Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILDFIRES ONGOING AS LA FIRE CREWS RACE TO CONTAIN HISTORIC DESTRUCTION"

Episode Date: January 13, 2025

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIn this segment of "Notorious Mass Effect" by Analytic Dreamz, we delve deep into the catastrophic wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles in early 2025. Key fires examined include the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Hurst Fire, Sunset Fire, Kenneth Fire, and Lidia Fire, leading to at least 16 fatalities. More than 179,000 residents were ordered to evacuate, with an additional 166,000 under evacuation warnings. The fires have destroyed or damaged over 13,400 structures, with the Palisades Fire alone scorching over 22,000 acres and impacting celebrity neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades. The Eaton Fire in Altadena has been equally devastating, claiming 11 lives and burning over 14,100 acres with no containment. We explore how Santa Ana winds reaching speeds of up to 100 mph, coupled with severe drought conditions, have fueled these blazes. Despite the deployment of over 7,500 firefighters, challenges like dry hydrants and limited aerial support due to high winds have complicated the response. The economic toll is staggering, with losses estimated at $50 billion, and the insurance landscape is in turmoil, with major insurers pulling out and the FAIR Plan capping coverage at $3M per household. Analytic Dreamz also covers the governmental response, including President Biden's deployment of federal resources and Governor Newsom's mobilization of the National Guard. This segment presents a comprehensive overview of the fires' impact, the ongoing challenges, and the broader implications for policy, insurance, and community resilience in the face of climate change.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tonight, LA is back on high alert as the Santa Ana wins ramp up fanning already uncontained blazers. Amid fears of new ones as well, it all comes as at least 13 people have died, including one Australian. We lost everything. I'm so sad that we lost everything. Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio. Because objectively speaking, this is one of the most horrific events, historical disasters that we've ever seen. As far as a wildfire in L.A. being up there with one of the top U.S. disasters of all time,

especially when it's still going on as of January 13, 2025, That's the update as far as the information I'm about to give. I want you to also be able to see the effects of this just horrific, one of the most significant wildfires ever in the nation's history. And especially for LA. Because with California's fire history, I don't think we've ever seen something like this. As with the Palisades fire, with the Eaton fire, the Hearst fire, the sunset fire,

Kenneth fire, the Lydia fire. Up to date, 16 people have lost the lives because of this. So my prayers and condolences goes out to everyone affected and especially the loved ones because this is something that is hard to even put into words because personally putting it into your own perspective as if it would have happened to you I couldn't even come up with the words to even give somebody advice for them losing everything as far as all the overall memories. memorabilia that you have in your house, all of the different family pictures, all of the

files that you've saved as far as video recordings of maybe your kids growing up, your family events or vacations or just life in general. Everything as far as people having a sense of home was just taken away by this wildfire. And we have a lot to get into. But first, First, I want to finish this video before I get into the up-to-date analytics as far as the overall impact of this wildfire in LA. As we know it, he's over. I feel like I'm looking at my own funeral. We actually came to say thank you to our house for being good to us. We were good to it.

As residents come to terms with unimaginable loss, the fight against the inferno remains. at fever pitch. A water drop on this particular home. And tonight, predictions that conditions are set once again to become life threatening. Looking forward over the next few days and into the next week, we will be facing

another critical... Now remember this face and name, because we're going to come back to this in a second in detail as far as what she has to say about this overall situation. But that's why I pause. Just remember this face and name, because we're going to come back to her. Cool weather event.

The full weather event. Fires dubbed Palisades, Eton, Kenneth and Hearst have in total ripped through an area almost the size of Newcastle. More than 10,000 structures destroyed, close to 180,000 evacuated amid fears worsening winds could spark new blazers. LA's mayor and fire chief are united front after mass criticism over the way the crisis has been handled. We're both focused on our urgent needs to mitigate these devastating wildfires. The chief and I are lockstep in our number one mission.

And that mission is to get us past this emergency right now. And as the firefronts worsen, the grim search for bodies goes on. Tragically, one of the dead was Australian former child star Rory Callum Sykes, who was blind and suffered from cerebral palsy. He said, Mom, leave me. And I, no mom can leave the kid. And I could, and I've got a broken out. I couldn't lift him.

I couldn't move him. When the fire department brought me back, his cottage was burnt to the ground. So has helped pause in from around the country and the world. Just how long can L.A. hold on. So ultimately, that was an overview video, but this is where I'm going to, going to dive into a lot of details as far as this entire horrendous event because it's still ongoing but as of the up-to-date statistics and overall analysis I believe especially with me covering music and gaming when things like this happen and the country that you live in I believe

it's your due diligence especially if you have a little influence to be able to let people know what's actually affecting is probably going to affect your everyday life going forward even if you don't live in LA I want to get into solutions because of course living in this country I think the overall scope which we're about to get into a lot of people are going to be wondering to themselves

how can I positively affect the lives that was affected by the LA wildfires from afar right And of course, this is for people who can afford to give away and have expendable income as far as for the victims of this wildfire. So first off, I wanted to say the American Cross, the California Fire Foundation, and the World Central Kitchen, all three of those organizations can positively impact. the people who were affected by the LA wildfires because essentially the American Red Cross helps out for, helps out with shelter, food, and health services. The California Fire Foundation supports both firefighters

and fire victims. And of course, the World Central Kitchen helps provide meals to evacuees and first responders. So if you want a way to pull, positively impact the victims of this LA wildfire. That is an actual, an actual, actionable item is, I think that's how they say. I don't know. Basically, that's a way to help positively, positively impact these people who are affected.

And then, of course, when it comes to local shelters and organizations, you have the YMCA, when it comes to volunteering for food distribution, you have organizations like the no-res gourmet, I think that's how you pronounce it, looking for volunteers to help cook, package, and distribute meals to the ones affected by the fires. And of course, when it comes to overall essential items, food, water, hygiene products, clothing, you can drop off at designated locations. Like the Anderson Munger family YMCA or Korea Town YMCA as far as if you want to actually impact the people in this situation, in this natural disaster, one of the top wildfire disasters in U.S. history. So spreading awareness obviously helps is you know I cover gaming and music but I thought me covering this would do help to someone because of course with 160,000 weekly downloads somebody is bound to take this information and actually act upon it because there's so many people you'd be surprised who say thoughts and prayers and they don't do anything to help out. victims whose whole life have been turned upside down by these natural disasters, right? So that's why I wanted to give actual foundations and names to help out from afar, because a lot of people are going to be wondering to themselves, what can I do?

And as far as remote help, GoFundMe's help out a lot as far as you looking up different go fund me that are verified fundraisers on GoFundMe set up for individuals or small businesses. if you want to go to GoFundMe route. Personally, to be on a safer side, the three organizations that I said at the beginning are the best solutions in my opinion. The American Red Cross, the California Fire Foundation,

and the World Central Kitchen, I think those are the three solutions as far as being able to impact, positively impact the victims from afar. So that's what I wanted to get off. That's why I wanted to lay out before I got into the overall impact because throughout this entire segment, you may be wondering to yourself, how can I positively help these people if you're able to? Obviously, this is for people who like have expendable income to give to people who have suffered a lot from these LA wildfires. But want to lay that out so you know where to go to contribute from afar.

because a lot of people from all over wanting to know how they can help. So that's basically why I wanted to lay out first because we're solution based over here as far as laying out solutions and not being divisive. But we are going to hold some people accountable, which is a very great area, of course, because accountable definitely comes with some divisive rhetoric. But for me, I like to look at both sides. I'm going to present both sides and let y'all decide who. It's not even like picking size, but it's basically laying out information about this entire situation, right?

So anyways, the wildfire and Los Angeles, well, the wildfires, plural, in Los Angeles, up-to-day analytics have at least 16 fatalities. Of course, it's still ongoing, but I'm covering everything from January 13th, 2025. We don't know how long these wildfires are going to go. Right now, the Palisades fire. 22,000 acres have been burned by that fire alone. The containment is at 6%. The destruction of the Palisades fire is 4,000 to 5,000 structures,

including a lot of celebrity neighborhoods, right? And as far as up-to-date developments, there are flare-ups leading to evacuations in places like Mandeval Canyon and Brentwood. The other fire, Eaton fire, currently has burned 14,000 acres. The containment is currently at zero. That has 11 fatalities alone attributed to the eaten fire. And the destruction is still widespread damages to homes and infrastructure.

So that one seems to be the fire that's a little more difficult than the other fires to contain. None of these fires have been completely contained, but I'm just giving you the percentage from the analytics that I've looked up. Other fires, such as sunset fire, has been contained. That originated in the Hollywood Hills. The Hearst Fire, that's 33% contained with significant structural damage. The Kenneth Fire has rapid spread and calabasas and hidden hills, but that's been contained. the lydia fires is 40% contained and acting is minor compared to others but definitely still impactful right so why is this fire or these fires these wildfires why are they so hard to contain because for most people

they're going to think of some conspiracy theory way that they're just letting the fire burn everything to the ground but ultimately nature always wins earthquakes hurricanes wildfires floods i mean i mean that's basically a hurricane you know it could basically entails that but nature always wins that's what i'm trying to say so with that that is why these wildfires are so hard to contain because basically there's been gus up to 100 miles per hour accelerated fire spread so you have all these winds specifically the santa anna winds having a hundred miles per hour winds accelerating the fire spray so not only is a fire but now you have a hundred miles per hour wins Do y'all know?

Basically, it's very strong winds. Let's just put it like that. I just gave a number for the people who know. But if you don't know, let's just say it's very strong wins that will probably lift you up off your feet. I ain't going to lie to you. Like the winds will move a grown man. That's how fast these winds are.

So that's what's pushing these wildfires, right? And then, of course, when it comes to the climate of California, that's what I'm saving for later in this segment because we have some very interesting tips to get into also as far as the firefighters response just wanted to lay it out plainly before I get more into detail there's been over 750 hundred firefighters deployed and people are probably wondering to themselves how do you have that many firefighters and the fire is still not being contained well as far as the fire hydrants which you're going to get to more in detail

plain and simple, it's been limited due to dry hydrants. Don't kill the messenger. I'm just letting y'all know that the hydrants are dry. How does that make sense? The world may never know. So anyways, let's keep going. We're going to get more into that in a second.

I'm just laying it out right now. Obviously, it's been all type of evacuation efforts. Like I said, at the beginning, 179,000. I had $179. They had $180, but, you know, that's whatever. Basically, $180,000 order to evacuate. So with that, a lot of people are losing just their livelihood in an instant, simply due to this wildfire, right?

Now, another thing I wanted to say was, we're going to get to that in a second because that basically goes into the financial impact of everything. But there was something else I was wanting to talk about before I got into that point, because basically with this overall issue, it's essentially one of the biggest U.S. disasters. It's not the biggest because I looked it up, but it's one of the biggest, but it's within the context of California's fire history,

it's one of the most significant wildfire events. So now let's get into the financial aspect. ladies and gentlemen the insurance piece of California is in shambles when I tell you that the only positive thing to come out of this as far as insurance is the 20 billion in insured losses from jp morgan because the other insurance companies which we're about to get into right now they have shown their true colors and yes talking about state foreign Jake from State Farm, he ain't going to answer to this, isn't it? Is he? Jake from State Farm, nowhere to be found when we're talking about real cultural events that they could be helping with, right? State Farm, I know he's just a mask off of State Farm, I'm just, all state and farmers. All of them, every single one of them, have stopped issuing new policies or they haven't renewed

existing ones in high risk areas. And this happened before the wildfires. So a lot of people are just now finding out that their homes are not insured. Guess what? All those millions gone. That's what I'm talking about with celebrities and the everyday worker. Everybody's impacted. This is a very impactful wildfire to say the very least.

That's why I'm getting into actual numbers. because when you look at it, an example, right? State Farm canceled nearly 70% of his policies in the Pacific Palisays in July, 2024. July 2024, State Farm canceled nearly 70% of its policies in the Pacific Palisades area. Now, let's go back to this. Palisay is fired. 22,000 acres burned to the,

ground. It's almost like, it's almost like these insurance companies know more than they let on when they take away these insurance policies. Like it's, it's almost like they knew this was going to happen and took away the main reason people even fund or put money into the company for. The main reason you are here, you pulled out because you just had a inclin, inclinational, that this was going to happen. Isn't it funny how that works out how the biggest company as far as insurance instead of just telling people,

hey, you know, you should probably move or we have numbers that suggest that this is going to get burnt to the ground at this point in time. That's not what they said. But they basically said we're not insuring any fire risk

because you're in a high risk area for fires. Now, as far as those two statements, a lot of people could be like, well, that technically is letting them know that their house could get burned to the ground. But when you take away the fire insurance, July 2024, when your main purpose is to insure, isn't that defeating the whole purpose of funding this insurance plan? So you're telling me, the reason I'm funding this insurance plan, one of the main factors that could put this insurance policy into place, you just took that fact. away saying you don't cover wildfires. That sounds messed up to me, which is a bigger conversation because I'm not going to say any names, but there's a certain someone being treated like he should be

because he broke the law. But what he did as far as, I don't even know if I can say that, let's just say there's a certain someone that there was a lot of gray area and the reasons for his actions as far as people condemning it and in people co-signing it. And now when you see the insurance companies pulling out July 2024, as far as specifically State Farm canceling 70% of its policies in the Pacific Palisades, and then now we see that the Palisades fire, fast forward to 2025, has burned down 22,000 acres and is only 6% contained. Somebody's at fault for this, and it's not the owners of the home. So anyways, let's keep going.

even though I'm pointing out these obvious downfalls as far as how the system just failed the working class, I still want to offer solutions. So basically, if you haven't yet, and if you're in California, I would turn to the fair plan, which is designed as an insurer of last resort for those who can't obtain coverage for private insurers. I'm not a financial advisor on this specific segment. So if you do this, I'm not a financial advisor. I'm just laying out some tidbits that could help you. The Fair Plan offers limited coverage, capping payouts at $3 million per household, which is often insufficient for high-value property

in the areas like Pacific Palisades where homes can exceed this value significantly. Once again, in this specific segment, I am not a financial advisor. I'm just letting y'all know what's out there for people who want to have some type of hope in ensuring something, right? Their cap and payouts at $3 million. DDG just spent $10 million on the home that burnt down. Obviously, it doesn't cover everything, but if it's something, I'm pretty sure people would take it as far as some type of recoup on what they thought was going to be a lucrative investment.

Let's keep going. So when it comes to insurance aspect of California, it's in shambles. Like people Ben knew that, I don't know, the insurance companies been knew that something was up. Why I take away 70% of the policies like State Farm did back in July, 2024, when now in early January, 2025, these wildfires are rampant, one of the worst wildfires in the nation's history, right? So as far as the response, you know, California's insurance commissioner introduced rules allowing insurers to factor in reassurance cost and use catastrophe. I said that right. Yeah, catastrophe. I don't know why I thought I messed it up.

Anyways, I was like catastrophic. Now, that's catastrophe. You know, sometimes getting to my Floyd Mayweather bag. Anyways, modeling for premiums. setting right this means higher premiums for consumers as insurers can now more accurately more accurately price the risk but at higher cost so basically um that's what is happening on the california california insurance aspect at this point in time also when it comes to the fair plan that is now being the last resort dish effort like the last ditch effort right to get some type of insurance right uh who

obtain coverage from these other insurance companies. Just know that they're capping payouts at $3 million per household. Once again, not a financial advisor, just letting you know some of the tools that are out there for you specifically if you're impacted from this wildfire. Also, another thing I wanted to go over is that the insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lora, issued a one-year moratorium on policy cancellations and fire-affected areas to provide some stability for residents.

So once again, insurance commissioner Ricardo, Laura, issued a one year moratorium on policy cancellations and fire affected areas to provide some stability for residents. That's basically it for the insurance side of things. Now, Gavin Newsom, I knew, I just knew, I just knew that time and time again, people kept trying to warn him about these wildfires. Because if you don't know, this has been a history, this has been in California's history as far as wildfires. Like they're known for wildfires like Florida's known for hurricanes, right? So when it comes to the preventive measures, there's been documented footage of a lot of people coming out and basically speaking against Gavin Newsom to why he doesn't actually face some of the concerns that's been brought up time and time again. with these wildfires, whether it's the hydrants, whether it is overall, I think it was like dead leaves or whatever that they just leave out there after a wildfire.

A lot of just political figures have came out and it's not a political platform. And also I'm a lay out both sides. I'm going to lay out what Gavin says and also what the fire chief said. We're going to get into that in the second. But basically, Gavin Newsom is under fire. Well, that's a bad pun, my fault. Gavin Newsom is under scrutiny for basically a lot of key issues as far as it not being addressed, leading to this uncontainable wildfire.

There's a lot of things he could have deal, which is the water management situation, the forest management situation, firefighting resources, which, The lady I was just telling you to keep her face and name in mind. We're about to bring her up right now. The budget priorities, there's a lot of things that he could have did. But we're not pointing to blame. We're just saying that now you have the chance to do better. And we're pointing out the significant areas that's underfunded

and that's literally coming from the fire chief's mouth that they're not getting enough tools and resources. As if you don't know, basically, when it comes to the fire chief right and i'm going to see if i can find this basically i'm trying to figure out that i take that way i think i took it away so oh here we go okay i don't know what that went anyways um christin crowley she is the fire chief of the los angeles fire department apartment, right? So when I bring up Gavin Newsom and what he tweeted out and then when I get into the actual words of Kristen Crowley, obviously Gavin Newsom is also doing interviews and stuff, which I would

definitely recommend you to get both sides of the story, at all times, both sides of the story, what overall help your perspective, right? Kristen Crowley, she basically has been through the ranks of the LAFD, right? She has so much credibility when it comes to the overall department, when it comes to her rise in the ranks and her public reception, right, and overall involvement, everybody looks towards her for her involvement in the national and international discussions as far as the firefighting and homeland security. So she's very much respected in her field. And she was appointed as the 19th Fire Chief in 2022. making history as the first female and the first female fire chief of the LAFD.

So the reason why I'm saying all this is because when she comes out and says these type of things and we're going to pair it with some actual criticism of Gavin Newsom, just know that I took both sides into consideration and I'm leaning towards Crowley and the other political figures. who are pointing out some of the things when it comes to Gavin Newsom. But it's not the blame game. This is just laying out what should happen going forward from here on what should happen going forward

as far as putting all the resources towards these specific things. And these are some of the more important aspects of where I got my information from. So let's get into what the LA Fire Chief Crowley said in response to people asking about these LA wildfires. Did the city of Los Angeles fail you and your department and our city? It's my job to stand up as a chief and exactly say,

justifiably, what the fire department needs to operate to meet the demands of the community. Did they fail you? That is our job. And I tell you, that's why I'm here. So let's get us what we need so our firefighters can do their jobs. Did they fail you? Yes. Chief Kristen Crowley, I believe the anchors wanted to ask a question back there.

We do, Gigi, if you could please ask her regarding the Times article that came out that the Santa Anaise Reservoir was closed to repairs and it was empty. 117 million gallons of water could have been used in this fight. The question is about the Santa Inez Reservoir being empty. There's been a lot of questions about that. Sure. So my stance on this is when a firefighter comes up to a hydrant, we expect there's going to be water. We don't control the water supply. Our firefighters are there to protect lives and property

and to make sure that we're properly trained and equipped. That's my position on this. So if there's no water, I don't know how the water gets to the hydrants. Please defer that to DWP or whomever controls that part. But I can tell you the resiliency of our firefighters, if there's no water, they're going to go find water. They're going to figure out a way to do the best they can with what they've got in a very dynamic situation.

And I know you express concerns that those DWP hydrants would not be inspected thoroughly because of the budget cuts. That is something to discuss and we're going to look into that in regard to... Once again, I want to say that because of these LA wildfires, the economic impact is estimated to be around $50 billion that was just lost. And it's, well, not lost. the overall economic impact, which takes into account everything, the rebuilding, you know, the cleanup, everything.

That's basically estimated to be $50 billion. And she's basically saying this could have been avoided. How we can ensure there's going to be water when we need it. But in the end, you know, I'm going to defer that to DWP and whomever else controls the supply. I can guarantee you that when our firefighters showed up on that day

with what they had, they did absolutely everything they could do to rescue and to save people's lives and property. And that's the bottom line. Now let's get them what they need to do their jobs. Let's get them water, Chief, because I was with your firefighters and they literally were watching a house burn down with pain in their eyes, not being able to do anything except pool, pull water from a swimming pool to try to save a nearby structure that wasn't burning and literally watching a house burn to the ground. Because they had no water. That's exactly right. But did they continue to work?

And did they continue to do what they had to do to do the best they could with what they had? Yes. Keep follow up. Thank you very much. All right. So that's directly from Kristen Crowley. So now let's look at what Gavin Newsom had to say

because, of course, we want to take in both sides. So Gavin Newsome, he tweeted out. And he basically said, a lot of misinformation out there just launched a new site to ensure the public has access to fact-based data around the Southern California fires. The truth, California did not cut our firefighting budget. We have nearly doubled the size of our firefighting army and built the world's largest. and built the world's largest aerial firefighting fleet California has increased

forest management tenfold since we took office California will not allow for looting and then he puts get the facts at Californiafire.com which is right here if you want to look at this site so obviously he's back in the claims that he did not

cut the firefighting budget and obviously imagine if he came out and said the opposite, right? Like what is he supposed to say? Like yeah, I cut the budget, so what? Like imagine him coming out saying that. Like that would be blasphemous in itself.

So to say face, I think him coming out and saying that we did not cut the budget when the firefighter, you know, she's basically saying a lot of resources that could have been used and she laid out that they needed that were not given.

So whose side are you on as far as the person who's actually over the actual firefighting department or the governor who's now under scrutiny for the simple fact that these missteps and judgment have led to a wildfire that could have been not completely avoided, but it could have been significantly drastically improved? as far as the containment factor. So when I'm looking at Gavin Newsom, and I'm looking at his responses, I do believe that he is somewhat trying to stay in the good graces of the public. But when there's ultimate footage and just news of people coming out

and pinpointing how you could have avoided this, I just don't understand why why now you want to come out and address this after the fact when you know of course Trump in a political scene has been saying a lot of things when it came to this situation but as far as the not allowing the redirection of water from northern California to the south which they claim could have helped in fighting the fires

that these containment issues have risen right So as far as the forest management, which I actually listened to the Trump and Joe Rogan interview, I listened to all the president's interviews. You know, it's not just one. But as far as, well, not the president, sorry. I listen to all the candidates who's running for president's interviews, right, just to see where their head is at. And for Trump, he was talking about the forest management for California being a big deal and basically saying that clearing the forest.

as underbrush, which I think is like after a previous wildfire, like that stuff, like clearing that out, would have decreased the fire's intensity and could prove more of a preventive, preventive measure. Also, they talked about, well, okay, so this is not Trump. This is other people when they was talking about the firefighting resource. Well, I literally just had to chief speak. So we don't even have to go over that. We understand the budget, the firefighting. They didn't have the appropriate resources. She said they laid out what they needed for the year. And guess what?

They told them to kick rocks. And now look at the LA wildfire situation. Right. So we literally just heard from the chief. And she said they didn't have enough after they laid out what they needed to properly and adequately handle these wildfires. So that being said, overall, this is a very horrendous situation. A lot of people are pointing towards climate change. A lot of people are ignorantly saying it's just because of the way the L.A. residents are living.

I think the latter, as far as the way they're living, is very insensitive, especially at this point in time. And we just got to focus on the key concerns as far as the management of getting the firefighters' resources that they need. And the economic hurdles as far as the insurance companies, I'm not going to act like I have all the answers. This is a very complex issue. Insurance companies don't want to pay something that they feel like could be avoided. People who literally fund and put money into these insurance companies to get insured on a specific thing. If that gets taken away because of some clause in the contract, I could see while they're also upset. So now it's not a black and white issue, but what it is black and white is support or don't support.

I think even though I'm pointing out these issues with Gavin Newsom, we should still be able to support each other. You can condemn certain actions, but also push forward towards the solution. So hopefully that makes sense. I think it's basically, let me see. Oh, let's go over it one more time. Okay, so the solution, I've covered everything as far as the LA wildfires. That's basically what I wanted to get across. is the overall complexity of this whole situation,

the economic impact that this is going to have, remember, $50 billion. That money has to come from somewhere. It's going to impact way more people that you think. It may even impact you as far as prices. Like, I think it's, I don't want to sound ignorant, but it's plywood what they use to put the houses back together. Like the price of that, the price of a lot of these things

when it comes to building houses is about to go through the roof. And then you have Trump when he's about to put tariffs in place and now companies are going to try to counteract that by raising their prices as far as buying in bulk. Like it's going to be a lot of which politics in general is very complex. People like to act like, you know, there's an overall answer for everything. But really it's a lot of great area in politics. So I'm not going to act like I have all the answers. But what I will say is that the water management, the forest management, the firefighting resources, in the budget.

I'm not a politician, but I'm just saying those are the four things that needs to be addressed. So that is my coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires. Obviously, it's still ongoing. This is just my current analysis of the whole situation.

And ultimately, it's just very saddening to see this happen, especially when people were saying that this could have been avoided. And now, not only, it's just, I mean, looking at some of these videos, looking at like how some of this ended up happening. Like, honestly, this is insane. Like, it's estimated to be around, like I said, what was it, 50 billion? dollars and that's at the low end 50 to 150 obviously 150 is a little exaggeration so let's just stick with 50

it could it could end up being one of the more catastrophic events of all time i mean to put in perspective hurricane katrina that was in 2005 was the costliest natural disaster of all time that exceeded $158 billion, just to put in perspective. So now, when you look at this with the potential to be in the same light, that's what that 150 number came from. So I guess I wasn't too off. So that is why this is such a big deal and everybody is talking about it, because even if you cover something that don't even dabble in this arena,

I think as an influencer, you should bring these type of, situations to the public because it's going to affect you if you live in the states if you don't live at l a it could still affect you because that 50 to 150 billion has to be recouped somehow has to be pulled from somewhere and gas groceries those are necessities that they know you have to spend money on what happens when they start the two three X the price to pay for these type of these type of things, right? So that's why I'm talking about the effect of the wildfires. Like, this is just something you need to know, no matter what you do in life.

But it's just a sad situation overall. I ain't going to lie to you. I mean, I don't know what else to say. One of the worst disasters of all time. And definitely within the California's fire history and maybe the most disastrous wildfire we've ever seen as far as in California and definitely one of the most horrendous events ever as far as wildfires and the damage that is done up to this point. So with that being said, prayers and condolences to everybody affected by the LA wildfires.

And as always, I like to provide solutions instead of just talking about just issues over and over instead of providing solutions. So this is a solutions-based podcast in general. So I wanted to provide solutions for this. So basically, if you're far from L.A. and want to impact this positively as far as the victims, just know the American Red Cross Foundation, California Fire Foundation,

and the World Central Kitchen Foundation, or you could donate to local funds like the California Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery Fund. Let me say that again, just in case people are taking notes, you know, just in case the people who actually mean prayers and condolences are taking notes, right? The California Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery Fund or the LAFD Foundation's Wildfire Emergency Fund, that will immediately help the long-term recovery fund. or the LAFD Foundation's wildfire emergency fund that will immediately help the long-term recovery of the California victims because of these wildfires. So once again, the American Red Cross

for Shelter Food, Health Services, that's what they help out with. The California Fire Foundation that helps out with the firefighters and fire victims, the World Central Kitchen that helps out with meals, to evacuees and first responders, the California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery, and the LAFD Foundation Wildfire Emergency Fund

helped with both immediate relief and long-term recovery. And with that being said, click my link to your bio. Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about this horrific situation when it comes to that Los Angeles wildfires? And ultimately, I mean, that's it like ultimately what do you think about this entire situation