LA Fires - Who's been Affected?

[slickrock]

My original hometown and foothill trail stomping grounds are up in flames and the devastation is still ongoing. While I've been safely perched on rain-soaked soil and green hills of the Bay Area that has been my home for decades now, I'm swept up by this travesty just the same. All that rain in the PNW over the last couple of months never made down to SoCal. My extended family is safe, but folks with just one degree of separation from me and them have lost their homes and livelihoods. And the trails I used to ride there will never be same. Who else of the forum has been affected that would like to share their thoughts or trail experiences out there?

 

[Zimmerframe]

It looks awful.

Emelias video's quite interesting, also showing some of the wind damage to infrastructure and how extensive that was - as well as the fires. There's a clip part way through driving through one burnt out area and another clip at the end riding through a burning area where the devastation and intensity is quite unbelievable.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Another video. 2 day old footage, so obviously it's got worse since !

Doesn't really find damaged areas until 10 minutes in.

Shot from Surron Ultra Bee - but lets try and keep and bike/e-bike/riding style conversations out of it.

Gives a bit of a feel of some of the vast area of destruction.

 

[Hobo Mikey]

I am gutted for you and anyone else who is affected by this. By blood boils when I read about peaple starting fires and looting properties, they are just scum and should be taken out. Stay safe out there.

 

[Stihldog]

I just can’t imagine the devastation. We have our share of fires up here …but nothing like that.

A few years ago we were affected by the smoke from California fires that drifted to our area. We had to stay indoors for a few days. The air quality was awful.

A lesson to be learnt is to be prepared. We live on the edge of a forest and that has become a fear. Our only fortune is that we get plenty of rain …maybe too much sometimes.