A gif that perfectly represents what it’s like in America these days.
Needs someone driving by on their way to work
There is—the cop in the background.
gif? It’s a still image for me on Voyager.
Video with sound to me on voyager. Hit play?
On Boost it’s a video with sound (really!).
“Would you like fires with that?”
This is the Eaton Fire in Pasadena and surrounding areas - video from here
This is not a timelapse?
There’s audio, this is real-time.
You can also see the vehicles in the background.
Yes I know, this is just the sound my brain makes when it is pleading with my senses to tell me I’m not seeing what I’m seeing.
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Donald’sDantes InfernoHoly shit, I mean I’d already known palm trees are like candles but they are like firefrackers in harsh wind!
Firestorm. Now imagine trying to run away from the fire and being sucked back in by the vortex.
This is not actually a firestorm - the wind is external to the fire, it’s Santa Ana winds - hot dry desert air blowing in at high speed, any fire that starts in these conditions gets driven by these winds and spreads incredibly fast and is very hard to control.
Ah ok thanks for the correction. I was reading up about firestorms from Allied bombing raids beforehand and assumed that’s what it was.
holy shit… is the wind always that strong there?
It’s exceptionally strong right now due to the Santa Ana winds, and the convection forces from the fire.
Yes and no. Southern California has this thing called “Santa Ana Winds” that happen because there’s mountains close to the ocean… but this is like the climate change version of that.
The real question is,
Is wafflehouse open?
(Or maybe wafflehouse doesn’t have any locations there because they know better…)
Edit: looks like the furthest west Waffle House in the contiguous “lower 48” states is in Phoenix, Arizona.
Nope, none in California.
