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We get down there and I have the photographer set up. He's the only person on the beach. He's pretending he's taking photos of the sunset,
Their house was amazing. It was a beautiful house and it was in Van Nuys which ended up being a great neighborhood even though in Van Nuys we were literally surrounded by all of the fires,
When we went out for a drink beforehand, the first thing she said to me was, 'Hey, I'm not dating that guy anymore,'
It's sad and I'm sad for all of these people,
Literally right when we left, the hurricane came through and the house that we were at was destroyed,
I was wearing this t-shirt that had the armpits ripped out. I wasn't dressing up for this condo crawl. I was just there to meet some neighbors,
I thought it was a date, but she did not,
That whole area is now burned,
I don't know if I've ever put so much effort into planning anything in my life,
Prescribed burning is not effective in limiting the spread of wildfires under the conditions that burn the largest amount of land and cause the most home losses,
The brush clearance alone, had that happened, would have just changed the trajectory of this fire,
real estate magnate Rick Caruso, a former Los Angeles mayoral candidate, told ABC 7. The bottom line is the winds far outweigh the fuel in terms of fire spread in a situation like this,
Jon Keeley, fire ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, told LAist The houses are perfectly aligned with the direction of the prevailing Santa Ana winds,
wildfire mapping expert Zeke Lunder toldThe Washington Post All of the brush clearance, fuel breaks — they’re very effective on what we would consider a normal day,
Chief Brian Fennessy of the Orange County Fire Authority toldThe Los Angeles Times You could have put a 10-lane freeway in front of that fire and it would not have slowed it one bit,
Native shrublands are being burned too frequently because of human-ignited wildfires,
Right now we have the task force that is robust, they're identifying cause and origin for each of these separate fires. None of them have been ruled out as arson. They are ongoing investigations,
Dominic Choi, with the LAPD, told reporters today Fine particulates are airborne, even in areas not impacted by the fires. Especially children and older adults, especially those with serious health complications, are particularly at risk,
In other words, this setup is about as bad as it gets. Stay aware of your surroundings,
I caught on fire a couple of times,
Carillo told KNTV's Bigad Shaban
