This is my hometown as most of you know it burned last Thursday. I spent three days not knowing if my twin brother Terry was okay. I talked to him the morning of the fire and finally found out Sunday he was okay. He stayed behind because of his son. I have yet be able to speak to him. But today I was watching this on TH-cam and there his is. Tears of joy flowed down my face and happiness filled my heart. I am so happy that's he's okay and so is Damion..
Weak apocalypse. Some people want to make that happen. Those people are cowards, stupid and weak. Do you know what an actual apocalypse looks like? Some people want to get close to what that would be like. It’s a self fulfilling thing deep state fallout engages in because they having been playing these games so many tines and they got fucked up in it.
So then they light some fires. Someone told me a couple years ago that this was a plan and we’d see if it got interrupted. But you know what? Some of these people may have been involved.
@@AlexisDimes No, the Camp fire, that destroyed the town of Paradise, started on Campfire Road. It was a road/place. I feel most of the media made it confusing. I don't think camp fire road goes through helltown..
Very ironic. Seeing as how they were started by DEW (direct energy weapons) and all the headlines read “paradise lost” paradise means heaven. This is all biblical shit happening.
i sheltered my friends parents while their house was burning. very sad. ive known them for 20 years so it was nice to reminisce on all the good times we've had. they're like second parents to me and i love them. i think a know about a dozen people affected including my brother.... very sad and emotional time now. ;-(
Have you noticed that the fires are up and down the state where they are building the high speed rail .the way I see it is that if they burned people houses down they won't have to pay them to move ...it sucks
I was raised in Paradise and returned there just a few years ago. My house burned to the ground - absolutely nothing left. I was also at the town meeting seen in this video, held in the neighboring city of Chico. I found it disgusting that my own mayor asked that a resident who had lost his home actually be removed for simply asking a VERY legitimate question. PG&E has already been found negligent - to the tune of 40+ billion dollars - for not maintaining their easements elsewhere in CA. People have died as a result. I attended the first town meeting held regarding this fire as well, and the police presence when the PG&E rep was here for the second one was *much* greater. He had better have good security as long as he's in town. PG&E had notified the town of Paradise months prior that if the conditions warranted it, they could shut the power down to parts or all of the town as part of a 'Red Alert' in order to prevent fires from starting. Shortly before the fire (*late* the night before...as well as a day or two before) an SMS message came through on my phone regarding impending high winds of up to 45mph for my county (Butte) through Fri or Sat. At no point that night did PG&E cut the power (in my zone - 4), nor in the wee hours of the following morning when the winds had really kicked up or when the fire was spotted in Pulga and then came through Paradise. It's also been said by those in Concow/Pulga, that not long before the first spot fire was reported in the area there was a glitch at the local PG&E power plant (or whatever the equivalent is), which many think is related.
Barry A. Who wouldn't be pissed if your whole community has been burnt to the ground u fucktard he's a man asking real questions that need to be answered
did everyone forget that the 'glitch' was reported a mile away an hour before the fire started? I live in redding I get all the arguments but people forgot that simple fact really quick.
@@NonyaSmith I'm sorry for what's happened in your community and all the others in California. I live in Humboldt and we all have had heavy hearts for our neighbors. Do you hear where people are locating too? I have tried to help people whom seem displaced possibly by this fire and in the past the Carr fire. Take care ❤&🙏
Am I the only one who kinda thought it was fishy how they just immediately had security take the man out of the room after he asked if they started the fire...?
@ItsZachTV Why wasn't it valid? Because the answer is difficult? He didn't ask "How do you feel about being responsible for the fires?" for example. That would be a trick question obviously. But an angry emotional resident whose probably gone through hell very recently, asking them if they have any responsibility in this is totally reasonable. They could answer "no" and give an explanation. They could say "yes" and apologize/explain how they will help the community or offer a recovery plan or something. I get that this is might be a tricky situation and there sometimes isn't an easy answer, but it is a valid question, even if the presentation of the question may have been slightly disruptive.
The start of the fire had possibly been electrical BUT .... FACT : Soon after the notice had been delivered - PG&E techs were NOT allowed to enter the area they needed to get to !
Why wouldnt you put the powerlines in the ground ??? It’s not that more expensive, in Germany there aren’t any overground powerlines like in the us. Just a few gigantic ones that bring electricity across the country. These won’t fail in storms
They are when the go to homes but when traveling long distances we often have our lines above ground. It's often a lot easier to see and service a problem from above ground but it still makes sense to put them below.
@@debbieballard7369 The high-speed rail system is planned to go no farther north than Sacramento, and even governor-elect Newsom wants to cut funding on it. Also, your giant laser satellite only exists in sci-fi and action movies, not real life.
It’s nearly unbelievable how destroyed that town is.. Godspeed to their recovery, I believe the news said that fire over in Northern California is the worst in the states history. We are Americans and united we stand, divided we fall. Gxdbless to all those affected, right around the holiday season too...
Resolute Support Yeah, this one is the worst ever. So far. Just think about all of those quick split decisions that those people had to make to survive. OMG. This one is devastating.
I just spoke with a coworker of mine today at a work luncheon who just got back yesterday from this area; He’s got a lot of family up there. The look on his face.. he just look gutted or really unwell. He said the smoke was horrible in Sacramento.. said the whole town was gone .., I am so sorry. 😭🥺
Vice should let its subscribers know Jerry Brown just signed into law allowing utility companies to pass their liability expenses on to their customers. We should learn that from San Bruno, Erin Brokovich story, and now, PG&E can’t be trusted and needs to be broken up.
You eliminate PG&E, and you’ll have to put energy utilities in the hands of the government, otherwise you’ll have no power and no natural gas. We are kind of screwed. Rate payers will pay to fix PG&E’s errors or tax payers will. Unfortunately we the people get shafted either way.
Notice that the homes and buildings are burned to the ground but the trees are still intact and green? Here's what's really causing the fire problem: [1] Build a huge subdivision in every hot, dry place there is in California. [2] Every summer, the whole damn place goes up in an inferno. [3] Rebuild again [4] The place burns again. [5] Rinse and repeat.
I started my career in the fire service in Butte County. I lived and worked in this area for years. At the time in the early to mid-2000s Paradise fire Chief Broshears told me multiple times this was the worst nightmare. Well it's now reality. So unbelievably sad.
Back when I worked in the Stanislaus National Forest for U.S.F.S. over 20 years ago we were pushing to update fire sciences and forest managment with the exact scenario at hand now in mind. Unreal. Makes my heart heavy. Prayers an love sent out to all who are suffering.
This may already be here in one or more of the 1000+ comments, but just in case it isn't: What's not mentioned in the video about PG&E is that for that $2.5B in expected payments for last year's fires (doesn't include this catastrophe), they have filed a request for rate increase to the PUC (Public Utilites Commission that regulates rates and operations of all California utilities) to cover the expected losses. That's bad enough that they expect consumers to pay for their negligence and ignorance. But get this - part of the same rate increase request was to provide higher dividend payouts to stockholders!!! WTF
two crickets rubbing their legs together could have started that fire. I lived in Paradise from 1975 to 1978. Wonderful place. Worked for Art Stone Plumbing next to the KFC which burned down. There were lots of brush/forest fires in the region during the drought then. They had water rationing and warm dry winters. Very sad not only for the horrifying deaths but for the beautiful community lost. Will take many decades for the community and the trees to come back.
Terry is my uncle, he was missing for 3 days before we got word him and his son were alive and okay. My mom and I cried tears of joy watching this clip, he's okay it's overwhelming watching this but HE'S OKAY!!!
It cost way more money to install, maintain underground power lines. And you know how most large corporations are, they love to cut corners everywhere to save a buck.
OK, overall a good video. However, I doubt the 80 football fields claim. 80 x 100 yards = 8000 yards x 3 feet = 24,000 feet / 5280 = 4.5 miles per minute. One travels 1 mile per minute at 60 mph. So, to travel 4.5 miles per minute (4.5 x 60), the fire would be travelling *272.7 mph*. Maybe they meant "8" football fields per minute. 27 mph sounds more likely.
I think that was the total area burned and not the linear travel rate. That being said, the fire was being pushed by 50mph winds and moved incredibly fast.
It is true that these wildfires are natural, and it is one's responsibility to build houses in such forests only when they are intended to be very mobile, disposable, or otherwise temporary. Don't worry; U.S. Californian celebrities like Kanye West hired private fire fighters to protect their stuff, and U.S. California will always try to control nature by using helicopters dropping bucket-loads of chemicals and/or water to please. I am sorry for harsh words, but one has to respect nature. If the Bear Republic would consult ancestors of the land that they temporarily occupy, they will find answers.
Thank you, we've been fighting for indigenous fire burning rights for over 25yrs. We have begged the U.S.F.S. and CALFIRE to practice indigenous forest managment for over 25 yrs. We predicted these disasters. Our voices fall of deaf ears. When conquistadors, settelers and gold miners all came to California they all took note of us California Indians burning the majority of the state. These burns are needed to prevent massive fire storms. Part of our ancestrial knowledge is a type of indigenous fire science, just like Pacific islanders can navigate the oceans, reading the clouds, currents, stars and winds. California is an arid state. Colonizers move the water with massive irrigation systems making it appear lush, where it is indeed NOT. That is a dangerous thing living on top of the lands instead of with the lands. Settelers have moved so fast ignoring the original people's knowledge, knowledge that is so utterly valuable and important, could save lives and help everyone. This knowledge comes from thousand years of observations of the heavens and this earth.
Ugh this is so sad. I live in LA and seeing this breaks my heart. I've already donated food and hygiene products for the people in need, but just thinking about them spending the holidays without a home and with loved ones lost breaks my heart.
I'm an 11 year old boy in the SCUSD district and we're in the red zone which is the most dangerous of air quality of picking up 218 or 208 particles in the atmosphere. All of San Jose around the Santa Clara District has shut down but SCUSD. California is gorged with smoke about literally everywhere.
At 1:28 you see a meter. Just beneath the meter are scorched wire tracks on the outside of the box. Those wires became so hot they actually left tracks on the outside of the box. I would argue that the smart meters are the cause of the fires. Anyone?
I lived in Paradise Pines (Magalia, just north of Paradise) for 10 years and raised y kids there for 10 years. We were in the last big fire there and at that time I called PGandE and told them they HAVE to bury ALL powerlines to keep our community safe. Most other towns have buried power lines and when a section goes down, it is not that expensive to replace it with an underground, safer, line. But they told me it was "too expensive". Idiots. Look what it cost them now. billions of dollars and their immortal souls. The heartless Bastards. My heart is there with all you people in Paradise and Magalia.
NO, most other towns don't have buried power lines, in fact very few do in America. You say you lived in Paradise, you should understand just how BIG California is and how many thousands of miles of power lines there are, it's an impossible task and it IS "too expensive" to bury lines, the customers couldn't afford the rates if PG&E spent billions, it's the rate payers money they'd be spending, would you like to pay a huge power bill every month? Anyone with a lick of common sense could figure that out. Very few fires are started by power lines, 84% are cause by humans/human activity, we could spend trillions and bury every line, we would still have fires. You woman think about everything with emotions, common sense and logic is never used.
They could make a great film about this. About survivors escaping and those who stayed, about the firefighters and medical personnel. They could include the fact that the National Guard were deployed at the Mexican border but not at the disaster zone. They could also have PG&E as the bad guys, the person asking the question "are you responsible for the fire" and the security intervening sound like they are already from a film.
Place blame on '4' different situations that came together to form the cause of 'this singled out' horrific event ... 1 ) electrical - deemed as most possible cause for spark (ignition) 2 ) drought - overly dry and very low humidity levels 3 ) wind - overly windy with gusting conditions AND 4 ) tree huggers - never forget the 'plant a tree foundation' years ago along with the statewide law to cancel clearing land of trees and brush which only help fuel n' spread flames to such devastation ( Other area fires may have had a different #1 above BUT they all contained the other 3 )
You speak sense, that's not the norm here, the amount of idiots parroting nonsense is amazing and sad. The average I Q for the people in these comment sections is about 70, most are idiots! Good thing there's a few smart ones like us or the number would be lower!
If you want to save your house or at least some part of it. Turn on the sprinkler system 24 hours a day and let it run non-stop. The reason the fire is spreading so quick because the soil is supper dry and strong wind. When it reach to a super soaking wet border of your house, it will go around it. But strong wind can blow fire to the house if the house is dry. So adjust the all sprinkler heads and let it turn 45 degree to the house as well. And evecuate, the smoke will kill you. People die of smoke, not the fire.
An adventurous modern-day homesteader came upon some land surrounded by a lusty green forest, cleared a plot, decided to build a home, was soon followed by other home builders, followed by supporting businesses and all the amenities that make up a civilized community. Then as if overnight, that once robust green forest, due to climate change, became bone dry, twiggy, overgrown with dead wood, rather than abandon their investment, stayed on, hoping for the return of the forest lust, in spite of realizing living there was like being surrounded by gallons of drums of a flammable liquid, threating to ignite at any moment…
they will get their asses handed to them in the courts. The dude who shouted "are you responsible for the fires!?" and got escorted out, actually lost his home in the paradise fire. pg&e has no respect for the victims, and its a damn shame.
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While troops are deployed in Texas doing nothing, they were deployed to stop the "invasion" that wouldn't happen until a few weeks, instead they could help evacuate residents living around these areas
Whole city burns 100 + people dead / missing cars & brick houses melted to the ground everything vanashied into thin air all I learned from this is that trees are fire proof!
I use to really want to live there, nice hiking trails and cheap properties.. Back in the 60's and 70's my grandparents use to drive up there and get apples, apple cider and pies.. There use to be stands everywhere that sold apples.. Paradise was a lot like apple hill.. Haven't been there in a long time though..
Another point of view to consider for Pacific Gas and Energy is one day's notice isn't enough time for customers of theirs who have medical equipment that relies on that power for them to stay alive. Look at El Paso Electric when they turned off their power and had a customer die because of it. There may be a good chance it was from their equipment, but they had too much liability to turn those lines off too quickly and have people die because of it. Better brush removal management by the California State Parks around these lines is really what needs to be addressed after this disaster, and have FEMA and PGE help pay for it.
The problem isn't that PG&E may have caused the fire, it's that PG&E has gotten to big in California that they can't keep up with their own workload. Time to stop this monopoly.
At this point anything would help.... I don’t have any money... I lost my girl friend and my three dogs ,,, they all died in the fire....I go without eating for weeks at a time....my brother don’t help me out because he has his girlfriend living with him and they like to do drugs all the time and am not down with that... so he won’t let me stay at his house in Chico... i don’t have any family it’s just me... by myself... I worked at paradise post acute skilled nursing home in paradise when the fire happen,,, so I had to help evacuate all the patients there and get them to safety... so I had no chance to grab any thing from my house.... pretty much everything I owned and worked for was gone in a matter of minutes... my three dogs where burned to ashes... all they found was a leg bone and some teeth of my girlfriend she was burned to ashes too... it was very devastating event that happen that day... but am a strong minded person,, I will be alright... it just would be nice to get some financial help right now,,, I could really use it... either way.... I know I will be find.... it’s just kinda tuff right now ... but anyways thanks for at least trying... My phone number is5305148973.... and my email is lawrencestewart155@gmail.com
i hope the people living in this town and the people of america get down to the bottom of this, because this is just not acceptable people dying , houses burning and theres nothing to defend from this.
Me and my grandma legit almost bought a place in paradise. Luckily she lives in red bluff and I live in michigan...so fucking sad. My friends lost their house as well in paradise.
It did fires do something called spotting where the fire will throw parts of burning trees around a mile ahead of them and then those spot fires turn into major fires themselves
This is my hometown as most of you know it burned last Thursday. I spent three days not knowing if my twin brother Terry was okay. I talked to him the morning of the fire and finally found out Sunday he was okay. He stayed behind because of his son. I have yet be able to speak to him. But today I was watching this on TH-cam and there his is. Tears of joy flowed down my face and happiness filled my heart. I am so happy that's he's okay and so is Damion..
Do twins really have that cool twin feeling. And i hope he is alright.
That's great! What a way to find out, huh?
You S.O.B's can't turn the power off??? WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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pics or it didn't happen
Looks like an Apocalypse
imagine this happening 10x bigger in ten more places across the country mixed in with hurricanes and other shit :)
Weak apocalypse. Some people want to make that happen. Those people are cowards, stupid and weak. Do you know what an actual apocalypse looks like? Some people want to get close to what that would be like. It’s a self fulfilling thing deep state fallout engages in because they having been playing these games so many tines and they got fucked up in it.
So then they light some fires. Someone told me a couple years ago that this was a plan and we’d see if it got interrupted. But you know what? Some of these people may have been involved.
And, there may be great community members who are suffering and who don’t know this is happening.
vagizz why would you smile about that?
Paradise. How ironic.
there was a neighboring community called helltown next to Paradise
D G isn’t that small town where it started?
@@AlexisDimes No, the Camp fire, that destroyed the town of Paradise, started on Campfire Road. It was a road/place. I feel most of the media made it confusing. I don't think camp fire road goes through helltown..
Very ironic. Seeing as how they were started by DEW (direct energy weapons) and all the headlines read “paradise lost” paradise means heaven. This is all biblical shit happening.
Revelation 13:13
holy shit, this looks like a scene from the walking dead
It does I live in California and we don’t school tomorrow due to bad air quality
Oblivious me 2
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Oblivious same
@Xeno Phon wut??????????
BECAUSE IM STUPID :)) best answer ever!!
more like stubborn probably.
at least he admitted it. :)
I'd say he's in shock, traumatized. His response was funny but the poor guy was being too hard on himself.
wake up folks, this was an attack via energy based weaponry, dont believe do 5 mins of research and its pretty obvious smh...
oh they love the stupids watch that movie to.
i sheltered my friends parents while their house was burning. very sad. ive known them for 20 years so it was nice to reminisce on all the good times we've had. they're like second parents to me and i love them. i think a know about a dozen people affected including my brother.... very sad and emotional time now. ;-(
Rich corporations have more power than the common folk people. Stand up for your rights.
Have you noticed that the fires are up and down the state where they are building the high speed rail .the way I see it is that if they burned people houses down they won't have to pay them to move ...it sucks
@@PSAUCE87 corporation is greedy but not that greedy.
@Tyrant a fire that could of been prevented yes.
@Shelby Shoup Arrested For Crack You fiend your nonsense shall not make me falter.
@@AI-ml1sl it should the responsibility not by just the government but locals that live their as well.
I love his answer "cause I'm stupid". Love this guy. God bless him!
I was raised in Paradise and returned there just a few years ago. My house burned to the ground - absolutely nothing left. I was also at the town meeting seen in this video, held in the neighboring city of Chico. I found it disgusting that my own mayor asked that a resident who had lost his home actually be removed for simply asking a VERY legitimate question. PG&E has already been found negligent - to the tune of 40+ billion dollars - for not maintaining their easements elsewhere in CA. People have died as a result. I attended the first town meeting held regarding this fire as well, and the police presence when the PG&E rep was here for the second one was *much* greater. He had better have good security as long as he's in town.
PG&E had notified the town of Paradise months prior that if the conditions warranted it, they could shut the power down to parts or all of the town as part of a 'Red Alert' in order to prevent fires from starting. Shortly before the fire (*late* the night before...as well as a day or two before) an SMS message came through on my phone regarding impending high winds of up to 45mph for my county (Butte) through Fri or Sat. At no point that night did PG&E cut the power (in my zone - 4), nor in the wee hours of the following morning when the winds had really kicked up or when the fire was spotted in Pulga and then came through Paradise. It's also been said by those in Concow/Pulga, that not long before the first spot fire was reported in the area there was a glitch at the local PG&E power plant (or whatever the equivalent is), which many think is related.
Barry A. Who wouldn't be pissed if your whole community has been burnt to the ground u fucktard he's a man asking real questions that need to be answered
Not only the mayor, the audience groaned when he asked the question and cheered when they forced him to leave. People really are that stupid
@@bossHogOG Yep
did everyone forget that the 'glitch' was reported a mile away an hour before the fire started? I live in redding I get all the arguments but people forgot that simple fact really quick.
@@NonyaSmith I'm sorry for what's happened in your community and all the others in California. I live in Humboldt and we all have had heavy hearts for our neighbors.
Do you hear where people are locating too? I have tried to help people whom seem displaced possibly by this fire and in the past the Carr fire. Take care ❤&🙏
I live in Sacramento, bout 90 miles from paradise, there has been a blanket of smoke covering us since last Thursday.
same
Same!
Lungs hurt from all the smoke down in north sac
There is smoke and bad air in the Valley, but at least you have your homes.
Think about that.
Live in San Jose and we’re getting rekt too
Am I the only one who kinda thought it was fishy how they just immediately had security take the man out of the room after he asked if they started the fire...?
ItsZachTV I hope so :/
@ItsZachTV Why wasn't it valid? Because the answer is difficult? He didn't ask "How do you feel about being responsible for the fires?" for example. That would be a trick question obviously. But an angry emotional resident whose probably gone through hell very recently, asking them if they have any responsibility in this is totally reasonable.
They could answer "no" and give an explanation. They could say "yes" and apologize/explain how they will help the community or offer a recovery plan or something. I get that this is might be a tricky situation and there sometimes isn't an easy answer, but it is a valid question, even if the presentation of the question may have been slightly disruptive.
Remember, this has been edited. There was probably a bit of back-and-forth before he was asked to leave, it just got cut out.
Nicolas Carnot I suppose that would make sense
Hobbes You have a more valid point
take a few breaths without a mask and he’ll have enough smoke to replace his cigarettes for days
it doesn't have nicotine, which is an addictive substance.
and i do get your joke xD
PG&E created more homeless in California.
The start of the fire had possibly been electrical BUT ....
FACT : Soon after the notice had been delivered - PG&E techs were NOT allowed to enter the area they needed to get to !
It wasnt PGE! people! Wake up!!!
@@jezebeldeleon6032 Given this nation of sheep? You've got to be kidding.
Mindless bot. I guess that's redundant though lol
@@nemesisxrox6773 WHY weren't they allowed?
Why wouldnt you put the powerlines in the ground ??? It’s not that more expensive, in Germany there aren’t any overground powerlines like in the us. Just a few gigantic ones that bring electricity across the country. These won’t fail in storms
America has crumbling infstructure it was recently graded d
Well they also do it in tornado alley which is even more stupid, so rather not argue with stuff like that...
Hans Peter power lines are everywhere 😭
They are when the go to homes but when traveling long distances we often have our lines above ground. It's often a lot easier to see and service a problem from above ground but it still makes sense to put them below.
because california is earthquake country?
looks like the forest fire missed the whole forest
I think the DEW just had to get rid of a few pesky residences, it was messing up the high speed rail system that Diane Feinsteins husband just bought
IM DEAD
@Tea Tard They dustified on 9/11.
@@debbieballard7369 The high-speed rail system is planned to go no farther north than Sacramento, and even governor-elect Newsom wants to cut funding on it. Also, your giant laser satellite only exists in sci-fi and action movies, not real life.
Forest fire loves cars and houses only.
It’s nearly unbelievable how destroyed that town is.. Godspeed to their recovery, I believe the news said that fire over in Northern California is the worst in the states history. We are Americans and united we stand, divided we fall. Gxdbless to all those affected, right around the holiday season too...
Resolute Support
Yeah, this one is the worst ever.
So far.
Just think about all of those quick split decisions that those people had to make to survive.
OMG.
This one is devastating.
🙏 thank you
I just spoke with a coworker of mine today at a work luncheon who just got back yesterday from this area; He’s got a lot of family up there. The look on his face.. he just look gutted or really unwell. He said the smoke was horrible in Sacramento.. said the whole town was gone .., I am so sorry. 😭🥺
Vice should let its subscribers know Jerry Brown just signed into law allowing utility companies to pass their liability expenses on to their customers. We should learn that from San Bruno, Erin Brokovich story, and now, PG&E can’t be trusted and needs to be broken up.
You eliminate PG&E, and you’ll have to put energy utilities in the hands of the government, otherwise you’ll have no power and no natural gas. We are kind of screwed. Rate payers will pay to fix PG&E’s errors or tax payers will. Unfortunately we the people get shafted either way.
Notice that the homes and buildings are burned to the ground but the trees are still intact and green?
Here's what's really causing the fire problem:
[1] Build a huge subdivision in every hot, dry place there is in California.
[2] Every summer, the whole damn place goes up in an inferno.
[3] Rebuild again
[4] The place burns again.
[5] Rinse and repeat.
My prayers are with you and your family. 🙏 This is very devastating 😔, but everyone should stay strong. 💪 Much love from the Philippines. ❤️
Sher Hasim 🙏 thank you
PG&E should be charged with murder!
you should be charged with misleading people .
You should DIAF@@nemos890
I started my career in the fire service in Butte County. I lived and worked in this area for years. At the time in the early to mid-2000s Paradise fire Chief Broshears told me multiple times this was the worst nightmare. Well it's now reality. So unbelievably sad.
Back when I worked in the Stanislaus National Forest for U.S.F.S. over 20 years ago we were pushing to update fire sciences and forest managment with the exact scenario at hand now in mind. Unreal. Makes my heart heavy. Prayers an love sent out to all who are suffering.
This may already be here in one or more of the 1000+ comments, but just in case it isn't:
What's not mentioned in the video about PG&E is that for that $2.5B in expected payments for last year's fires (doesn't include this catastrophe), they have filed a request for rate increase to the PUC (Public Utilites Commission that regulates rates and operations of all California utilities) to cover the expected losses. That's bad enough that they expect consumers to pay for their negligence and ignorance. But get this - part of the same rate increase request was to provide higher dividend payouts to stockholders!!! WTF
two crickets rubbing their legs together could have started that fire. I lived in Paradise from 1975 to 1978. Wonderful place. Worked for Art Stone Plumbing next to the KFC which burned down. There were lots of brush/forest fires in the region during the drought then. They had water rationing and warm dry winters. Very sad not only for the horrifying deaths but for the beautiful community lost. Will take many decades for the community and the trees to come back.
OUR prayers are with you people..............love from india
Terry is my uncle, he was missing for 3 days before we got word him and his son were alive and okay. My mom and I cried tears of joy watching this clip, he's okay it's overwhelming watching this but HE'S OKAY!!!
Thank God!
Perhaps the power lines should be placed underground.
Doesn't matter if tree roots are in the area.
talk to the person selling the poles. obvious scam.
It cost way more money to install, maintain underground power lines. And you know how most large corporations are, they love to cut corners everywhere to save a buck.
i agree with this..
Only in new subdivisions do that
How come the trees are still green?
Fake -News- Fire, "affected citizens" = crisis actors.
Some trees evolved to be fire resistant.
@@HiAdrian Go take your meds.
Adrian th-cam.com/video/Yd_AqyPaUTg/w-d-xo.html
DEW, directed energy weapon.
Filthy lawyers getting rich off of misery. Despicable
ha ha! swallow! : )
People grown the one man who asks that corporate stoogeif they were responsible and then cheer when he’s forced to leave. What a bunch of sheep
It's like Hell.
Like anyone has been there and to say actually how it is. The bible describes it, but again refer to first sentence
ironically, there's a neighboring town called "Helltown"
thank you for covering this
i miss my home 😔
That phone call between Duane and his daughter hit my heart,
"God is punishing California for being sinners". Then Conservative town burns down. And way to be a humble, empathetic christian. Good job.
Common Ground god has nothing to do with power lines. Gtfo
Jarek Grzybowski ~ Well duh, Why don't you tell it to all of the wack jobs commenting about God doing this to all of the Cali sinners, then.
Who’s god? You’re answer is idiotic
who is god is that your imaginary friend that you fall back to when you are insecure about your future ? ok then.
Aww. His puppy kissing his kitty.
80 football fields a minute??!!
@Sydney Austin Like you would know better.. gtfo.
OK, overall a good video. However, I doubt the 80 football fields claim. 80 x 100 yards = 8000 yards x 3 feet = 24,000 feet / 5280 = 4.5 miles per minute. One travels 1 mile per minute at 60 mph. So, to travel 4.5 miles per minute (4.5 x 60), the fire would be travelling *272.7 mph*. Maybe they meant "8" football fields per minute. 27 mph sounds more likely.
I have read that it was 8.
80 football fields a minutes, is talking about how much catches on fire altogether.
I think that was the total area burned and not the linear travel rate. That being said, the fire was being pushed by 50mph winds and moved incredibly fast.
"How are you getting cigarettes???"
Hilarious and poignant. Shows how much this daughter cares about her father.
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@1:22 KCRA3 where is the camera man???
It is true that these wildfires are natural, and it is one's responsibility to build houses in such forests only when they are intended to be very mobile, disposable, or otherwise temporary. Don't worry; U.S. Californian celebrities like Kanye West hired private fire fighters to protect their stuff, and U.S. California will always try to control nature by using helicopters dropping bucket-loads of chemicals and/or water to please. I am sorry for harsh words, but one has to respect nature. If the Bear Republic would consult ancestors of the land that they temporarily occupy, they will find answers.
Thank you, we've been fighting for indigenous fire burning rights for over 25yrs. We have begged the U.S.F.S. and CALFIRE to practice indigenous forest managment for over 25 yrs. We predicted these disasters. Our voices fall of deaf ears. When conquistadors, settelers and gold miners all came to California they all took note of us California Indians burning the majority of the state. These burns are needed to prevent massive fire storms. Part of our ancestrial knowledge is a type of indigenous fire science, just like Pacific islanders can navigate the oceans, reading the clouds, currents, stars and winds. California is an arid state. Colonizers move the water with massive irrigation systems making it appear lush, where it is indeed NOT. That is a dangerous thing living on top of the lands instead of with the lands. Settelers have moved so fast ignoring the original people's knowledge, knowledge that is so utterly valuable and important, could save lives and help everyone. This knowledge comes from thousand years of observations of the heavens and this earth.
Ugh this is so sad. I live in LA and seeing this breaks my heart. I've already donated food and hygiene products for the people in need, but just thinking about them spending the holidays without a home and with loved ones lost breaks my heart.
I'm an 11 year old boy in the SCUSD district and we're in the red zone which is the most dangerous of air quality of picking up 218 or 208 particles in the atmosphere. All of San Jose around the Santa Clara District has shut down but SCUSD. California is gorged with smoke about literally everywhere.
At 1:28 you see a meter. Just beneath the meter are scorched wire tracks on the outside of the box. Those wires became so hot they actually left tracks on the outside of the box. I would argue that the smart meters are the cause of the fires. Anyone?
I lived in Paradise Pines (Magalia, just north of Paradise) for 10 years and raised y kids there for 10 years. We were in the last big fire there and at that time I called PGandE and told them they HAVE to bury ALL powerlines to keep our community safe. Most other towns have buried power lines and when a section goes down, it is not that expensive to replace it with an underground, safer, line. But they told me it was "too expensive". Idiots. Look what it cost them now. billions of dollars and their immortal souls. The heartless Bastards. My heart is there with all you people in Paradise and Magalia.
NO, most other towns don't have buried power lines, in fact very few do in America. You say you lived in Paradise, you should understand just how BIG California is and how many thousands of miles of power lines there are, it's an impossible task and it IS "too expensive" to bury lines, the customers couldn't afford the rates if PG&E spent billions, it's the rate payers money they'd be spending, would you like to pay a huge power bill every month? Anyone with a lick of common sense could figure that out.
Very few fires are started by power lines, 84% are cause by humans/human activity, we could spend trillions and bury every line, we would still have fires.
You woman think about everything with emotions, common sense and logic is never used.
Poor people😢
With so many missing its getting really strange.
They could make a great film about this. About survivors escaping and those who stayed, about the firefighters and medical personnel. They could include the fact that the National Guard were deployed at the Mexican border but not at the disaster zone. They could also have PG&E as the bad guys, the person asking the question "are you responsible for the fire" and the security intervening sound like they are already from a film.
Sun Tzu
I am sure it can happen.
Sadly, 63 deaths so far.
This is fuckin crazy!
@@briankoski2532 its gonna rise tomorrow morning sadly.
national guards out here stop lying
We need a good actor for me. Maybe Chris Evans?
This was completely preventable. Stand up to these corporations. So sorry to the animals and people affected by this.
Place blame on '4' different situations that came together to form the cause of 'this singled out' horrific event ...
1 ) electrical - deemed as most possible cause for spark (ignition)
2 ) drought - overly dry and very low humidity levels
3 ) wind - overly windy with gusting conditions
AND
4 ) tree huggers - never forget the 'plant a tree foundation' years ago along with the statewide law to cancel clearing land of trees and brush which only help fuel n' spread flames to such devastation
( Other area fires may have had a different #1 above BUT they all contained the other 3 )
science? Nah brother it was them damn libtards again coming to spread communism and ban incest
You speak sense, that's not the norm here, the amount of idiots parroting nonsense is amazing and sad.
The average I Q for the people in these comment sections is about 70, most are idiots!
Good thing there's a few smart ones like us or the number would be lower!
We should all protest against pg&e they were the cause of not one but many fires that caused many people’s life’s to be lost
So sad 1300 missing 78 dead. Praying for California!!
One or two fires is an unfortunate accident. Three is a pattern. Four is an intentional act, a conspiracy
Mountain Meadow Mormonism no that is like saying multiple tornadoes happening in the same state means it is a conspiracy
im so sorry i hope get to the bottom of this quick n fast im prayin for the fams god be with u !
“I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
Luke 13:3
OMG this is awful!! Our hearts and prayers are with you all!! Just terrible!!
Paradise was a crazy place growing up sad what happened so many I know lost everything
There must have been a reason to not turn the power off. So what was it?
Terry stying with his child in the fire alone is so depressing
Dwayne is the guy who has that good cali bud
If you want to save your house or at least some part of it. Turn on the sprinkler system 24 hours a day and let it run non-stop. The reason the fire is spreading so quick because the soil is supper dry and strong wind. When it reach to a super soaking wet border of your house, it will go around it. But strong wind can blow fire to the house if the house is dry. So adjust the all sprinkler heads and let it turn 45 degree to the house as well. And evecuate, the smoke will kill you. People die of smoke, not the fire.
Glad that old SOB is alive! Hope he really meant about leaving if there’s another fire. I can’t imagine how scared his daughter was!
An adventurous modern-day homesteader came upon some land surrounded by a lusty green forest, cleared a plot, decided to build a home, was soon followed by other home builders, followed by supporting businesses and all the amenities that make up a civilized community. Then as if overnight, that once robust green forest, due to climate change, became bone dry, twiggy, overgrown with dead wood, rather than abandon their investment, stayed on, hoping for the return of the forest lust, in spite of realizing living there was like being surrounded by gallons of drums of a flammable liquid, threating to ignite at any moment…
As a Native Californian, I can say not even Smokey, could prevent this wildfire
This may sound stupid but why can't they run lines underground like the cable companies?
WOW!!!!!! PG&E is going down!
they will get their asses handed to them in the courts.
The dude who shouted "are you responsible for the fires!?" and got escorted out, actually lost his home in the paradise fire. pg&e has no respect for the victims, and its a damn shame.
The lawyer should've shaved so the mask would be useful.
but it's "movember" men grow beards to show solidarity to other men with medical/other problems.
People we need to stand up and tell our government to invstegate this fire. This past two years years now has been devastating.
I live 10 min away from paradise the air quality is hazardous
Hi, Are you ok?, Do you have a mask?, Omg !,Are there any people out there helping all those ppl!, The government should be handing out masks J/S, Sending prayers🙏Take care ☺👋
@@aliziasight8084thx 😊 yeah theres a evacuation center near to where i live
@@Blackshadow-nh8mh Hi again☺👋, Thanks for letting me know , I would try to stay indoors if I were you ,atleast for tonight ☺, See what tomorrow brings , RAIN!!!!!!More like 🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿🚿This was the only thing close ☝LOLLL😀, Take care and MASK UP ! ,If you feel like talking or a question I'm here just a reading comments😀👋
search ca fires and dew's (direct energy weapons)
While troops are deployed in Texas doing nothing, they were deployed to stop the "invasion" that wouldn't happen until a few weeks, instead they could help evacuate residents living around these areas
I hope the rebuilding will begin soon. No one can predict what will happen tomorrow, but we must be optimistic.
Pray for the people who are being affected by this fire. Also It looks like a ghost town now
Whole city burns 100 + people dead / missing cars & brick houses melted to the ground everything vanashied into thin air all I learned from this is that trees are fire proof!
PG&E is a scapegoat. It is impossible that PG&E has something to do with all these fires. These fires are being set.
Cars melted. trees still standing.
Yes and suburbs are not forests, but the #DEW diligent msm doesn't care about truth.
I use to really want to live there, nice hiking trails and cheap properties.. Back in the 60's and 70's my grandparents use to drive up there and get apples, apple cider and pies.. There use to be stands everywhere that sold apples.. Paradise was a lot like apple hill.. Haven't been there in a long time though..
Duane Conn is super cool because he takes his dog and cat everywhere. Animal lovers are good people.
Thank god I live in Europe
@Edward 5ims Yaaaassss so true
You wouldn’t be saying that in the 1940s 😂
S.Agmoment Russia had a giant part in winning the war, but you don’t see them bragging like Americans.
@Will224000 OK, MA MEXICANO AMIGO
I'm from India
Only ONE way out?!? Unacceptable!!! And WHY no underground "last resort" fire bunkers?!?!?! Save lives---start building them!!
What started it ???
Another point of view to consider for Pacific Gas and Energy is one day's notice isn't enough time for customers of theirs who have medical equipment that relies on that power for them to stay alive. Look at El Paso Electric when they turned off their power and had a customer die because of it. There may be a good chance it was from their equipment, but they had too much liability to turn those lines off too quickly and have people die because of it. Better brush removal management by the California State Parks around these lines is really what needs to be addressed after this disaster, and have FEMA and PGE help pay for it.
The problem isn't that PG&E may have caused the fire, it's that PG&E has gotten to big in California that they can't keep up with their own workload. Time to stop this monopoly.
Do the residents of Paradise really believe government is going to let them back in their town?
what is this they already are what are you talking about
I can literally send you pictures of when I went back up there and then a picture of my snap map of people who have moved back
At this point anything would help.... I don’t have any money... I lost my girl friend and my three dogs ,,, they all died in the fire....I go without eating for weeks at a time....my brother don’t help me out because he has his girlfriend living with him and they like to do drugs all the time and am not down with that... so he won’t let me stay at his house in Chico... i don’t have any family it’s just me... by myself... I worked at paradise post acute skilled nursing home in paradise when the fire happen,,, so I had to help evacuate all the patients there and get them to safety... so I had no chance to grab any thing from my house.... pretty much everything I owned and worked for was gone in a matter of minutes... my three dogs where burned to ashes... all they found was a leg bone and some teeth of my girlfriend she was burned to ashes too... it was very devastating event that happen that day... but am a strong minded person,, I will be alright... it just would be nice to get some financial help right now,,, I could really use it... either way.... I know I will be find.... it’s just kinda tuff right now ... but anyways thanks for at least trying... My phone number is5305148973.... and my email is lawrencestewart155@gmail.com
i hope the people living in this town and the people of america get down to the bottom of this, because this is just not acceptable people dying , houses burning and theres nothing to defend from this.
funny how the trees are still standing and intact while the cars are melted .
If you are gonna interview people with open mouths why specifically create shots where you are wearing a breathing mask.
Me and my grandma legit almost bought a place in paradise. Luckily she lives in red bluff and I live in michigan...so fucking sad. My friends lost their house as well in paradise.
Lmao how are gonna get cigarettes 😂😂😂not even are you okay
She's a real one for sure. Lmao
I don't have to see why these fires are happening because.... We KNOOOOOW why this is happening.
Told my producer not to leak my mixtape, but this is what happens when he don't listen.
I pray for you all...
Where is the guy that made the cell phone video? Shouldn’t he still up there??? That video was haunting!
Hi, Yes I wonder how he's doing omg this is SOOOOO BAD !!, WHO DID IT !, THEY HAVE SMART METERS ??, OM...
ALIZIA SIGHT I have no idea but those skeletons will haunt me 😢
@@AcesWildMMA Hi,☺👋What do you mean?, Are you alright?
@@AcesWildMMA Hi 😉👋Im sure !, Omg! So where are you now????
ALIZIA SIGHT I don’t live near any fires. I meant I wish I didn’t watch the cell phone video that shows skeletons.
😭😭😭 absolutely devastating nightmare for all who live in Cali 😭😭😭 WE r all at risk of burning 😭
The new Fallout game looks great
Since almost the whole town got burned down, are the residents living in the untouched homes still paying mortgage/utilities?
Outdoors&Cars they shouldn’t pay their next payment. I’d just move.
"The campfire moved as fast as 80 football fields a minute" Yeah right
It did fires do something called spotting where the fire will throw parts of burning trees around a mile ahead of them and then those spot fires turn into major fires themselves
People need to wake up these are not wild fires
i would still leave , it would be kind of scary staying there when everything is burnt 🔥up around me
omg this is Horrible So Sad I AM PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA!