Peter Hamby

Like what would that mean to the rest of, of, of the city, you know? And then how, how, sorrowful would you be about all the history that was lost? Or Altadena is literally the same example. And we should mention too, it's not just structures. I was watching this sort of daily briefing this morning with all the local officials here, and there are many. The death toll is going to keep rising.

Like what would that mean to the rest of, of, of the city, you know? And then how, how, sorrowful would you be about all the history that was lost? Or Altadena is literally the same example. And we should mention too, it's not just structures. I was watching this sort of daily briefing this morning with all the local officials here, and there are many. The death toll is going to keep rising.

It's not just homes. A important part of the city has been incinerated, and at least one of them, when it comes to the Palisades at least, also happens to be a hugely important power center for money, influence. political power, fundraising. Like that's what Palisades is. And we'll talk about Rick Caruso in a minute, but that's his backyard too.

It's not just homes. A important part of the city has been incinerated, and at least one of them, when it comes to the Palisades at least, also happens to be a hugely important power center for money, influence. political power, fundraising. Like that's what Palisades is. And we'll talk about Rick Caruso in a minute, but that's his backyard too.

It's not just homes. A important part of the city has been incinerated, and at least one of them, when it comes to the Palisades at least, also happens to be a hugely important power center for money, influence. political power, fundraising. Like that's what Palisades is. And we'll talk about Rick Caruso in a minute, but that's his backyard too.

Yeah, so much to unpack there. And I mentioned this book and I've been tweeting about it. Like this book, Mike Davis, Ecology of Fear is like a fantastic history of Los Angeles and the choices made to live on the edge of disaster. Like something Mark Andreessen didn't say because he's rich and can rebuild his house no matter what, you know, there's some human error, not human error.

Yeah, so much to unpack there. And I mentioned this book and I've been tweeting about it. Like this book, Mike Davis, Ecology of Fear is like a fantastic history of Los Angeles and the choices made to live on the edge of disaster. Like something Mark Andreessen didn't say because he's rich and can rebuild his house no matter what, you know, there's some human error, not human error.

Yeah, so much to unpack there. And I mentioned this book and I've been tweeting about it. Like this book, Mike Davis, Ecology of Fear is like a fantastic history of Los Angeles and the choices made to live on the edge of disaster. Like something Mark Andreessen didn't say because he's rich and can rebuild his house no matter what, you know, there's some human error, not human error.

That's the wrong word. There's just like, you know, humans make decisions to live in places that are dangerous. And historically humans didn't live like Los Angeles was not, uh, an irrigated place until the Mexicans and the Mormons figured out how to bring water here and plant orange groves. If you read your old Oregon Trail history books and play the game, they were going to Oregon.

That's the wrong word. There's just like, you know, humans make decisions to live in places that are dangerous. And historically humans didn't live like Los Angeles was not, uh, an irrigated place until the Mexicans and the Mormons figured out how to bring water here and plant orange groves. If you read your old Oregon Trail history books and play the game, they were going to Oregon.

That's the wrong word. There's just like, you know, humans make decisions to live in places that are dangerous. And historically humans didn't live like Los Angeles was not, uh, an irrigated place until the Mexicans and the Mormons figured out how to bring water here and plant orange groves. If you read your old Oregon Trail history books and play the game, they were going to Oregon.

They weren't coming to California because Oregon was green and you could have farmland. Here, water is scarce. Joan Didion's devil winds blow east to west, and that's been happening forever. In this very book, Mike Davis writes about the clipper ships coming up along Southern California back in the 19th century and seeing flames on the mountains. This stuff predates climate change too.

They weren't coming to California because Oregon was green and you could have farmland. Here, water is scarce. Joan Didion's devil winds blow east to west, and that's been happening forever. In this very book, Mike Davis writes about the clipper ships coming up along Southern California back in the 19th century and seeing flames on the mountains. This stuff predates climate change too.

They weren't coming to California because Oregon was green and you could have farmland. Here, water is scarce. Joan Didion's devil winds blow east to west, and that's been happening forever. In this very book, Mike Davis writes about the clipper ships coming up along Southern California back in the 19th century and seeing flames on the mountains. This stuff predates climate change too.

It's a peculiar climate, the Los Angeles basin. It seesaws between rainy seasons and dry seasons. In the rainy seasons, lots of vegetation grows and then it dries out and that creates tinder for these fires. The individual blame thing is very hard in Los Angeles. In this sense, it does remind me a little bit of Katrina.

It's a peculiar climate, the Los Angeles basin. It seesaws between rainy seasons and dry seasons. In the rainy seasons, lots of vegetation grows and then it dries out and that creates tinder for these fires. The individual blame thing is very hard in Los Angeles. In this sense, it does remind me a little bit of Katrina.

It's a peculiar climate, the Los Angeles basin. It seesaws between rainy seasons and dry seasons. In the rainy seasons, lots of vegetation grows and then it dries out and that creates tinder for these fires. The individual blame thing is very hard in Los Angeles. In this sense, it does remind me a little bit of Katrina.

So in Katrina, you and I both remember, we were just sort of starting out in our careers at the time. I was at CNN. The first week I worked on The Situation Room was Katrina. And it was like watching...

So in Katrina, you and I both remember, we were just sort of starting out in our careers at the time. I was at CNN. The first week I worked on The Situation Room was Katrina. And it was like watching...

So in Katrina, you and I both remember, we were just sort of starting out in our careers at the time. I was at CNN. The first week I worked on The Situation Room was Katrina. And it was like watching...