2025 Hurricane, Fires, Floods & Other Awful Weather Thread

[Grand Potentate]

Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control in and around Los Angeles and homes are destroyed

The Eaton fire broke out hours after another blaze tore through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood, destroying homes and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands.

apnews.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Here's a live stream out of an LA news station if you're looking for more on the ground coverage:

https://ktla.com/on-air/live-streaming/

 

[Grand Potentate]

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/07/us/palisades-brush-fires-california

 

[Fwiffo]

Updated the thread title. These fires going on in Los Angeles are absolutely unreal. Some of these videos coming out are nuts.

"I can't stress to you how normal this morning was in Santa Monica. It just seemed like another nice winter morning. But then, I was walking home from the gym and I just noticed big black billowing clouds of smoke."

...still time to get to the gym. Maybe yoga afterwards.

 

[Fwiffo]

I normally run into these people when there's not a burning inferno next to them.

What is he doing?
"I have to change the location for our date tonight on Tinder"
"Did my Amazon package arrive yet?"
"Is my Google Nest still running? Can it turn on the water?"
"Shit let me check if I renewed my home insurance..."

 

[Dropbear]

The water crisis in LA seems very politicized. I’ve seen Trump blaming the governor and Biden blaming climate change, but the fact that it is mostly owned by a couple of billionaires seems to slip under the radar:

How This Billionaire Couple Stole California's Water Supply

In a series of secret meetings, the Resnicks seized control of California’s public water supply. Now they’ve built a business empire by selling it back to working people.

perfectunion.us

 

[Grand Potentate]

Its snowing in the Florida panhandle and they're ice skating on Bourbon Street. What the fuck is going on that no one is even interested in this?

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Fwiffo]

Its snowing in the Florida panhandle and they're ice skating on Bourbon Street. What the fuck is going on that no one is even interested in this?

Global warming ?

 

[Dropbear]

Global warming ?

Read it out aloud for the class:

It's Cold! Is Global Warming Over?

Weather and climate are different.

climatekids.nasa.gov

 

[Grand Potentate]

Global warming ?

Yep. Also leading to the increased snow in the north.

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Grand Potentate]

Flooding in Brazil, Argentina, and France today.

 

[Grand Potentate]

fxh Dropbear does it normally flood in this part of OZ?

 

[Dropbear]

It doesn’t rain a lot up there, but when it does (usually a tropical cyclone) it floods. It sounds like the floods this week were exceptionally bad though.

 

[Grand Potentate]

DAVID MARCUS: Mailboxes, used cars and other things making life hell in Asheville

Columnist David Marcus, writing from Asheville, N.C., says the people are banding together and helping each other four months after Hurricane Helene.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Dropbear]

This is going to make local recovery efforts worse

AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits are let go in DOGE cuts

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have been discharged as a result of the Trump administration 's campaign to shrink government workforce and services.

www.ajc.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Super typhoon Ragasa - equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane - packed wind gusts of up to 285km/h (177mph) at its highest point on Monday, and has triggered warnings of floods, storm surges and landslides across the region this week.

Well, the Philippines survived it....

 

[Fwiffo]

It's a 200km+ storm with waves crashing over, but hey let's go outside and take a video of with your mobile phone.