LA wildfires

[SoCal Deek]

One of the biggest problems with the Rams game is that many of the players and staff live in the area impacted by the fire. As do I. We haven’t had power for two days and it’s sounding very much like we won’t until sometime on Saturday. 

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[WotAGuy]

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[US Egg]

Been watching the LA local stations. In minutes you see the fires slowly moving up or down the hills, kind of like lava. Winds are suppose to amp up again tomorrow. 

 

Surprised they're still considering playing there.    

Edited 10 hours ago by US Egg

[ShakAttack]

Born and raised in CA since 1984.

 

Wildfires becoming something we had to deal with on a yearly basis is among the main reasons I left about 3.5 years ago for Washington state. 

[hondo in seattle]

1 minute ago, ShakAttack said:

Born and raised in CA since 1984.

 

Wildfires becoming something we had to deal with on a yearly basis is among the main reasons I left about 3.5 years ago for Washington state. 

 

The Pacific Northwest is beautiful but Western Washington gets its fair share of wildfires.  

[JROC INTEL]

3 minutes ago, ShakAttack said:

Born and raised in CA since 1984.

 

Wildfires becoming something we had to deal with on a yearly basis is among the main reasons I left about 3.5 years ago for Washington state. 

Besides the fires which state do/did you enjoy more?

[ShakAttack]

4 minutes ago, JROC INTEL said:

Besides the fires which state do/did you enjoy more?

I have enjoyed WA and the Pacific Northwest here. Beautiful state. Very green, lots of trees, waterfalls, nature in general. However, the rainfall is as advertised, so it’s not for everyone. Personally, I don’t mind that. 
 

Also, where I live in WA, the threat of wildfires is nowhere near what it was when I lived in CA. In fact, there has not been one near me yet.  They aren’t non-existent, but the frequency is much lower. 

[Alphadawg7]

The devastation across the whole region is unbelievable.  Pacific Palisades are like 90% or more gone.  Fires are all over the southland, more areas facing mandatory evacuations as new fires pop up.  Its unreal...I will be stunned if they still play in LA, they should be using Sofi as an evacuation center for those in need. 

[Big Blitz]

 

[quincy]

It is really hard to see all the destruction currently ongoing in LA and the surrounding areas.

 

A dumb question from a non-American, is there any reason why Seattle or San Francisco could not/would not be the replacement venue?

 

Arizona is also a NFC West foe but the other two venues wouldn't change the time zone for the Rams plus I assume it is also an easier time adjustment for Minnesota? 

 

 

 

 

[US Egg]

45 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

The devastation across the whole region is unbelievable.  Pacific Palisades are like 90% or more gone.  Fires are all over the southland, more areas facing mandatory evacuations as new fires pop up.

The footage would pass for war torn parts of the world. Football is so secondary. 

[Low Positive]

6 minutes ago, quincy said:

It is really hard to see all the destruction currently ongoing in LA and the surrounding areas.

 

A dumb question from a non-American, is there any reason why Seattle or San Francisco could not/would not be the replacement venue?

 

Arizona is also a NFC West foe but the other two venues wouldn't change the time zone for the Rams plus I assume it is also an easier time adjustment for Minnesota? 

 

 

 

 

I'm sure that the Rams would rather play inside than deal with the elements in Santa Clara or Seattle. And Vegas, although much closer to LA, is out of the question because the massive CES tech conference is happening there and there are few hotel rooms in town. 

[Whites Bay]

5 minutes ago, quincy said:

It is really hard to see all the destruction currently ongoing in LA and the surrounding areas.

 

A dumb question from a non-American, is there any reason why Seattle or San Francisco could not/would not be the replacement venue?

 

Arizona is also a NFC West foe but the other two venues wouldn't change the time zone for the Rams plus I assume it is also an easier time adjustment for Minnesota? 

 

 

 

 

I would GUESS that it's (1) physically closest to the home team and (2) it's the closest to the actual playing conditions.  Indoor vs. Outdoor.  Who knows?  Might have to do with number of hotel rooms available.

 

But this is just coming from an idiot with a keyboard.  No idea.

[Steptide]

 

[QCity]

10 minutes ago, quincy said:

A dumb question from a non-American, is there any reason why Seattle or San Francisco could not/would not be the replacement venue?

 

Arizona is also a NFC West foe but the other two venues wouldn't change the time zone for the Rams plus I assume it is also an easier time adjustment for Minnesota? 

 

 

Because Arizona has State Farm Stadium, you know, the insurer that dropped thousands of policies in the area before the fires.

[quincy]

5 minutes ago, QCity said:

 

Because Arizona has State Farm Stadium, you know, the insurer that dropped thousands of policies in the area before the fires.

 

All I can say is that I hope they get scrutiny for this and that any Buffalo player is never associated with them or endorses them.

[Mr. WEO]

27 minutes ago, QCity said:

 

Because Arizona has State Farm Stadium, you know, the insurer that dropped thousands of policies in the area before the fires.

they did what other major carriers did just before them.

 

the fires are tragic for those who lost their homes, but these wildfires will only become even more frequent.  They at some point it makes no sense to underwrite in these insanely high risk areas people are building in.  It’s like hurricane and flood zones on the east coast—weather destroying homes and people just rebuild and wonder why they can’t get insured. 

[LABILLBACKER]

3 hours ago, ShakAttack said:

Born and raised in CA since 1984.

 

Wildfires becoming something we had to deal with on a yearly basis is among the main reasons I left about 3.5 years ago for Washington state. 

We get our usual 5-8 Santa Ana winds per year but this was so unbelievably different.  It was like a 2 day "hurricane wind" version 80-100mph. Most Santa Ana's are 25-50.  I still haven't seen alot of the devastating photos because power is down day 3.  And my internet satellite reception is terrible. 

 

The insurance situation will be a whole separate nightmare for thousands of people to deal with.  

Edited 8 hours ago by LABILLBACKER

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, Big Blitz said:

 

 

Took them long enough.  

 

I don't know what they thought was gonna happen to make it playable in LA, just due to air quality and leaving aside that the high winds make it unpredictable how and where fires will spread

 

3 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

We get our usual 5-8 Santa Ana winds per year but this was so unbelievably different.  It was like a 2 day "hurricane wind" version 80-100mph. Most Santa Ana's are 25-50.  I still haven't seen alot of the devastating photos because power is down day 3.  And my internet satellite reception is terrible. 

 

Stay safe!

Edited 8 hours ago by Beck Water