Million dollar homes in Malibu California now on fire.

[originalpckelly]

It's racing through the community.

MSNBC!

No link as of yet.

[Beaverhausen]

1. Oh shit

it has been so dry, windy and warm here. Fires in January.

This is crazy.

[originalpckelly]

3. Hopefully, they have enough money to pay for it...

but of course, even rich people have memories which are being destroyed in these houses right now.

[Beaverhausen]

5. Some actually earned it and didn't inherit it from daddy, either

And there are some apts there; not everyone in malibu is a millionaire.

[ronnykmarshall]

12. Turn on Ch 9.

Holy crap!!

[Beaverhausen]

13. I'm still at work

have to go home to see it. This is nuts!

[ronnykmarshall]

17. It's bad

Real bad.

When I got home I thought "damn this is fire weather" ... it's so damn warm today.

[ronnykmarshall]

2. Oh shit!

It's been very warm here today. I wonder what started the fires?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. It felt like it was in the 80s where I live in SoCal

Warm in January even for Southern California.

[GenDem]

4. Wow! Is it Santa Anna wind season?

[rumpel]

10. not really but it was eerily warm and very windy

the past week or so.

[rumpel]

7. it's by Pepperdine

by the beach - so it will not go any further - phew!

[Pithy Cherub]

19. It went lateral! PCH is at a standtill.

Sine Pacific Palisades is right there it is bad!

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[Beaverhausen]

9. well, some of us like it just fine here

I know the Northeast. You can have it.

[Howardx]

22. exactly

i'll stay right where im at

[TahitiNut]

Amen.

I'd give a nut to live back in the Bay Area ... both for Pacific Grove. (sigh)

[Warren DeMontague]

27. Every time I'm on the East Coast, some smartass thinks it's funny to make a comment about my hair.

Like, long hair? ...On a Man no less? How Weeeeeeird! :eyes:

No, I don't have any pot to sell you. You stupid, uptight, cookie cutter Idiot.

[AlCzervik]

31. i grew up in Mass but i live in Norcal now and every time i go back to

visit i always meet someone and i swear they all say the same thing--"Oh my brother in law has a friend who moved to California, do you know him?" "Um what part, whats his/her name" "Oh you know down south there and i think his name is Frank" or Judy. I don't think people understand how big ca is or how many people are here until they visit.

[Blue_In_AK]

49. Alaskans get that a lot, too.

"Do you know my cousin in Juneau?" It's true there are only about 600,000 people here, but they're all r-e-a-l-l-y spread out.

[Warren DeMontague]

53. Yeah. I've got relatives in the midwest who always think they can "spend an afternoon in LA" if they

visit.

I'm like, er, you realize it's over 400 miles away, right?

[Imagevision]

51. Unless your in a big city , east coasters only know what they see on TV & MTV...

no self style of their own...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

54. It's okay.

People think NJ all looks like fucking Newark/Elizabeth/Secaucus. In any case, it keeps the fucking morans away. Subaru is even running ads here making fun of that.

[originalpckelly]

11. Wrath of God country.

Of course, I though we had it good here in CO, but of course there are rare big blizzards.

[Warren DeMontague]

20. Funny how none of the people who wax enthusiastic about how much California sucks

ever actually live here.

You couldn't pay me enough to live on the East Coast, or in Colorado, for that matter. Yeah, we have Earthquakes- and fires sometimes, too. But it's something you live with, a regional fact of life: same as hurricanes, tornadoes, shitty-ass blizzards or Tom DeLay.

[originalpckelly]

39. Or bugs! That's one thing we have little of here in CO...

but Texas is crawling! :scared: Hate bugs, give me snow any day!

[Warren DeMontague]

18. "God" didn't design humans for a minus thirty windchill, either

yet there are plenty of people who live in Chicago.

Amazing how many folks can't manage to make it through one of these threads without taking the obligatory potshots at California. Don't like it? Cool. We have more than enough people as it is.

[goclark]

40. Yep ~ we have way too much sunshine

here.

Please, we beg of you, stay where ever you are because you will HATE it in California. :)

[LeftyMom]

21. Meh.

California is a big place. Huge swaths of it never worry about fire, earthquakes, mudslides or whatever.

I'm in one of 'em. It's a flood plain, though I'm on a high spot and even in bad years have never had worse than a soggy lawn. :shrug: No place is perfect.

[Warren DeMontague]

23. No! It sucks! It sucks! You're ***crazy*** to live there!

And it has nothing to do with jealousy, either. :eyes:

[LeftyMom]

28. It does crack me up when people from elsewhere come up with reasons why they'd never live in CA

Usually it's earthquakes. I don't live on a fault. I'm a lifelong Californian and I've never felt an earthquake. Some people in my neighborhood felt the Loma Prieta quake in '89, but I was in a car and it was already a bit rumbly so I didn't.

The other thing is the cost of living. Now things cost more here, but wages are decent, groceries and utilities are very cheap where I live, and I'm in one of California's less expensive cities, so that doesn't really apply.

This is my home and I love it. But it's crowded, so everybody else should stay wherever they happen to be from. The earthquakes here will kill you, you know. ;)

[kineneb]

32. me too- Happy native Californian

and staying here! I don't have to shovel snow, the humidity is low in the summer, and where I live has really clean air. In what other place can one find both good Thai food and good Mexican food, even in a rural community? Oh, and I need to mention, the county is producing its own wines.

Laugh at our fires, storms and earthquakes if you must. Some of us call this "home" and are happy here.

[ronnykmarshall]

35. Same here.

I'm proud to be a native Californian.

[Raine]

36. Same here a native Angeleno and

so were my parents and grandparents going way back to the early 1900's. I love California.

[ronnykmarshall]

30. No shit!

I remember after the 1994 quake there was this woman that was interviewed and said "I'm getting out of here ... I hate this damn state" .... my mom and I both said "Bye, bitch!".

[Raine]

33. There is no place on Earth

that Mother Nature can't have an effect on...hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons etc. I guess it could be said that people are crazy living anywhere but you have to be somewhere. Where I am in CA the only worry is earthquakes but I still prefer that to lot's of other things that Mother Nature could dish out. I try not to be so smug about the things that other people in other places deal with cause next time I might be the one with a problem. x(

[Imagevision]

52. It's only the people who have never been to Ca. that claim they would never go there.

Actually, New York is the only reason to go any further east of Colorado.
No matter what your bag is, you can do it better in Calif.

[tridim]

14. Mr. Treehorn draws a lot of water in this town, Lebowski.

You don't draw shit. We got a nice quiet beach community here, and I aim to keep it nice and quiet. So let me make something plain. I don't like you sucking around bothering our citizens, Lebowski. I don't like your jerk-off name, I don't like your jerk-off face, I don't like your jerk-off behavior, and I don't like you, jerk-off -- do I make myself clear?

The Dude: I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.

-Police chief throws coffee mug, hitting The Dude in the head-

The Dude: OW! Fucking fascist!

-Police chief knocks The Dude's chair over-

STAY OUT OF MALIBU LEBOWSKI!

-Police chief kicks The Dude while he's on the ground-

STAY OUT OF MALIBU, DEADBEAT!

Keep your ugly, fucking, gold-bricking ass out of my beach community!

---

Sorry, Lebowski quotes always take precedence over good taste. I hope nobody gets hurt in the fires.

[Guaranteed]

24. Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

25. C'mon, man. I hate the fucking Eagles. nt

[ourbluenation]

50. Nothing like a bit of Duditude for levity. Thank you for that.

Watched it for the gagillionth time around x-mas. Still laugh like an idiot everytime. The fascist coffee mug doink in the head. :rofl:

[Imagevision]

15. Malibu, is God's paradise - the sunsets are too incredible to give up if you have the bread!

[donsu]

56. however the incredible sunsets are caused by air pollution

not just Calif. incredible sunsets - all incredible sunsets worldwide

[Pithy Cherub]

16. ten of them are burning to the ground now.

It was all the way to the shore! :cry:

[rumpel]

26. as long as no one, four legged or two legged,

winged or finned was hurt - they will be fine..

[kestrel91316]

34. The good thing is, once it burns all the way to the sea, that's

all she wrote. Nowhere else for the flames to go. Finis.

[GenDem]

29. Just showed the fires on Scarborough

Huge flames...I hope people and pets got out of harms way.

[LibDemAlways]

37. I live in a suburb near Malibu and our

community was threatened a year ago by huge fires in the adjacent hills. The flames came damn close, but the firefighters did a heroic job of keeping them from homes. Fires are a fact of life in Southern California which has much mountainous terrain. People here know and accept the risks.

[XOKCowboy]

48. I've got a buddy just over the hill from Malibu....

north of Malibu Creek State Park. Do you know which way it's headed?

[northofdenali]

38. Best of luck to all the residents.

We have horrendous wildfires here in summer, but the population is so small, rarely does a lot of damage occur. I'd send SoCal some of our weather if I could - but unfortunately, not even 38 below can stop a fire. We have bad housefires (usually woodstoves or toyo heaters) every winter and our firefighters have it tough at these temps.

Good wishes, Malibu.

[Cleita]

41. Does Arnold have a place in Malibu?

One can hope.

[ronnykmarshall]

42. How nice.

I'm sure some freepers hope that Barbra Striesand's house burned down.

Pat yourself on the back, sweetie.

You've bridged the gap between dumb fuck responces between DU and FR.

You must be so proud.

[Disturbed]

43. Mel Gibson has a house there and a church.

I don't like they guy but am not wishing anything to happen to his places.

[Cleita]

47. Mel Gibson has done nothing to screw up this state.

Arnold has.

[Cleita]

45. Oh I am. When he burned down the health care bill for

all Californians and wants to replace it with something that will put our tax dollars into the pockets of the same health care crooks that have caused our health care crisis to begin with, he deserves some inconvenience, because that is all it would be to him. When homeless guys have to die in a field from cancer like a feral cat because the hospital kicked them out, I think Arnold should know what it's like to be homeless, even if it's only for twenty minutes.

Barbara Streisand has done nothing to screw this state. Arnold has. Therein lies the difference. BTW, he lives in Pacific Palisades. I was just venting.

[Beaverhausen]

55. Apparantly Barbara's house did burn down

AT least that's what I heard this morning. (Also Suzanne Somers and I missed who else)

It's sad...of course most if not all of those people have insurance and enough money to rebuild and buy "things."

But we all - rich, poor and in-between - have memories, pictures, mementos that cannot be replaced with any amount of money.

And I really hope no pets were lost.

[MrSlayer]

44. It sucks when this sort of thing happens to anyone.

And we should hope for the least amount of casualties. To blast people for being rich while their lives are in danger is kind of fucked up.

[catzies]

46. Brush fire season sucks

x(

[SoCalDem]

57. This was probably arson. n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

59. That's what they were saying on the news today.

[porphyrian]

58. I wonder how many of the homeowners blamed Katrina victims...

...for living in a flood plain.

[Warren DeMontague]

63. By my estimation, the 2004 voter registration percentages for 2004 in Malibu break down as such:

http://www.laalmanac.com/election/el18.htm

(approximately)
42% Democrat
34% Republican

...How's that stack up against your town, smart guy?

[RebelOne]

60. Suzanne Somers' home destroyed in fire.

http://ww.tmz.com/2007/01/09/suzanne-somers-home-destroyed-in-fire/

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

61. Sorry To Hear That. Hopefully Everyone Is Safe And The Fire Is Contained Quickly.

[Yavin4]

62. Californians Are Some of the Best Americans

Everyone loves to crack on them, but I have lived in North and Southern Cal, and I can tell you straight out that Californians are amongst the best people in this nation. They are open-minded, reasonable, and they have a sunny outlook on life.

I hope and pray that everyone in Malibu comes out of this disaster okay.