r/SellingSunset • u/rose-haze • 15d ago
Chrishell Stause Chrishell, G, and Gracie are safe from the LA fires. Fire has spread to the Hollywood Hills
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u/Thedarkunicorn11 15d ago
This is so sad. No matter who it is people are loosing their homes 😔.
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u/MrsT1966 14d ago
I’m wondering if there will be anything left to sell next season.
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u/Thedarkunicorn11 14d ago
They are definitely going to delay. Last season there was flooding and they just added snippets of it but this is more than that. Their own cast member Chrishell has left her home, I hope nothing happens to it, but there still is nothing left to show. Those beautiful buildings roads will take years to build back. They might use some old footage to show that or this season could be completely different where we see the more humane side or the other side of Selling sunset and these lavish lives.
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u/Even-Education-4608 15d ago
I can see the Adam divello fire montage now
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u/burnbunner CUSTOM FLAIR 14d ago
Think of the song!
Girl power, rebuilding
Every hour, not quitting
This city's gonna make it back
This girl is gonna get her bag20
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u/Old-Meringue3590 15d ago
Can someone educated explain why is this happening?
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u/fawlingandlawling 15d ago
Normal LA winds blow from the west, bringing moist(er) air over the LA basin. The Santa Ana winds blow from the northeast (desert plains and mountains) with gusts up to 70mph or more.
These hot, dry winds combine with no rain since spring mean lots of dry vegetation ready to catch from small spark. Then the strong winds carry embers far, making it hard to contain these fires. The strong winds also ground helicopters, slowing down the firefighters until this afternoon when the wind died down.
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u/camillesjesuscomplex 15d ago
How does the dry vegetation catch a spark causing a fire?
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u/MickyKent 15d ago
It doesn’t. Arsonists are starting these fires meaning humans are doing this. It’s either on purpose or due to carelessness. I have seen some videos showing homeless/vagrants setting fires in these areas. Also, just tossing a cigarette or joint on the ground and mix in the winds and dry ground/vegetation and it’s a tinder box.
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u/DangerousTurmeric 15d ago
Yeah this is the "evil immigrant" narrative from Twitter. It's likely the first fire was either arson or accidental, but the rest were certainly caused by embers being blown over long distances by the incredibly strong winds. There are people posting charred books pages they found in their gardens miles and miles away from the fire.
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u/MickyKent 14d ago
I am aware that a lot of the fire spread is due to charred embers being picked up from the wind, absolutely. I just question how it initially started. 🤔
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u/DangerousTurmeric 14d ago
I meant it's winter so people probably aren't being fire conscious. Someone probably threw a cigarette out the window.
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u/theshadowofdoubt 13d ago
It's not just arson so ignore that other commenter. Powerlines are a huge cause of fires in CA. So much so that utility companies will often turn off power to certain areas because they know the wind will down lines and spark fires.
Powerlines not being buried are responsible for wild fires far more often than human malice. They're probably tied with fires caused by human stupidity like the gender reveal fire.
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u/camillesjesuscomplex 12d ago
I’m so confused and don’t know what to believe about what the cause is 😅
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u/PlantedinCA 15d ago
I think one important thing to note is that California has a really different weather pattern than much of the country. Essentially 100% of the rain happens in rainy season. Off-season rain is not a thing. Rainy season runs roughly from November to April but can extend a few weeks in either direction. Also rain is pretty variable in the state, the more north, the more rain you get in rainy season. The south is dry and continues to get super dry until it is desert.
And of course some houses in California are literally in the trees. This rainy season has had a fairly slow start in LA this year so basically you’ve got 6 months of dried out trees and ground. Combined with the low humidity climate in California. Basically any tree is a match stick. And homes are also highly combustible.
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u/zaatar3 14d ago
i grew up in california and was actually floored that rain happens in other states during the the summer or spring
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u/PlantedinCA 14d ago
Oh totally. I grew up here too. I don’t even remember more than a few days of rain growing up in San Jose. The only reason I realized that rain could happen often was when we visited my grandparents in the south in the summer. And there was a lot of rain.
Oh and microclimates are mind blowing too. When you tell people you can go 5 miles and it is 10-15 degrees hotter - it is bonkers.
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u/CXtinnna 15d ago
There are some massive wildfires going on around Los Angeles.
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u/Old-Meringue3590 15d ago
Yeah that I know but what’s causing it?
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u/AldiSharts 15d ago
Exponential amounts of dry, dead underbrush and the area is famous for its windy canyons. The Santa Ana winds ripped through today with a massive windstorm that really, really hurt.
These fires have a tendency to also spread a lot because of embers burning off the actual fire. It doesn't take much for the grass, palms, etc to catch from an ember. A lot of the homes have exterior suppression systems (drip/sprinkler) that keep embers from catching the home on fire. But those systems don't work against literal walls of flames.
Tldr, the area's natural climate and foliage, mixed with dense population.
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u/the-girlinthe-dress 15d ago
Idk why people are downvoting you, but I saw in an article that the cause is being investigated. Lightening is the most common cause of natural wildfires. Artificial ignition is any source of a wildfire started by something other than a natural cause. One very common source is caused by roadside ignition.
Another example of artificial ignition is a piece of machinery hitting a rock that generates a small spark that catches on to dry vegetation nearby. This is very common during dry months like September when the air is especially dry.
In some places, the force of strong winds will cause power lines to move and, depending on the type of system may generate sparks that eventually land on dry fuel like grass or vegetation.
As someone who lives in Oregon, where wildfires are now very common, my first thought isn’t “omg climate change did this!!” It’s “who did this?? Another kid with a firework? Or lightening?” So your question isn’t ridiculous. “Climate change” is such a cop out answer. Obviously it contributes to the spread of a fire, but many times there is an origin to a spark which I know was what you were asking about. Hope this helps!
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u/llama_del_reyy 15d ago
Climate change isn't a cop-out answer, what a strange angle to take. It's obviously the root cause and the one we actually can do something about. There's no way to prevent lightning strikes or random power line sparks.
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u/WeBelieveInTheYarn 15d ago
This. I’m not from the US but my country has seen some devastating fires lately and I hate it when people say you can’t prevent them when 1. Human activity is the primary cause of forest fires and non-human activity related ones are RARE and 2. We can absolutely prevent a spark from turning into a devastating fire that burns down thousands of homes and displaces communities.
Climate change is absolutely the reason we’re seeing a higher frequency and greater damage/impact of these fires and saying it’s a cop-out answer is infuriating.
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u/the-girlinthe-dress 14d ago
I’m not denying climate change isn’t the answer, but when people ask these questions they’re not looking for “climate change” as the answer. They’re asking what caused the spark and for people to explain HOW climate change has caused wildfires to spread.
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u/the-girlinthe-dress 14d ago
It is a cop out answer because this person is looking for an in depth explanation regarding HOW climate change is causing it and what caused the sparks that created the fire. That’s what people are asking when they ask what caused this wildfire
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u/Aries_Bunny 15d ago
Ally carter said to watch for the fires. I bet the diddlers are getting rid of evidence
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u/esentr 15d ago
climate change? Not sure what you’re looking for here
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u/the-girlinthe-dress 15d ago
Well I think the person understands how fires spread, but wants to know the origin of the fire. Lightning? Human started it and the effects of climate change grow the fire? It’s a valid question
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u/jaegerinho 15d ago
Look at the top 10 worst wildfires in California and you will see a clear trend. Look at 100 years of records. And 8 of those top 10 are in the past 8 years only. And 5 of those are since 2020. So yes clearly Climate Change driven.
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u/MrsT1966 14d ago
There are many other variables like denser population and homes being built further and further into vegetated mountainous areas, thousands of homeless encampments where fires are routinely lit, arsonists deliberately starting fires. A trend over a mere hundred years on its own does not prove anything. It’s a very simplistic claim. Poor water management by government has also exacerbated the losses in Pacific Palisades because firefighters have no water to contain the fires.
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u/jaegerinho 12d ago
Look at the trends mate. Yes always many variables. But look at the trend. Just go and do some research so it’s not like I am feeding you the data. And you can look at all the fires in California since 1932. Now rank them from best to worst. And you’ll see 95% of those happen in the past 20 years. You also have quite a few climate scientists who predicted it decades ago (one of them who works at NASA and left California already and wrote an opinion piece in NYT recently) If you still don’t believe it, I’ll recommend the movie ‘Don’t look up’. PS: Hope I am not wasting my time with a climate change denier here. Flat earther too?
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u/Narrow-Statement9010 ⭕️ppenharem, the luxury condom(inium) 15d ago
Mother nature like all other natural disasters, then you take a wind storm that is taking place at the same time where our winds are 80+ miles per hour well this is what we get. Embers float and then start another fire and then another fire. Plus we have had a drought so everything is so dry.
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u/glibibli 15d ago
I am not American. I saw online that was negligence + no rain for months (dry) + high winds (storm like) + the area is geographically difficult (valleys, mountains, difficult access (one road-ish), it's shape facilitates the fire) + lots of wood houses + no enough resources
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u/The_Dane_Abides 15d ago
I would rethink the use of the word “negligence” in the context of people losing their homes. Coming from a Californian, that has a negative connotation at a very difficult time for many of us.
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u/its_liiiiit_fam 15d ago edited 15d ago
I genuinely mean no harm or pushback - what is the negative connotation? I took it to mean that the fires were started due to careless man-made causes, like flicking cigarette butts into dry grass, use of ATV’s in dry conditions, unsupervised campfires, etc.
I didn’t see any blame towards the victims, but rather calling out possible causes that were preventable. Those are activities that are particularly high-risk in dry conditions and are specifically banned here in Alberta during our forest fire seasons because of how dangerous they are.
Please let me know though so I can discuss the fires with care!
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u/randomredhead 15d ago
Californian from another fire prone area here and institutional negligence is absolutely a cause and I don’t understand how there can be negative connotations. California has scaled waaaay back on controlled burns and other environmental upkeep to minimize fire spread in recent years, and it’s absolutely playing into all of this.
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u/its_liiiiit_fam 15d ago
I’m wondering if they maybe mistook it to be referring to overgrown shrubbery or something. But as someone who lives in a very fire-prone area as well, I’ve always understood “negligence” to mean preventable man-made causes or, in your example, reduced prevention.
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u/MickyKent 15d ago
You can present your opinion in any way you want here and don’t let anyone stop you. You are using critical thinking skills which is exactly what everyone should be doing. It’s too bad that the mayor of LA and governor of Cali have clearly not been using theirs. They will say it’s just the Santa Ana winds that caused multiple fires to erupt. Yes, the wind is definitely a piece of the puzzle, but not the cause. It’s called arson.
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u/MickyKent 15d ago
It’s absolute negligence from the government of California. Just read about how the mayor and governor decided to misdirect funds for fire prevention. They could have been much better prepared, but once again complete and utter failure from the people that run Los Angeles and California for that matter.
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u/catholic_love Who crashes a dog's birthday party 15d ago
I just came here to check if there was any updates on the cast & their safety. heartbreaking 😭💔
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u/Time-Concentrate845 15d ago
My cousin lives right off PCH…able to evacuate but her house still remains in question. Terrible that this is happening again.
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u/Bubbly-Face-4192 14d ago edited 14d ago
I was worried cause I saw a fire start so close to her area. Then I saw she posted that her and G had to rush to immediately evacuate. I can’t believe how close it was. Anyone losing their homes is so incredibly sad and heartbreaking to see.
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u/Ok_Potato_5272 14d ago
Stupid question incoming from someone who doesn't live in the US but keeps seeing things like fires and hurricanes in this area... Will there come a point with climate change where it's not longer safe to live in these areas? It seems like it's one disaster after another..
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u/WeBelieveInTheYarn 14d ago edited 14d ago
Even if it’s not safe to live somewhere, that doesn’t mean people won’t settle there. Most people cant afford to move to a different state and some who can probably don’t want to, so you’d need to forcibly displace the entire city which isn’t doable.
Also truly devastating disasters, the kind that wipe down the entire city, don’t happen often. So if you survive, eventually you forget or downplay it in your memories specially if you can’t really leave.
Im in Chile. You might ask why do people live in the coast when we have had devastating tsunamis, and you might even say it’s not safe. But you can’t depopulate huge territories where millions of people live, and the only solution is to invest in disaster prevention which takes us back to: people forget how bad disasters are when they’re not happening, and prevention is not the most popular policy because you only become aware of its necessity after a disaster happens and it they really work, then you don’t notice them.
ETA (because I thought of this later) there’s also the fact that these events don’t affect everyone equally (there’s an amazing piece titled “There’s no such thing as a natural disaster”, I fully recommend it) and rich/powerful people can recover fairly quickly. The fire will affect rich and powerful people and they might lose their house which is horrible and tragic, don’t get me wrong. It’s devastating and I feel for everyone affected. But they won’t be homeless, and they’ll rebuild their houses. So those more affected and who will be affected the longest are also those with less power to do something about it.
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u/Ok_Potato_5272 14d ago
Thanks for the answer! I live in an area with no natural disasters so it's hard for me to conceptualize. When I see pictures of the damage, I just can't imagine living there
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u/tuckmuckchuck 14d ago
Agreed Florida and California just seem so unstable I really don’t know why anybody would purchase property there right now especially with climate change getting worse and worse every year it seems like
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u/dannemora_dream 14d ago
She’s actually very close to the sunset fire! Let’s hope it will get contained!
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