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ZonkerHarris

(25,577 posts) Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:52 AM Jan 2025

I don't know what to do but a friend of mine will not evacuate his house in the Palisades Fire area. [View all]

Several of us have been calling and texting him all day to get out and he's been on top of his roof with a hose.
Now this is a 68 year old guy who had major injuries two years ago after fall off a hiking trail.
He has an adorable little dog and I've appealed to him to go for her if not himself.
I'm so angry at him
and scared for him to.
Fuck!

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I don't know what to do but a friend of mine will not evacuate his house in the Palisades Fire area. [View all] ZonkerHarris Jan 2025 OP

Scary Pachamama Jan 2025 #1

been texting and calling him all day. He just refuses to leave. I have begged, gotten angry, tried guilt ZonkerHarris Jan 2025 #4

I hope he reconsiders..there are hurricane force winds making it even more dangerous Deuxcents Jan 2025 #2

He told me and a friend of mine separately on the phone that he was leaving but didn't ZonkerHarris Jan 2025 #3

I'm so sorry this is his decision Pachamama Jan 2025 #5

Can't find the picture, but 30 years ago, a fire raged through Laguna Canyon in South California . . . Journeyman Jan 2025 #6

I imagine that the sheriff is too damn busy, but might persuade. usonian Jan 2025 #7

a buddy just texted me that he just left because embers were hitting his roof. ZonkerHarris Jan 2025 #8

I'm glad he is no longer endangering himself, his dog and firefighters. SunSeeker Jan 2025 #12

ZonkerHarris........... Upthevibe Jan 2025 #9

It's a horror show in the Palisades right now. SunSeeker Jan 2025 #10

All Californians, please be prepared for wildfires. Here's how usonian Jan 2025 #11

This is no longer just a wildfire. It's an urban fire. SunSeeker Jan 2025 #13

I think they meant wildfire generically, and I understand the crazy logistics of an urban fire. usonian Jan 2025 #14

this is the scariest disaster I've ever seen in SoCal, and that includes the Northridge earthquake ZonkerHarris Jan 2025 #16

Now the Hollywood Hills are on fire. Hollywood Blvd is jammed with evacuees. SunSeeker Jan 2025 #19

Terrifying KitFox Jan 2025 #15

He did get out thankfully last night at around 930 ZonkerHarris Jan 2025 #17

Oh thank goodness. Thank you for KitFox Jan 2025 #18