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It is safe to say that the Palisades Fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles,
Not since the 1990s when Los Angeles was hit with the fires, the flood, the earthquake and the riots, have I seen such disaster occur here in our city,
Now I have two kids and I have to explain to them that they can’t come home,
he said, staring into the footprint where their home once was The craziest thing about 8.30 at night, there was a Christmas tree about 12 ft tall in the middle of the street and it had caught ablaze,
McCallum said, recalling the moment of pause before he knew he had to leave What if this was my house? What if this was my childhood home?”
If our house had stood we would still have to move,
There’s a kind of mantra that when the wind blows, Los Angeles burns,
said D.J. Waldie, 76, a historian who has written extensively about Southern California and is a lifelong resident of the Los Angeles suburb of Lakewood The only thing I can think of that would compare with this would be a massive earthquake,
said Zev Yaroslavsky, 76, who served for decades in Los Angeles as a City Council member and county supervisor One day you’re swimming in the pool and the next day it’s all gone,
actor James Woods told CNN, ... weeping — This is my fourth fire and the only time we’ve ever left,
said Muffie Alejandro, 74, the owner of a manufacturing company who has lived near Eaton Canyon since 1989 I think that Angelenos are thinking, ‘This is going to go on and on and on. And what will become of us?’
You also unfortunately have drones in the air, which is a concern to our pilots and to the safety of the aircraft, so we have to be mindful of that,
Forest Service Chief Randy Moore said
