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dave v. in nc

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My heart broke in the fall with Helene, with floods, winds, and trees down in our beautiful mountains (and our back yard...), and again it breaks for all of you folks in the LA area...stay safe and healthy. Cars are one thing, humans and houses are what make real tears. Love to you all.
 
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very well said Dave ... right there with you about the beautiful area in western NC on all sides of Asheville ... one of my favorite areas to drive. that said, the fires are so devastating in the LA area. i hope all coupes are spared, loss of a house is not a good thing (along with the personal items) ... but the house can generally be rebuilt. but coupes and other collectable cars would be gone forever. but where Dave gets it most right is our human friends ... stay safe guys
 
I have a dear friend who lives on Strathmore Ave in the Palisades. Close to the fire line according to the latest map. I have emailed her, no response.

However, I fear the response of the insurance companies will be the same as for the other fires, hurricanes, and natural disasters all over the country. They will stop writing home owner's insurance in the Palisades and other fire areas.

From what I have read recently the insurance companies are taking serious hits with these disasters, everywhere! State Insurance Commissions have been granting rate increases based on catastrophic losses the last ten years.

Steve H. perhaps you know more about this living in Florida.
 
Just horrible. Seeing abandoned cars being bulldozed really hit home. I saw the Audi owner interviewed, he was told by police to leave their cars if they wanted to stay alive. Further East in Altadena, homes built in the 1920s being hit as well.
I did see that an auto storage company was offering free storage. Great if you can get your car out. :(
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[UPDATE] Huge California Fire Forces Drivers To Ditch Cars. Watch A Bulldozer Desperately Shove Them Out Of The Way - The Autopian

Right now, only five miles from where I live in Santa Monica, there’s a fire raging in Pacific Palisades. The black cloud — painted by flashes of orange — reaches high into the sky, and can be seen for miles and miles. It’s a product of some kind of (currently unknown) ignition source coupled...
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The extent is really substantial. The picture below is from the New York Times showing the various fires and their relative size. I hope all our Southern California friends stay safe.


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My daughter just lost her house in Malibu. You'd think it was safe, being on the sand with no vegetation, on the ocean side of the Coast Highway, directly across the street from LA County Fire Station #70. But there is no logic to this. Over 1,000 buildings gone, and 5 lives so far. 0% contained. Four simultaneous fires. Not nearly enough personnel. Winds keeping aircraft down. It is devastating. On the plus side, neither the family nor her coupe were there.

While we haven't been able to see personally, I understand from neighbors and the LA fire map that everything in orange is gone, including the fire station.

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It’s so tragic for so many. My son-in-law‘s Mom has evacuated from adjacent Santa Monica and my daughter-in-law has a cousin who lost a home and another who has evacuated. If the a Palisade fire moves south to high density Santa Monica any distance, the already huge structure loss numbers could become much larger.
 
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