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Hi Russ and any other members around LA.
The present fires around Los Angeles look really bad are you OK.?
Good Luck.
Kim

What Kim said. I thought the same looking at a news site this evening.

AUSTRALIA IS SENDING FIREFIGHTERS.

The heading on this topic says Fires around LA , started by 1-32. That was a bit irresponsible of you , Kim.

  Hope everyone in the area is safe .

I am about 25 miles from the Eaton fire that devastated Altadena. My friends sister lost her house there. Marc Ruesser came very close to losing his house, but was spared. Overall, unimaginable destruction. 
 

Does anybody know if Russ is OK, was Westlake affected?

I used to live in Westlake Village years ago. I just learned that residents in Calabasas and Westlake Villiage have been asked to evacuate.

Stuart

We have been out of touch for the past couple of days: No electricity, no landline, no Internet, and under an ongoing evacuation warning. The Santa Ana winds are very strong, erratic, and dry. Today an arsonist started a new fire about eight miles away and the wind is blowing it in our direction. We have packed our cars and will grab the cats and run if necessary. Our electricity came back on about four hours ago but we don't know how long we'll have it. The reason for that is to prevent neglected power lines or idiots using electric devices from starting yet another fire.

Some of you may remember that in 2019 I had to evacuate for four days. My neighbors and I are pretty fed up with the ongoing drought and constant threat of horrible fires. I long ago gave up the idea of ever saving my models and often wonder why I bother to build them under the circumstances. (I've been working on a new one for the past couple of months.)

I'll check in whenever possible but anything is possible over the next week.

Russ

Russ

There you are I knew you were in a dire situation,so it is great to hear from you.
Yes terrible Terrible, I have been through fire storms but nothing like what is happening to Los Angeles.
Chin up Russ and of course, we all wish you the best we are all friends.
Keep in touch

We are being affected so much now from what man has done in the past, those terrible fires (glad you're okay Russ), the cold and snow in the eastern States, the worst flooding for decades here in the UK Midlands. Apart from Trump what's going to be thrown at us next!

Quote from: Les Tindall on January 10, 2025, 03:04:52 AMWe are being affected so much now from what man has done in the past, those terrible fires (glad you're okay Russ), the cold and snow in the eastern States, the worst flooding for decades here in the UK Midlands. Apart from Trump what's going to be thrown at us next!

 We have already had it . A Labour Government .

Promise everything, deliver nothing, tax us to high heaven.
Mind you they probably have the same woes in the US.
Stop the world, I want to get off!

I know that there will be a lot of finger pointing it always happens, opportunists tend to get in the way of very real tragedy.
Again the welfare of Southern California is the most important.

While I long ago concluded the people in California's state and local governments are idiots, the same kind of people run every state and every country in the world. That is why I formulated Reinberg's Third Law: Anyone who wants to go into politics should be prohibited from doing so. The corollary is my Fourth Law: The pigs always take over the barnyard.

Les and many others understand what effect that has had on our planet yet we keep voting for the same vermin!

Russ

I'm glad you're still safe, Russ. I hope and pray the winds die down soon!

We've been lucky so far here in Sandy Eggo. The winds never got as strong as they'd predicted.