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Padraig Joined: Feb 26, 2022 Posts: 411 Dollars, Taxes	Posted on Jan 09 2025 03:03 PM Just asking our Los Angeles area members to check in to make sure everyone is doing okay in the midst of these wildfires. If anyone needs help, perhaps another member is close who can offer some. — Patrick Top
Fady Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 2261 North Carolina	Posted on Jan 09 2025 03:38 PM Been on my mind a lot too, thanks for posting it, Patrick. Unbelievable, just unbelievable devastation, and at the moment, it still feels like the end isn’t in reach right now. — Fady El Mirage @ ReverbNation Top
nedorama Joined: Oct 10, 2009 Posts: 225 South Bay, CA	Posted on Jan 09 2025 06:35 PM It's horrific. I'm in Redondo Beach and we're 25 miles away, but it's heartbreaking seeing friends lose their homes. Stay safe. App.watchduty.org is the best realtime tracker to let you know if you need to go. If you need to evacuate, go earlier than you think. People are more important than stuff. — '65 Fender Tremolux, '74 Princeton; 77 Vibrolux Reverb; '81 Princeton Reverb '65-66 Hilgen Basso Grande Dr. Z MAZ 18 Jr. + 1x12 Cab Various Telecasters and noise-making pedals Farfisa Compact Duo Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19297 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Jan 09 2025 09:54 PM Hope everyone is safe!! — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
Padraig Joined: Feb 26, 2022 Posts: 411 Dollars, Taxes	Posted on Jan 09 2025 11:04 PM Nedorama, that watchduty.org app is fantastic. It should be a lot of help. Thanks for posting! — Patrick Top
JohnnyMosrite Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 902 New York City area	Posted on Jan 10 2025 08:42 AM All, Latest I've heard is that uber gear collector Joe Bonamassa is within 2 miles of being told to evacuate. I hope he has the foresight to load as much of his gear onto a semi and get it and himself the hell out. And maybe give some thought to never coming back? J Mo' Last edited: Jan 10, 2025 08:42:41 Top
JohnnyMosrite Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 902 New York City area	Posted on Jan 10 2025 08:59 AM AND another "cheery" thought: Norman's Rare Guitars at 18969 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana, CA 91356 is on the north side of the Palisades fire and just east of the Kenneth fire. J Mo' Top
CreepBeat Joined: Feb 25, 2016 Posts: 242 Seattle, WA	Posted on Jan 10 2025 10:00 AM We Delstroyers are thinking about y'all down there and hoping this horrible situation ends as quickly as possible for everyone affected. — Skins for The Delstroyers Top
JohnnyMosrite Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 902 New York City area	Posted on Jan 10 2025 10:06 AM All, I know Brian discourages political posts. Hopefully, this post can pass. This has nothing to do with politics. Rather, it is more of just plain common sense. The California fires situation could have well been better mitigated by having a proper amount of available water. And where was that water? It was close by in a reservoir – that reservoir being called the Pacific Ocean. I understand that sea water and firefighting equipment don’t get along. Ok. So, desalinate the Pacific seawater. I’ve seen desalination plants in Aruba (essentially an island desert) and Saudi Arabia (a really big desert). Both countries have plenty of water. Their “reservoirs” are the Caribbean and Red Seas, respectively. The “de-sale” plants look no worse than an oil storage facility. That should better the alternatives - the lack of agriculture, fire hazards, and prohibitive habitation by living things like us humans. (We require water in order to live -- a pesky reality). Perhaps for what is an obvious hard lesson to California, some common sense with regard to harnessing its (vast) water supply might finally prevail in its future. Then again, there are those types that just can’t learn from history and are doomed or who will doom future generations to repeat it. It’s not a matter of politics; it’s a matter of pragmatism. J Mo' Last edited: Jan 10, 2025 10:19:13 Top
darrenk Joined: Dec 19, 2010 Posts: 187 San Jose, CA	Posted on Jan 10 2025 10:50 AM I saw this list of links for ways to help those affected by the fires in LA that Steve Colbert posted on the Late Show: https://linktr.ee/colbertlateshow Does anyone else have links of ways to help? Big shout-out to all the fire fighters working to stop the fires. This is the only surf song that I can think about fire-fighters. Are there more out there? -Darren (gotta stop feeding the trolls) Last edited: Jan 10, 2025 12:41:37 Top
JohnnyMosrite Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 902 New York City area	Posted on Jan 10 2025 11:31 AM Darrenk, Maybe reread? No politics - just pragmatic common sense for the future was intended. J Mo' Top
nedorama Joined: Oct 10, 2009 Posts: 225 South Bay, CA	Posted on Jan 10 2025 11:49 AM JohnnyMosrite wrote: AND another "cheery" thought: Norman's Rare Guitars at 18969 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana, CA 91356 is on the north side of the Palisades fire and just east of the Kenneth fire. J Mo' Norm's is not close to the fires, and the Kenneth fire was under control before any damage happened. Joe Bonamassa's Nerdville was close to the Sunset fire, but because that fire was close to hundreds of apartment buildings and the winds had died down, they were able to use water helicopters and hoses to put it mostly out so that it didn't pose a threat to thousands of people. Joe spoke of how he's safe, but events like this put the right things in perspective. — '65 Fender Tremolux, '74 Princeton; 77 Vibrolux Reverb; '81 Princeton Reverb '65-66 Hilgen Basso Grande Dr. Z MAZ 18 Jr. + 1x12 Cab Various Telecasters and noise-making pedals Farfisa Compact Duo Top
nedorama Joined: Oct 10, 2009 Posts: 225 South Bay, CA	Posted on Jan 10 2025 11:52 AM JohnnyMosrite wrote: Darrenk, Maybe reread? No politics - just pragmatic common sense for the future was intended. J Mo' Dude - people are losing lives and everything in their homes. Think of them vs. coming up with crackpot theories on what may have helped. This disaster was unheard of. Fire hydrants aren't equipped for this level of catastrophe in this big of an area, let alone several. Add to it that the winds were so strong flights were grounded - attacking the fire from the air is the main tool that is used. — '65 Fender Tremolux, '74 Princeton; 77 Vibrolux Reverb; '81 Princeton Reverb '65-66 Hilgen Basso Grande Dr. Z MAZ 18 Jr. + 1x12 Cab Various Telecasters and noise-making pedals Farfisa Compact Duo Top
darrenk Joined: Dec 19, 2010 Posts: 187 San Jose, CA	Posted on Jan 10 2025 12:10 PM Radio Free Bakersfield posted these link on FB on how to help. Some are repeats from the Late Show list. https://www.calfund.org/funds/wildfire-recovery-fund/ https://www.cafirefoundation.org/ https://www.habitatla.org/how-to-apply/disaster-relief/ https://supportlafd.org/donate/ways-to-give.html https://wck.org/news/first-alert-ca-fires-jan25 I found this too: https://www.redcross.org/local/california/los-angeles/about-us/our-work/california-wildfires-response-january-2025.html Anyone have any more immediate ways to help? Here's an article I found on Watch Duty and how it came to be. https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/watch-duty-palisades-eaton-fires-20025818.php If you want to donate to Watch Duty: https://www.watchduty.org/donate -Darren (gotta stop feeding the trolls) Last edited: Jan 10, 2025 12:39:58 Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25570 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on Jan 10 2025 12:14 PM I’ve had a bunch of people write me on fb and thru text messages. thanks for all the Thoughts. I’m well far away from any of the fires. It’s truly heartbreaking to see what is happening. — Jeff(bigtikidude) Top
JohnnyMosrite Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 902 New York City area	Posted on Jan 10 2025 12:21 PM Darrenk, "Common sense" implying that the people in LA don't have any?> It would seem to me that some folks calling the shots don't. Perhaps that's the reason it's nicknamed "LA-LA LAND"? J Mo' Last edited: Jan 10, 2025 12:46:35 Top
JohnnyMosrite Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 902 New York City area	Posted on Jan 10 2025 12:27 PM Neodrama, Those "crackpot ideas" regarding water desalination of nearby large bodies of water have been apparently working a LONG TIME for the countries I mentioned. I see the Pacific Ocean in the background of the Palisades fire. So - In the absence of any alternative you have suggested so far, I stand by my "crack pot idea". J Mo' Top
John Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 596 Monterey County, California	Posted on Jan 10 2025 01:25 PM First of all, MusiCares is offering $1500 of immediate financial assistance for any musician who's worked in the music business for at least the last 5 years and has been affected by the fires (musicaresrelief@musicares.org). They are also offering $500 food vouchers. Secondly, why not have a benefit surf music concert with all proceeds going to help the relief and recovery effort? SoCal is ground zero for this music. I'm guessing there are many bands that would be willing to donate their time and talents for something like this in a time of great need. — www.johnblair.us www.soundofthesurf.com Last edited: Jan 10, 2025 13:45:13 Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19297 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Jan 10 2025 01:36 PM Please, let's not derail this thread... let's focus on getting news about members, ways to help, possible benefits, etc. — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
Padraig Joined: Feb 26, 2022 Posts: 411 Dollars, Taxes	Posted on Jan 10 2025 02:45 PM Wow! Some excellent help information and ideas! Hey BTD, that benefit concert idea from John sounds right up your alley! — Patrick Top

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