Adam Ho often asks himself why he lives in Los Angeles — its prices prevent him from buying a home or traveling as much as he dreams or entertaining to his delight.
“In the beginning, it was the culture and the music, the pop-up food and the nightlife,” said the aficionado of downtown L.A., an out-of-work waiter. “These days, it’s COVID, peer pressure to wear or not wear masks, more fires than you ever imagined, and, man, the smog is brutal.” And the haze will only worsen. An advisory from the South Coast Air Quality Management District issued Friday says two major local fires, as well as wildfires racing across Central and Northern California, are sparking challenges to residents the minute they step outdoors, not to mention leaving trails of smoke heading south, affecting vast swaths of land in the L.A. Basin.
The Bobcat fire exploding north of Azusa and Monrovia in the Angeles National Forest, with a burn area of more than 26,000 acres, was only 6% contained as of Friday morning, according to officials. Meanwhile, the El Dorado fire leaping up the San Bernardino Mountains near Yucaipa, spanning nearly 14,000 acres, was 31% contained early Friday.
Fires are leaving ash particles small enough to be detected by the South Coast AQMD’s PM10 monitors, according to the advisory. The AQMD is forecasting that areas south of Bobcat along the I-10 corridor from Pasadena to Rancho Cucamonga “will likely see the highest particulate-matter levels, as smoke is likely to remain closer to the ground overnight” Friday.
Two Harbors, Catalina island. Finally blue sky.
Wow, they act like this is forever!🙄 It will g away!
My Sun here in OC just before Sunset... No filters, of course, untouched. Enough!
What about the wildlife that is threatened and dying?
There is no 'away'. This is idaho, currently a popular destination. I can't see the mountains for the smoke from CA and OR. I haven't gone outside in 2 days because of the smoke.
Add in earthquakes, mudslides, scorching heat, drought, along with significant increases in homelessness and sky high housing costs, all is peachy keen here.👌
Maybe... just maybe! is time TO DO something about that climate change thing, it looks like is not a hoax after all... just telling !
Yeah this is sad :(
This tweet was written by someone who hasn’t spent much time in Los Angeles or even California. This is not how ‘local’ people talk. Please try to sound like you belong. Plus, it seems tone deaf to our friends in Northern CA dealing with death and destruction.
These fires are destroying homes, jobs and lives. Who cares if you can’t go outdoors. Be glad you have an “indoors.”
The clouds of smoke have even reached Germany so far.😢🇪🇺🇩🇪
Democrat Politicians passed the laws that gave us 60 yrs. of DEAD DRY TINDER UNDERBRUSH in our forests because of 'Tree Huggers' & 'Spotted Owls.' Then Nature gave us 5 yrs. of drought. Worst of all, Unintended Consequences have given us 4 years of raging Fire Infernos.
Yeah. But Newsom and Garcetti have also locked us indoors since March. It’s why Californians hate them.
🙏♥️
No sHet Huh? Bad forest management, not removing bark beetle trees and the good ole Antifa arsonists.... gonna be so much fun for the elderly. 🤦🏽♀️
'Bad smoke'.....is there a 'good smoke'? 🤣
Wear the 3M N95 mask 😷.
Stupid conservationists instead of harvesting trees they now burn instead?
You mean the high taxes, and failed Democrat policies were not enough.
KathyEastCoast Stay inside JaredLeto ShannonLeto 🖤
Some?
Get what you vote for. Fuck California 🤷🏾
Because Trump treats us like insects Dear Lord please help us remove the little emperor We pray these things in Jesus name, Amen TT
We’re “weighing relocation” because L.A. has become a dystopian hellhole. The fires have nothing to do with it.
Yep. I’m in the Sacramento Valley. We can’t take this any more. We’re already researching where to relocate.
Evacuate Los Angeles!
These articles about people wanting to bail because things are difficult are demoralizing and only cite anecdotes, not demographic trends. I think it would be a greater public good to cover those of us who love our state/city and want some marching orders as to how to protect it.
Manhattan has lots of vacancies.
There are MANY better places to live than Los Angeles in the world and that’s the understatement of the week. And at 20-50% of the price!!! Chateau Marmont is cool and all... but COME ON!! Oh wait... You can’t go to Marmont anymore.
I hear the best place for Californians that want to relocate is NOT the Mountain States or Southwest. Too much freedom here for Cali folks. Keep going East please.
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