Board 8 > shit's on fire yo

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://www.cityofirvine.org/news-media/news-article/city-irvine-issues-mandatory-evacuations-0

my house is literally to the left of one of the mandatory evacuation zones

wife and kid just left for a friend's place out of town, i'm here keeping an eye on things but packed and ready to gtfo too

what the fuck

Link is broken but stay safe man.

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Be safe. How much do you stand to lose if things go down the tube?

Torlovsk posted...

Be safe. How much would you stand to lose if things go down the tube?

honestly not sure. renting, and we have renters insurance. i'll be walking around taking video of everything just in case.

Be safe, Weakun

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Stay safe, weaku!

A friend of mine is just barely inside the evacuation zone and had to roll out this morning. My girlfriend lives in the area too so I'm hoping they lock this one down reasonably quickly. X_X

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Luckily I'm in an area that isn't a burn area but air quality was already trash when I woke up, the skies look awful and the wind is crazy.

Looks like 2 firefighters already seriously hurt in Irvine because the winds are very high and unpredictable.

Impossible to control with the winds going on right now.

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shit

stay safe dude :(

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thanks all

yeah apparently the winds aren't going to be dying down until midnight, and are expected to pick back up at 3am

fuck

hope those firefighters recover quickly. we've got sirens going nonstop

Sorry to hear it buddy. I hope everything ends up as good as possible for you.

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Came to my brother's place in Santa ana

Honest question, why do people still bother to live in California with the amount of wildfires they have, coupled with the homeless people and the threat of a massive world ending earthquake?

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Honest question, why do people still bother to live in California with the amount of wildfires they have, coupled with the homeless people and the threat of a massive world ending earthquake?

How many of these things do you think impact us, and do you think the last one is even true?

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Honest question, why do people still bother to live in California with the amount of wildfires they have, coupled with the homeless people and the threat of a massive world ending earthquake?

I mean

does it really matter where you are when a world ending earthquake happens

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I lived in California for 25 years and not once did a homeless person or earthquake ever affect me, and wildfires were a minor inconvenience from time to time.

Most places in the world are susceptible to some sort of natural disaster but people always single out California for some reason.
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The same question applies to people that live on the Gulf Coast or tornado alley

There are lots of places in the world where dying or losing your house in a natural disaster is a completely foreign concept, so it always shocks me that people willingly live in these areas.

As for homeless people, any time I ever talk to somebody in California, all they talk about is how bad the homeless/junkie population is, and how they can't walk down the sidewalk without stepping in human feces.

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

There are lots of places in the world where dying or losing your house in a natural disaster is a completely foreign concept,

Are there? I guess my local disasters (blizzards and the odd tornado) are a bit less deadly and destructive than most, but I can't think of anywhere in the US at least that I would consider that kinda thing "a completely foreign concept"

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Tom Bombadil posted...

Are there? I guess my local disasters (blizzards and the odd tornado) are a bit less deadly and destructive than most, but I can't think of anywhere in the US at least that I would consider that kinda thing "a completely foreign concept"

Phoenix, Arizona

unless you count heat waves

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RikkuAlmighty posted...

Came to my brother's place in Santa ana

our weaku is safe, we can close this topic now

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Dragonair posted...

our weaku is safe, we can close this topic now

Well

It's still santa ana

once the big one hits it doesn't matter where you are, the world will end and we will all die

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Dragonair posted...

once the big one hits it doesn't matter where you are, the world will end and we will all die

It's okay, if that one movie is anything to go by, The Rock will save us all.

The stepping in shit is one single neighborhood in San Francisco

But sure apply it to the entire state
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When you eliminate any states with a threat of wildfire, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, blizzard, volcano, or summer heatwaves that melt your brains when you step outside like Phoenix, AZ, which ones are even left? Also apparently they can't have homeless populations either. I guess we all go pile into, I dunno, South Dakota?

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

As for homeless people, any time I ever talk to somebody in California, all they talk about is how bad the homeless/junkie population is, and how they can't walk down the sidewalk without stepping in human feces.

I see. While we are making stuff up, I live in California and anytime I walk outside on the sidewalk all the rich billionaires come out and hand me hundred dollar bills they don't need. It's great.

I moved to San Francisco and have lived in the Bay Area almost a year now.

I think the homeless problem is pretty rough, in the city and certain parts of the Bay. Haven't experienced one earthquake. But the thing that's a killer are the fires. They seem to have happened a lot this year and spread ash and shitty air quality around to the bay.

Overall there's no snow in winter so it's an improvement from the other places I lived in PA and surrounding states.

I dunno if I'll live here my whole life. I'd probably be saying differently if I could actually enjoy everything that SF has to offer this year, but Covid-19 has made it kind of a sad time as it's kept me from going out and meeting new people and having fun everywhere and I miss my friends and family a lot.

But I'm making bank so there is that.

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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I moved to San Francisco and have lived in the Bay Area almost a year now.

I think the homeless problem is pretty rough, in the city and certain parts of the Bay. Haven't experienced one earthquake. But the thing that's a killer are the fires. They seem to have happened a lot this year and spread ash and shitty air quality around to the bay.

Overall there's no snow in winter so it's an improvement from the other places I lived in PA and surrounding states.

I dunno if I'll live here my whole life. I'd probably be saying differently if I could actually enjoy everything that SF has to offer this year, but Covid-19 has made it kind of a sad time as it's kept me from going out and meeting new people and having fun everywhere and I miss my friends and family a lot.

But I'm making bank so there is that.

East Bay > SF

Also hit me up after COVID is less shitty and we can go get a drink

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Hell yeah Ginny. I'm down.

I live in Pleasant Hill now. My girlfriend and I have been exploring more of Walnut Creek as of late. They have a good set up downtown for outdoor dining. We hit up Broderick last weekend for brunch and it was divine.

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mnkboy907 posted...

When you eliminate any states with a threat of wildfire, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, blizzard, volcano, or summer heatwaves that melt your brains when you step outside like Phoenix, AZ, which ones are even left? Also apparently they can't have homeless populations either. I guess we all go pile into, I dunno, South Dakota?

How much bad shit does Colorado have? Landslides and some blizzards? It seems they've got their own wildfire problems going on, too, I suppose.