LA wildfires

[BillsDad51]

Per PFT: NFL is monitoring wildfire situation in Los Angeles ahead of Monday Rams-Vikings wildcard game. League watching  proximity of blazes to stadium, as well as air quality, which may force league to move game. Can't postpone since it's Monday night.

Edited 13 hours ago by BillsDad51

[JP51]

2 minutes ago, BillsDad51 said:

Per PFT: NFL is monitoring wildfire situation in Los Angeles ahead of Monday Rams-Vikings wildcard game. League watching  proximity of blazes to stadium, as well as air quality. Go figure. Bill get blizzards, Rams get blazes.

 

These fires are no joke, I completely get them looking at it... my sister in law ran from Paradise CA during those fires to blazes on either side of the road.. lucky to make it out.  Then of course there is breathing... like they need to do that as well... 

[Gregg]

Hope everyone who is dealing with these fires can get somewhere safe and hopefully no damage to their properties. 

[BillsDad51]

Agree. Not making a joke of it. Wildfires a deadly fact of life in California. Never thought they would impact a large Metro area like this and force NFL to consider possibility of moving a game.

[That's No Moon]

1 minute ago, BillsDad51 said:

Agree. Not making a joke of it. Wildfires a deadly fact of life in California. Never thought they would impact a large Metro area like this and force NFL to consider possibility of moving a game.

Did they not move a game to Arizona from SF in the recent past?

[Beck Water]

13 minutes ago, JP51 said:

These fires are no joke, I completely get them looking at it... my sister in law ran from Paradise CA during those fires to blazes on either side of the road.. lucky to make it out.  Then of course there is breathing... like they need to do that as well... 

 

Thank God she made it safely!

[DrBob806]

They should move it to Cleveland or Chicago.

 

The NFL set precedent by moving Buffalo-Cleveland to a dome. Now move 2 dome teams to the elements!!

[Beck Water]

5 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

Did they not move a game to Arizona from SF in the recent past?

 

Yes!  It was the Bills game in 2020

[Beck Water]

18 minutes ago, BillsDad51 said:

Per PFT: NFL is monitoring wildfire situation in Los Angeles ahead of Monday Rams-Vikings wildcard game. League watching  proximity of blazes to stadium, as well as air quality, which may force league to move game. Can't postpone since it's Monday night.

 

I'll put it out there, I think they should just plan to move the game to Arizona now, while they can do so with advance planning and get everything right.

 

It's not gonna be a home field advantage for the Rams if they can't breathe, and given the geography of LA I don't see how the air quality can help being terrible.

[WotAGuy]

It’s amazing to see how far offshore the smoke from those fires is going  - hundreds of miles. 

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

 

[boyst]

Listen to the scanners for LA FD if you want to hear reality. 

 

Checking on people to looters, etc. It's wild.  Not as bad as the Hurricane for chaos but it's still very messy.

 

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/829

Edited 12 hours ago by boyst

[Mark Vader]

The Santa Ana winds down there are unforgiving. Seeing these blazes is just awful.

 

God help all of those affected by this.

[US Egg]

49 minutes ago, boyst said:

Listen to the scanners for LA FD if you want to hear reality. 

 

Checking on people to looters, etc. It's wild.  Not as bad as the Hurricane for chaos but it's still very messy.

 

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/829

Listening now. I’d say thanks, but…..surreal.

 

Though hearing it in clipped and coded conversation, you get the picture.

Edited 11 hours ago by US Egg

[Taro Nimbus]

They should move the game to Cincinnati, so they can get a playoff game!   But seriously, it’s bad out there in LA.   Hope people can stay safe.  

[BearNorth]

Since they are both dome teams, moving it to Arizona might make the most sense, keep the time zone advantage for the 4 seed Rams

[dollars 2 donuts]

I've seen fires and I've seen fires.

 

...but I have never seen anything like this.

 

So terrible.

 

 

 

[Big Turk]

Crazy this is happening in January...apparently California wildfire season is year round now and they have 78 more "fire days"(where weather is conducive for wildfires) every year than 50 years ago.

 

https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-wildfire-season-worsening-explained/

Edited 11 hours ago by Big Turk

[SoonerBillsFan]

2 hours ago, BillsDad51 said:

Per PFT: NFL is monitoring wildfire situation in Los Angeles ahead of Monday Rams-Vikings wildcard game. League watching  proximity of blazes to stadium, as well as air quality, which may force league to move game. Can't postpone since it's Monday night.

Just move it and not screw around

22 minutes ago, Taro Nimbus said:

They should move the game to Cincinnati, so they can get a playoff game!   But seriously, it’s bad out there in LA.   Hope people can stay safe.  

Ffff Cincinnati 

[NeverOutNick]

2 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

I'll put it out there, I think they should just plan to move the game to Arizona now, while they can do so with advance planning and get everything right.

 

It's not gonna be a home field advantage for the Rams if they can't breathe, and given the geography of LA I don't see how the air quality can help being terrible.

The only thing probably stopping this from already happening is the owner probably wants all of that revenue.