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Most of my family is in LA, and I lived in Pasadena/Altadena for years and loved it.
I am not going to sleep well tonight. I can do literally nothing about the fires, and nothing to help anyone down there, but I can't stop watching the updates come in...
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Well that got way fucking worse overnight.
Just chatted with my sister (who's outside LA), we looked at the maps together, and she called my parents to gently talk them into packing and leaving their house now before the evacuation orders get to them. FUCK this is so hard to be far from family and totally unable to help.
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I'll note that their house is actually a couple miles away from the mountains, surrounded by houses in a dense LA suburban neighbourhood. But it looks from news reports like that's what's burning now.
Stay safe, LA people. Get out way before the fires get to you.
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I got tasked with calling my other sister and making sure she's packing up animals now. The evac zone is now right next to their neighbourhood. FUCK.
Dropping the CW from this thread, please just mute me if you don't want to listen to me freak out about LA fires (and probably swear a lot). I'll add the EatonFire hashtag if there's any useful info I can add (no useful info here, just freaking out)
It's a real mind-fuck to have to get my kids ready for the school bus to pick them up while also calling my family thousands of km away and telling them to get out now. Evac zone is now a few blocks away from my parents and sister.
@sundogplanets I'm so sorry this is happening, lots of love and solidarity to you and your family
