Fantastic explanation of why people live in California, answering the question for us easterners who keep asking ourselves "why do people even live there!?"
Best thing I've read today. So sorry this is happening to your happy place. Yeah, you cannot hate these monsters enough.
I couldn't watch the video without tearing up. Behind the shock and anger there's a flood of grief for what's been lost. As I've told kitten, my sister-in-law and her daughter live 12 miles from Pacific Pallisades. That's the family of my brother-in-law who died of turbo cancer a year ago. His mother and sister are in Pasedena, where the fires stopped two blocks from their house. It seems unreal that life is going on here while they are going through hell there.
And my fire insurance was also cancelled last month. Absolutely the insurance companies are in on it. It's the FIRE economy: finance, insurance, real estate. All up in flames.
I am annoyed to the point of blowing up with my friends. Can we get some compassion training? No sentence should ever start with 'At least' as in, 'At least it didn't happen during the Rose Bowl. Could you imagine?'
And there should be a requisite time to stay with someone else's tragedy before moving on to your own fears. Like 'I hope we're not next.' 'Do you think we got enough rain?' 'I live in the mountains, so it better not.'
I worried about you last night. I'd be worried AF about that lack of insurance....like are they planning on taking out all the surfers in Santa Cruz next?
That's so kind of you to think about me and worry, Heather. I think we'd be targeted with an earthquake or tsunami rather than fire again. They have a plan to build a 4-acre sports stadium in the flats between the beach and downtown. They say they need all of this skyscraper housing to pay for it--but why do we want it in the first place? So that's the area I think they'd want to clear out.
But insurance is a false sense of security, I think. I put the money I didn't pay for it towards the $7K sidewalk replacement I had to do that they wouldn't have paid for anyway. It really is a spiritual experiment to be alive in these days. But I think the shitfuckery is happening because we're spiritually ready for it. It's not going to work, but it is going to make possible the world we want. I'm putting all my chips on that.
That's a little relieving but wow, I would never be able to sleep without insurance, especially liability in these litigous times...or fire insurance in these Hellish times....after the fires here in Tx the insurance co cancelled ours on a rental and I had to scramble to get it from another company... so typical of ins cos...as soon as you put in a claim they cancel! (I have never filed a claim!) Anyway I love what you said about being spiritually ready for it. I so hope you are right. 💕
I haven't had insurance on my childhood home, that is a mostly-unoccupied AirBnB. They wouldn't insure a home that was unoccupied and I'm sure they'd charge an arm and foot for an AirBnB--even one that's lucky to get 8 rentals in a year. I lost my Superhost status, despite 5 star reviews, because you need at least 10 rentals in a year to qualify.
There are just so many ways that life as I know it could be gone tomorrow. They have a 'God' clause saying they don't cover floods or wildfires these days, and I haven't had earthquake insurance for a decade. To protect against liability here I just don't have anyone over :-)
So think of me as running this experiment for you. Maybe the worst will happen and you can shake your head, in genuine sympathy, that it's just what you feared. But if it doesn't happen or turns out better--like the money I put towards the sidewalk, feeling a little better about that--then it might be one witness that we don't have to play their game. I dunno, I'm just putting one foot in front of the other.
You know I hope it turns out wonderful for you! No judgement at all. Saving $ is rewarding too. I know we are all just doing it the best way we know how.
What a great stack on L.A. I'm in tears for the people and animals that are displaced, traumatized and suffering, and for the death of one of the most amazing places on Earth.
I lived in NY City for a few years after college, but then moved to L.A. and that's where I wanted to stay forever. My career was there - I had a blast, sang at every club, made shit happen, but felt I had to leave in 2002. I always lived in Hollywood and it was literally owned by gangs at that time and getting scarier by the day. It wasn't safe for a showgirl living alone, coming in from gigs at 2:00 AM...after three armed robberies, and constantly being followed home and having my car stolen 6 times...it was turning into a nightmare, even back then.
I always hoped it would turn around one day, but that hope was completely dashed by this tragic deep state orchestrated takedown of our precious City of Angels...it will never be heavenly again...the ghoulz have moved in...
I had been visiting a new guy from Texas for two years - going back and forth between Houston and L.A., and finally decided to move to Houston...he was my knight...and still is. Oddly, he grew up in L.A. too but had moved here in his teens, so we both had a great love for that city.
I will never forgive these monsters for what they have done to us all...on every level, and I'll admit that I'm stressed, knowing that we are all scheduled for the same fate...because no one is stopping them - and since they're still talking about clearing the brush instead of the orchestrated destruction of Western civilization - again, we will never get to the diabolical heart of the problem...and we are sitting ducks until we are dead ones.
I don't know how we are coping with this democide/genocide...and the constant threat that we could be eliminated at their whim, with the flip of a switch...I am livid and saddened...and seriously triggered.
Make the Diva hopeful again...?
Great stack, Heather...and thanks for conjuring up some great memories from those gorgeous days...
Thank you and I feel the same way about the PsyOperators. I don't know how we are coping either. Just some are better than others? I just try to keep busy and not have time to stop and think about it or I'd go mad.
Can't help but tear up just looking at the fire above the Hollywood sign! I lived in LA from 1983 to 2012 and absolutely loved every minute of it, though it was getting darker and darker as it was heading toward 2012. I felt I got out just in the nick of time, but I have such fond memories, and I really miss "what once was." It's gone. My heart aches for those who are losing everything, with no hope of insurance payouts. Criminal, sadistic and cruel ... the way of the Satanists!
Well written. Have to say it but perfect storms are always too perfect to be nature.
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Too many parallels with the Maui event.
Not enough fire fighters.
No water in the hydrants.
Very unusual high winds.
Total destruction of some structures and not others.
My 'Conspiracy Theorist Senses' are tingling.
I'm waiting to see if there were melted cars.
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born here, always lived here, hopefully will die a natural death here 😻VIVA LA!😻
I hope that for you too. ❤️
I'm in N. Cali and I feel the same way. 🙏💔
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One thing where will the people leaving burnt la la land go?
Texas?
That will charge the whole dynamic of the south....
Just a question?
It is kinda changing it already. Lots of people leaving there come here...💕
Fantastic explanation of why people live in California, answering the question for us easterners who keep asking ourselves "why do people even live there!?"
Best thing I've read today. So sorry this is happening to your happy place. Yeah, you cannot hate these monsters enough.
Thank you Phar! 💕
I couldn't watch the video without tearing up. Behind the shock and anger there's a flood of grief for what's been lost. As I've told kitten, my sister-in-law and her daughter live 12 miles from Pacific Pallisades. That's the family of my brother-in-law who died of turbo cancer a year ago. His mother and sister are in Pasedena, where the fires stopped two blocks from their house. It seems unreal that life is going on here while they are going through hell there.
And my fire insurance was also cancelled last month. Absolutely the insurance companies are in on it. It's the FIRE economy: finance, insurance, real estate. All up in flames.
I still have many friends there and some of them lost their houses. Tragedy abounds.
I am annoyed to the point of blowing up with my friends. Can we get some compassion training? No sentence should ever start with 'At least' as in, 'At least it didn't happen during the Rose Bowl. Could you imagine?'
And there should be a requisite time to stay with someone else's tragedy before moving on to your own fears. Like 'I hope we're not next.' 'Do you think we got enough rain?' 'I live in the mountains, so it better not.'
Sheesh.
I worried about you last night. I'd be worried AF about that lack of insurance....like are they planning on taking out all the surfers in Santa Cruz next?
That's so kind of you to think about me and worry, Heather. I think we'd be targeted with an earthquake or tsunami rather than fire again. They have a plan to build a 4-acre sports stadium in the flats between the beach and downtown. They say they need all of this skyscraper housing to pay for it--but why do we want it in the first place? So that's the area I think they'd want to clear out.
But insurance is a false sense of security, I think. I put the money I didn't pay for it towards the $7K sidewalk replacement I had to do that they wouldn't have paid for anyway. It really is a spiritual experiment to be alive in these days. But I think the shitfuckery is happening because we're spiritually ready for it. It's not going to work, but it is going to make possible the world we want. I'm putting all my chips on that.
That's a little relieving but wow, I would never be able to sleep without insurance, especially liability in these litigous times...or fire insurance in these Hellish times....after the fires here in Tx the insurance co cancelled ours on a rental and I had to scramble to get it from another company... so typical of ins cos...as soon as you put in a claim they cancel! (I have never filed a claim!) Anyway I love what you said about being spiritually ready for it. I so hope you are right. 💕
I haven't had insurance on my childhood home, that is a mostly-unoccupied AirBnB. They wouldn't insure a home that was unoccupied and I'm sure they'd charge an arm and foot for an AirBnB--even one that's lucky to get 8 rentals in a year. I lost my Superhost status, despite 5 star reviews, because you need at least 10 rentals in a year to qualify.
There are just so many ways that life as I know it could be gone tomorrow. They have a 'God' clause saying they don't cover floods or wildfires these days, and I haven't had earthquake insurance for a decade. To protect against liability here I just don't have anyone over :-)
So think of me as running this experiment for you. Maybe the worst will happen and you can shake your head, in genuine sympathy, that it's just what you feared. But if it doesn't happen or turns out better--like the money I put towards the sidewalk, feeling a little better about that--then it might be one witness that we don't have to play their game. I dunno, I'm just putting one foot in front of the other.
You know I hope it turns out wonderful for you! No judgement at all. Saving $ is rewarding too. I know we are all just doing it the best way we know how.
Despite the hotbed of debauchery, it really is one of the most beautiful and exciting places on earth.
Thanks for reminding us or showing those of us who've never been there how "gnarly" it really is. 💖
P.S. You forgot to mention the surfing, dude!
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I thought beach covered the surfing....I did put the wave emoji! 😂
What a great stack on L.A. I'm in tears for the people and animals that are displaced, traumatized and suffering, and for the death of one of the most amazing places on Earth.
I lived in NY City for a few years after college, but then moved to L.A. and that's where I wanted to stay forever. My career was there - I had a blast, sang at every club, made shit happen, but felt I had to leave in 2002. I always lived in Hollywood and it was literally owned by gangs at that time and getting scarier by the day. It wasn't safe for a showgirl living alone, coming in from gigs at 2:00 AM...after three armed robberies, and constantly being followed home and having my car stolen 6 times...it was turning into a nightmare, even back then.
I always hoped it would turn around one day, but that hope was completely dashed by this tragic deep state orchestrated takedown of our precious City of Angels...it will never be heavenly again...the ghoulz have moved in...
I had been visiting a new guy from Texas for two years - going back and forth between Houston and L.A., and finally decided to move to Houston...he was my knight...and still is. Oddly, he grew up in L.A. too but had moved here in his teens, so we both had a great love for that city.
I will never forgive these monsters for what they have done to us all...on every level, and I'll admit that I'm stressed, knowing that we are all scheduled for the same fate...because no one is stopping them - and since they're still talking about clearing the brush instead of the orchestrated destruction of Western civilization - again, we will never get to the diabolical heart of the problem...and we are sitting ducks until we are dead ones.
I don't know how we are coping with this democide/genocide...and the constant threat that we could be eliminated at their whim, with the flip of a switch...I am livid and saddened...and seriously triggered.
Make the Diva hopeful again...?
Great stack, Heather...and thanks for conjuring up some great memories from those gorgeous days...
Thank you and I feel the same way about the PsyOperators. I don't know how we are coping either. Just some are better than others? I just try to keep busy and not have time to stop and think about it or I'd go mad.
Well written, and completely accurate synopsis.
Thank you! 💕
Can't help but tear up just looking at the fire above the Hollywood sign! I lived in LA from 1983 to 2012 and absolutely loved every minute of it, though it was getting darker and darker as it was heading toward 2012. I felt I got out just in the nick of time, but I have such fond memories, and I really miss "what once was." It's gone. My heart aches for those who are losing everything, with no hope of insurance payouts. Criminal, sadistic and cruel ... the way of the Satanists!
Similar time frame, lived there from 1983-2013 with a 4 year hiatus in Vegas. Felt like it was time.
Like a scene out of Terminator
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