0DFlesh_88]

Yea its been pretty bad. I live in LA and I can see the ashes falling down when it gets windy. Its been really dry so that contributes to the fire making. Its sad that a lot of elderly people could not make it out and or pets and animals as well

 

[MozzarellaSticks]

The scariest part is the use of private firefighters to save rich homes, and the use of slave labor from jails. That’s not something that should be privatized.

 

[Raayzx]

Yeah sad.. the set for my favourite show was destroyed in California fires too.

 

[Shellzilla_515]

I don't live in California, but man, that state is sure having a lot of hardships as of late. I heard this was all caused by a campfire but I could be wrong. May God comfort them and protect them from these dangers.

The scariest part is the use of private firefighters to save rich homes, and the use of slave labor from jails. That’s not something that should be privatized.

Why is that even a thing? People should value their lives more than their properties! You can recover those things but not your life. If you lose it, it's gone for good.

 

[Antonio]

This is just depressing to think about. I hope everything will be calm soon.

 

[Triaged]

Why is that even a thing? People should value their lives more than their properties! You can recover those things but not your life. If you lose it, it's gone for good.

Late stage capitalism is a crazy thing. We don't have enough firefighters (they also aren't paid a lot), so the government pays the corporations that run private prisons (...) a ton of money to use inmates, and the inmates only get $1/hr for it or less. Also phone calls or goods in the prison are super overcharged too, so effectively, the $1/hr gets you way less than what it would outside of the prison.

If there is anything that exists or happens in the US, there is a way to abuse it to make more money for companies and the rich.

 

[VxnillaCupcakes]

i live in south san diego, but i luckily can't see anything from here---but it's all over the news. the fire station by my school has fire trucks leaving all hours of the day, too. i just really hope everyone is safe!!

 

[Cress]

I live in the north valley so the fires haven't directly affected much here, but the aftereffects sure are noticeable for everyone.
Almost ALL schools closed down (all elementary to high schools are closed, and most colleges) in the middle of last week, and they're still closed for this entire week as well. And they're closed because there's so much smoke here and being outside for long periods of time is dangerous. Last week it genuinely looked like we had fog everywhere, but it was smoke. They haven't said this, but I'm pretty sure that they've also closed so that people who were living near the fire can recover (at least I hope that that's also a reason).
Thankfully we got some rain this morning, and quite a lot of it (at least by our standards which isn't much, yay droughts). So that should help put out the fires, and clear the smoke out as well.

I heard this was all caused by a campfire but I could be wrong.

No, the huge northern fire is named the Camp Fire, after the street it started near. The name was an awful choice and has nothing to do with campfires or camping at all.

 

[steele]

I live in the north valley so the fires haven't directly affected much here, but the aftereffects sure are noticeable for everyone.
Almost ALL schools closed down (all elementary to high schools are closed, and most colleges) in the middle of last week, and they're still closed for this entire week as well. And they're closed because there's so much smoke here and being outside for long periods of time is dangerous. Last week it genuinely looked like we had fog everywhere, but it was smoke. They haven't said this, but I'm pretty sure that they've also closed so that people who were living near the fire can recover (at least I hope that that's also a reason).
Thankfully we got some rain this morning, and quite a lot of it (at least by our standards which isn't much, yay droughts). So that should help put out the fires, and clear the smoke out as well.

No, the huge northern fire is named the Camp Fire, after the street it started near. The name was an awful choice and has nothing to do with campfires or camping at all.

Horrible name choice for sure.

I know someone who's family lost their home and he's putting up his mom and family now. It sucks because fire really takes everything.