Los Angeles?

[Anonymous]

Would you keep or reschedule a trip to LA, planned for next week (end of January)? Work trip, but family was going to come explore while I’m in meetings. My teens want to, DH wants to, and I do not. It’s not mandatory for me to be there, but the next in-person company meeting isn’t until the Spring — and in the Midwest.

The fires aren’t contained. There are grave concerns about what’s in the air. No way to predict what will be going on there next week. Gives me horrid anxiety just thinking about it all. I’d much rather go when they’re well past all of this. What would you do?

[Anonymous]

I would reschedule. My friends who live there are really struggling with the air quality. Unless all the things they planned to do are inside, it doesn’t seem like it would be very enjoyable.

[Anonymous]

The air quality is terrible and some restaurants are running multiple hepa filters to try to entice people to come. Even inside it's a problem.

[Anonymous]

Can they rent a car and drive to San Diego or someplace else with better air quality?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you keep or reschedule a trip to LA, planned for next week (end of January)? Work trip, but family was going to come explore while I’m in meetings. My teens want to, DH wants to, and I do not. It’s not mandatory for me to be there, but the next in-person company meeting isn’t until the Spring — and in the Midwest.

The fires aren’t contained. There are grave concerns about what’s in the air. No way to predict what will be going on there next week. Gives me horrid anxiety just thinking about it all. I’d much rather go when they’re well past all of this. What would you do?

I would go. LA is huge. A few areas will be shut but not the whole city.

The Eaton Fire in the Altadena area was 89-percent contained with an acreage estimate of 14,000. The Palisades Fire on the LA County coast was 23,700 acres with containment at 63 percent. What is burning is now in the hills. Evacuations were downgraded to resident-only access in the Palisades Fire area. The containment percentages keep growing each day. If they keep progressing at current rates Eaton should be contained by Friday and the palisades by the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can they rent a car and drive to San Diego or someplace else with better air quality?

Fire in San Diego I saw last night. No, I wouldn’t go and breathe that air.

[Anonymous]

What are their plans, OP? Is their airfare refundable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The air quality is terrible and some restaurants are running multiple hepa filters to try to entice people to come. Even inside it's a problem.

As of this week the air quality in areas that aren't directly in the wind direction of the fires is much better. It really depends on where OP will be going. It also seems likely to rain this weekend, which will diminish the ash and smoke a lot hopefully.

[Anonymous]

We are supposed to go to LA in April. We will wait and see. Our trip isn’t a huge deal, mostly concerned with those directly affected.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't go. There's the active fire risk, the air quality, and then there's just the fact that resources are needed for LA residents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go. There's the active fire risk, the air quality, and then there's just the fact that resources are needed for LA residents.

This right here.

[Anonymous]

I’m here now for work. Staying in downtown. Totally fine. Just keep your trip. lA is enormous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go. There's the active fire risk, the air quality, and then there's just the fact that resources are needed for LA residents.

Los Angeles is fine. Yes some people lost their house but it is a very small part of Los Angeles. Most of the fires are in the hills. It has 3.8 million people and a GDP of 1.3 trillion. That is a higher population vs 22 states and a higher GDP vs 45 states. Los Angeles is 4,084 square miles

Hughes Fire
Fire Size: 10,396 acres 56% contained

Eaton Fire
Fire Size: 14,021 acres, 95% contained

Palisades Fire
Fire Size: 23,448 acres, 77% contained

47,000 acres burned mostly in the hills. Los Angeles is 2,613,760 acres.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go. There's the active fire risk, the air quality, and then there's just the fact that resources are needed for LA residents.

Los Angeles is fine. Yes some people lost their house but it is a very small part of Los Angeles. Most of the fires are in the hills. It has 3.8 million people and a GDP of 1.3 trillion. That is a higher population vs 22 states and a higher GDP vs 45 states. Los Angeles is 4,084 square miles

Hughes Fire
Fire Size: 10,396 acres 56% contained

Eaton Fire
Fire Size: 14,021 acres, 95% contained

Palisades Fire
Fire Size: 23,448 acres, 77% contained

47,000 acres burned mostly in the hills. Los Angeles is 2,613,760 acres.

The fact that large areas of LA haven't been directly impacted by fire does not refute that the entire area has been indirectly impacted.

The city needs to spend resources on those significant numbers who are directly impacted.