Major wildfires hit Los Angeles
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SUNGRAZING COMET AT DAWN: Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is brightening rapidly as it falls toward the sun for a Monday close encounter. This morning before sunrise, Petr Horálek saw it with his naked eyes over the hills of Spisske Podrhadie, Slovakia:
"I was truly surprised," says Horálek. "While Mercury was difficult to find, the comet was an easy target. Thanks to finding it in the camera's viewfinder, I could see it immediately with my eyes too (the structures in the clouds in its vicinity helped)."
Meanwhile in England, Nick James of the British Astronomical Association photographed the sungrazer in broad daylight. His image, captured while the afternoon sun was hidden behind a tree, is inset in this up-to-date light curve from the Comet Observation Database:
"I was surprised to get such a strong image," says James. "The comet must be pretty bright."
James compared the comet to Venus, which was even higher in the afternoon sky, and was able to make an estimate of the comet's brightness: "It's magnitude was about -0.8. That doesn't really seem bright enough given how prominent the comet is on the image, but that is what I get!"
If current trends hold, Comet ATLAS could brighten another 2 to 4 magnitudes by Jan. 13th when the comet swoops only 0.09 AU from the sun. Although it will likely be brighter than Venus, only the most experienced observers should attempt to photograph the comet so close to the blinding sun.
If Comet ATLAS survives the heat, it could become a nice object in the evening sky next week. Southern hemisphere observers are favored, but many northerners will be able to see it, too. Read "Prospects for C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)" by Nick James for observing tips.
more images: from Gorazd Bizjan of Medvode, Slovenia; from Chris Schur of Payson, Arizona; from Lionel Majzik of Tápióbicske, Pest, Hungary
Not sure what type of trees are native to the affected areas in LA & California, but in Australia Eucalyptus & other gum trees are designed to burn.
www.livescience.com
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Australia's Wildfires: Are Eucalyptus Trees to Blame?
The wildfires that are now threatening Sydney and other parts of New South Wales, Australia, are finding fuel in Australia's eucalyptus forests, which many experts blame for wildfires that have blazed through the hills of California and other places.
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Here is a theory about how the fires where started which sounds possible to me. He gives his credentials at the beginning and sounds well qualified, he's an expert in field and electrical theory, which I've never heard of. He gets into a detailed description of how our electrical system works which is a bit to technical for me but others may be more familiar. This could explain fires starting at the same times as shown in the sat. video.
What he describes has been known since the 1920's or earlier. A current is induced in the lines which create energy nodal points which then create sparks that fall to the ground and create fires.
What he describes has been known since the 1920's or earlier. A current is induced in the lines which create energy nodal points which then create sparks that fall to the ground and create fires.
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Throw some crazy people into the mix.
Grifters are going to grift, nonstop, always. Act Blue is a fraudulent organization created by Dems for fund raising.
Ooch!
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on reports that hundreds of prisoners have been mobilized to extinguish fires in the US state of California, pointed to the hypocrisy of the United States:
MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on reports that hundreds of prisoners have been mobilized to extinguish fires in the US state of California, pointed to the hypocrisy of the United States.
Earlier, The Washington Post, citing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, reported that the state authorities had sent 395 prisoners to fight forest fires. The newspaper noted that most of them were persons who had committed minor crimes.
On her Telegram channel, Zakharova pointed out that in recent years, US officials have repeatedly criticized China for allegedly using forced labor, particularly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The diplomat noted that in 2023, Washington restricted imports of products from several Chinese companies in an attempt to exclude goods allegedly produced with the help of Uygur forced labor from the US supply chain. "This raises a logical question: will Congress draft a bill imposing sanctions on California authorities, private companies, and ordinary Americans for using prison labor to put out fires?" she wondered. "We are so sick of this hypocrisy!" Zakharova added.
Wildfires began to spread across Los Angeles County on January 7. According to meteorologists, dry and windy weather was the cause of the rapid spread of the fires. Evacuation notices were sent to nearly 180,000 residents. The fire has destroyed more than 12,300 structures in the region, with damage estimated in the tens of billions of dollars.
A case documenting the speeding and progress of an encounter with the firestorm at the Eaton Fire in Altadena
9:01 PM · Jan 11, 2025
"EMERGENCY ALERT The Palisades Fire rages on, having devastated 23,654 acres with only 11% containment, posing a severe threat to Brentwood, Encino, and Sherman Oaks! We must urgently spread this message to heighten awareness and rally support for those in peril.Mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood, stretching from Sunset Boulevard north to the Encino Reservoir, from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, and parts of Encino south of Ventura Boulevard. Evacuation warnings have been expanded, and a strict curfew from 6 PM to 6 AM is enforced across all affected areas. For the most current evacuation zones, please visit" http://AlertLA.org.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on reports that hundreds of prisoners have been mobilized to extinguish fires in the US state of California, pointed to the hypocrisy of the United States:
MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on reports that hundreds of prisoners have been mobilized to extinguish fires in the US state of California, pointed to the hypocrisy of the United States.
Earlier, The Washington Post, citing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, reported that the state authorities had sent 395 prisoners to fight forest fires. The newspaper noted that most of them were persons who had committed minor crimes.
On her Telegram channel, Zakharova pointed out that in recent years, US officials have repeatedly criticized China for allegedly using forced labor, particularly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The diplomat noted that in 2023, Washington restricted imports of products from several Chinese companies in an attempt to exclude goods allegedly produced with the help of Uygur forced labor from the US supply chain. "This raises a logical question: will Congress draft a bill imposing sanctions on California authorities, private companies, and ordinary Americans for using prison labor to put out fires?" she wondered. "We are so sick of this hypocrisy!" Zakharova added.
Wildfires began to spread across Los Angeles County on January 7. According to meteorologists, dry and windy weather was the cause of the rapid spread of the fires. Evacuation notices were sent to nearly 180,000 residents. The fire has destroyed more than 12,300 structures in the region, with damage estimated in the tens of billions of dollars.
A case documenting the speeding and progress of an encounter with the firestorm at the Eaton Fire in Altadena
9:01 PM · Jan 11, 2025
"EMERGENCY ALERT The Palisades Fire rages on, having devastated 23,654 acres with only 11% containment, posing a severe threat to Brentwood, Encino, and Sherman Oaks! We must urgently spread this message to heighten awareness and rally support for those in peril.Mandatory evacuation orders remain in effect for Mandeville Canyon in Brentwood, stretching from Sunset Boulevard north to the Encino Reservoir, from the 405 Freeway west to Mandeville Canyon, and parts of Encino south of Ventura Boulevard. Evacuation warnings have been expanded, and a strict curfew from 6 PM to 6 AM is enforced across all affected areas. For the most current evacuation zones, please visit" http://AlertLA.org.
He also mentioned on a recent show that fire insurance for houses in the area where he lived was $120,000 per year.
While listening to different discussions on the fire today i heard something that has me curious. Where are all the people that lost their homes in the fire? We aren't seeing any interviews or shelter areas that have been set up as we usually do. Also it was said there are many hotels available but they aren't being used by these displaced people. Apparently, Naomi Wolf was one person who spoke of the hotels but it was repeated by another person. I haven't followed the coverage real closely so maybe I've missed it but I haven't seen any of these people either.
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Wildfires in California, is like snow in Buffalo. Not uncommon. In Buffalo however, there is a massive infrastructure to handle this.
I cant help but think these fires are wanted, destruction of property and life by not just neglect but desire....for any number of reasons.
The entire west coast of the state is the Pacific Ocean....having several desalination plants with methods of distribution, you would think is a necessity? But they seem to be more interested in DEI, and social justice and Trans rights....this is just crazy, but crazy used to be a small minority.
I cant help but think these fires are wanted, destruction of property and life by not just neglect but desire....for any number of reasons.
The entire west coast of the state is the Pacific Ocean....having several desalination plants with methods of distribution, you would think is a necessity? But they seem to be more interested in DEI, and social justice and Trans rights....this is just crazy, but crazy used to be a small minority.
It was but then a Comunity Note appeard in another post gaslighting that the firefighters usually have them at the trucks for small fires, referred to as "canvas bags"...riight, I have one very similar to the one of the video and they do not look like this ones:
I don't know what they are called, but the "handbags" are legitimate bags firefighters use to douse smaller fires instead of dragging out the big hoses.
Edit: Just saw your post, Mabar. Thanks for the photos.
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