A SESTINA VIEW OF THE 2025 LOS ANGELES FIRES
Global heating causing more frequent and intense wildfires
Drought leaving reservoirs with low supply of water
Climate change-fueled wildfires rage from Palisades to Eaton Canyon
Felt house was “going to get blown off foundation” by hurricane force winds
Home after home along scenic Pacific Coast Highway—gone!
Only chimneys standing above countless charred foundations left
“Greetings from Altadena” mural on Lake Ave—left!
Home owned for 30 years destroyed in first hour of fire
Gale force gust won’t allow helicopters to fly and drop water
Long ago planning decisions placed homes inside brush-covered canyons
Hot embers blown rooftop to rooftop by brutal winds
Home of Doors’ guitarist, Robby Krieger, who wrote, “Light My Fire—gone!
“A lot of stuff that I love is gone”
A man’s body found holding garden hose after flames had left
“You could see the mountains were on fire”
In evacuated areas, it’s no longer safe to drink tap water
Firees jump over containment lines west of Mandeville Canyon
A “shower of sparks” spread by firestorm winds
Firefighters rush to contain blazes ahead of increasing high winds
The home where their child was born—gone!
A Buddha statue and small desert plant—left!
Three generations of family fled the Eaton fire
Residents in Altadena fire-impacted areas distributed bottled water
Flames threatening Mt. Wilson ascend from Eaton Canyon
Howling firestorm threatens residents of Topanga canyon
Trees and power line towers toppled by howling winds
More than 16,000 structures, including several homes gone
Buddha statue and small desert plant—left!
Disabled father and son left to die in the fire
California’s Agriculture receives 80 percent of state’s water
Firefighters attempt to turn on hydrants but no water
Wildfires rage on both sides of the canyon
Felt home was “going to be blown off foundation by violent winds
80-plus-year-old Altadena Community Church—gone!
A spiral staircase in a Malibu home all that is left
Letters, photos, diaries and other precious documents gone
Santa Ana winds for centuries have whipped through the canyons
California drought and capitalist greed left little water to battle the blazes
Half of town gone due to "natural disaster" not climate change fires
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