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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Switching gears (and not sure if this was covered in the previous 30 pages). But I don’t understand the folks all over the Internet who stayed behind with their house to “save it” until the very last minute. I absolutely understand the impulse to protect your home, particularly if it’s uninsured. But what do people think they are going to use within their household to fight this massive fire? It feels like a foolish attempt that will cause them to be left behind and require a rescue that endangers EMS personnel.[/quote]

There was a video of a man with his dog in his home looking out a flames feet from his home on multiple sides telling his dog it was going to be ok. I don't think it was going to be OK and I wonder what happened to him and the dog.[/quote]

Exactly. Is this just a panic response? Acknowledgment that there’s nowhere else to go and so they give up? A fire engulfing a city is not going to spare your home because you use water from the bathtub or wet towels. I absolutely don’t understand this. There are a couple knuckleheads on CNN this morning who filmed themselves trying to “fight the fire“ from their home before they bailed. They were cracking jokes in the interview and it really seemed like they were trying to create some Internet fame from the event. The whole thing was weird and distasteful.[/quote]

But people aren't logical they are emotional and 95% of people have 0 common sense.  That's why people don't leave when they should evacuate from any natural disaster, be it wildfires, hurricanes, etc.  A lot of times I think it stems from fear but also a lot of people just don't know what to do when they are in a situation requiring quick thinking - they can't make decisions in crisis mode.  I'm not kidding.  A lot of people are not built to handle new situations.  It's just how some people are wired - they don't do anything because they don't know what to do.  Even if you tell them what to do, they freeze up and can't do anything.  I don't know really how to explain it but to say that it's not shocking or surprising to me someone is acting like this.  Statistically, a lot of people are like this.  [/quote]

This is the video I saw. It's terrifying https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/08/people-and-dog-stuck-in-home-during-pacific-palisades-fire/ 
If people don't realize what happens if you don't evacuate, now they know. I hope they are ok but it looks bad.[/quote]

People should already know the dangers and how fast this stuff can spread.

I have some very, very good friends who lived in Chico, CA, next to Paradise. Both burned in a horrific fire in 2018. Netflix has an excellent documentary on this. For most of these people, there was no warning. NONE. One of my friends is a Pilates instructor and was teaching a class so didn’t have her phone (and neither did anyone else in the class) that morning for over an hour. During that time, the alerts went off. By the time all of them found out what was happening, none of them could go home and had to evacuate with the dirty, sweaty clothes they were wearing and some didn’t even have a car so they just got into whoever’s car had room. And they started driving in the direction that allowed traffic.

They all lost their homes. And for one of them the fire was so hot it melted her gun safe.

It’s an intense first hand account that will give you an awesome appreciation for a fire. GET OUT!

https://youtu.be/5KNAl23NwME?si=KymVC9RcJgL4eE6b[/quote]

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