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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- | |
| Los Angeles braces for 'life-threatening' windstorm as Fire Weather Warnings expand across Southern California | |
| 2025-01-07 | |
A "life-threatening, destructive, widespread windstorm" is expected Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning, Los Angeles forecasters at the National Weather Service said. Damaging winds are expected across most of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, leading to widespread power outages. "Strong winds are coming," the NWS said. "This is a Particularly Dangerous Situation – in other words, this is about as bad as it gets in terms of fire weather. Stay aware of your surroundings. Be ready to evacuate, especially if in a high fire risk area. Be careful with fire sources." The strongest winds will blow through Southern California from Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon, with gusts peaking near 80 mph. Isolated areas in the mountains and foothills will see gusts of 80-100 mph. Flights going in and out of Los Angles International Airport can expect delays as forecasters warn of "quite dangerous" mountain waves for pilots. Airlines and pilots are being urged not to fly near terrain during the windstorm. The widespread damaging winds and low humidity are also leading to extreme fire concerns across most of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Are you sure we can't just let California burn to the ground? I mean it is California.... |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2025-01-07 21:16 |
| #4 Awful. Best thing California can do, as we learned from our 2017 Starbuck Fire Kansas Fire is ease reinforcements/relief road transportation restrictions. Road crews pushing abandoned vehicles off the road is correct. What is weird to me, is that my emergency action feeds don't seem to be sending updates since around noon CST. This tells me, looking at you Good Samaritans, don't load up your truck and head to the front - there is no front. If anything move towards a forward base like in Battle L.A. movie fallback position. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-07 21:03 |
| #3 Topanga Canyon grassfires set the stage for next spring's mudslides, again... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2025-01-07 15:02 |
| #2 Looks like it has begun. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-07 14:43 |
| #1 The California shakedown season has almost begun. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-01-07 13:38 |