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   Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 14:12:05 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

   CNN published a satellite image acquired by the Maxar satellites at 10:45 a.m. PT on January 7. They used the short-wave infrared channels to see the fires through the smoke and clouds. It is a devastating view of almost every house burning over most of the western half of Altadena, California.
   https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-pacific-palisades-eaton-wildfires-01-08-25#cm5on5ljn00053b6nfv5v500t

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     Cristin Pescosolido (rocketdyke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 16:43:22 JST Cristin Pescosolido

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     @EricFielding I think you mean it was at 10:45 a.m. on January 8

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     Roadskater, Ph.D. (roadskater@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 17:52:19 JST Roadskater, Ph.D.

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     @EricFielding Sadly, I can look at the photo and just about pick out my brother's house.

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     Roadskater, Ph.D. (roadskater@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 17:52:29 JST Roadskater, Ph.D.

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     @EricFielding Sadly, I can look at the photo and just about pick out where my brother's house used to be.

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     xs4me2 (xs4me2@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 19:07:45 JST xs4me2

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     @EricFielding Shocking…

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     StanleyHOOTZZ (stanleyhootzz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 20:48:11 JST StanleyHOOTZZ

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     @EricFielding Thank you for this picture of the devastation, I have been looking for an overall pic
     of the devastated areas. Shiet, went to sleep last night thinking the fire was burning it would miss Altadena
     Had friends who got out with embers blowing across the street, they all safe thank you Mother Mary.
     I love Altadena many friends there and over in Topanga/Palisades have lost their homes. The speed is Deceptive, If you receive warning to be prepared to leave, LEAVE, better safe-n-sorry.

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:18:00 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     • Cristin Pescosolido

     @rocketdyke Yes, you are right! I will fix.

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     Crusaide (crusaide@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:28:25 JST Crusaide

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     @EricFielding correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the fire fighting budget in LA get cut?

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:30:51 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     @Crusaide Yes, the City of Los Angeles cut its fire-fighting budget last year. I don't know the details. Altadena is not part of the City of Los Angeles but is an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County.

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:38:19 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     @lewdmachines @Crusaide Yes, once the strong winds started pushing the fire to the west through Altadena, no amount of firefighters could have stopped it. They might have been able to save some of the houses and buildings, but not all of them. Most of Altadena is 95% destroyed, with only 1 in 20 structures not burned in the fire perimeter.

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     http 301 / redirect (lewdmachines@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 21:38:20 JST http 301 / redirect

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     @Crusaide @EricFielding they could have had 3x the firefighters and gear but with 80mph dry winds pushing fires on dry land there's nothing that would have significantly changed here

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     Richard Rathe (nickrauchen@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:22:41 JST Richard Rathe

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     @EricFielding

     #Smoke plume from #LAFires yesterday...

     #Disaster #ClimateChange

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:27:41 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     @Schouten_B @elticoloco They had the Very Large Air Tankers (modified DC-10, not 747) flying over Altadena late in the afternoon on January 8, after the wind decreased. It was not possible to use any aircraft before that.

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     Bas Schouten (schouten_b@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:27:42 JST Bas Schouten

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     @elticoloco @EricFielding Winds were too strong for using fire fighting planes. Plenty were available but during high winds water gets blown away and fire fighting planes can't be used effectively. (They actually have very expensive 747-400s)

     Not everything is about your political pet peeve. (Though in this case if your pet peeve is climate change it kinda is)

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     Elticoloco (elticoloco@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:27:43 JST Elticoloco

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     @EricFielding

     It is very sad and I feel for the victims' distress. The USA is always wrong about war, but they have a burning clue to guide their priorities.

     What if instead of making F35, they bought Canadairs?
     In 2018, the fire fighting budget was 427 million, compared to 693 billion for weapons

     What would all those whose house burned prefer? Whether the USA is the sheriff of the world (while polluting it to the extreme), or that it finally takes the measure of climate change?

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     Sundarban1122 (sundarban1122@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:37:25 JST Sundarban1122

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     @EricFielding https://bdnewst20.blogspot.com

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     Sundarban1122 (sundarban1122@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 22:41:58 JST Sundarban1122

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     @EricFielding https://bdnewst20.blogspot.com

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     a fish named dog 🎗️✡️♾️ (fishnameddog@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 23:09:55 JST a fish named dog 🎗️✡️♾️

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     @EricFielding I believe the appropriate response to this is: "*Fuck*, shit's fucked."

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     Bas Schouten (schouten_b@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 18:33:46 JST Bas Schouten

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     • Elticoloco

     @EricFielding @elticoloco Looks like I'm getting old 🙂. I thought they were still operating these:

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 00:37:59 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     @Schouten_B @elticoloco It seems that they only stopped using the 747 tanker in 2021, not that long ago.