(OPINION) The past couple of weeks have been really, really strange. On New Year’s Eve, four of the most iconic buildings in the entire country were all hit by lightning.
In our political capital, the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol were hit. In our financial capital, the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center were hit.
Subsequently, there were terror attack in New Orleans and Las Vegas on New Year’s Day. And now here we are a week later, and our entertainment capital is being absolutely devastated by fire.
In some areas of Los Angeles, it literally looks like a nuclear weapon exploded. Some of the most iconic locations in the Los Angeles area have been wiped out, and even Hollywood Boulevard is being evacuated…
Hollywood Boulevard has been evacuated with 100,000 people told to flee with six wildfires raging as the apocalyptic skies of Los Angeles continue to fill with smoke.
Two new blazes broke out overnight in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City – forcing first responders to redeploy their already-scarce resources to the burnt landscape.
The National Guard has been deployed and could send in military personnel to assist, amid revelations that heroic firefighters are ‘triaging’ homes and neighborhoods.
One of the new fires that has erupted is located just west of the world famous “Hollywood” sign…
A new fire erupted in the Hollywood Hills near the “Hollywood” sign Wednesday evening.
There is a mandatory evacuation for Runyon Canyon and the Hollywood Hills.
The new fire dubbed “The Sunset Fire” came out of nowhere and exploded. Hopefully they will be able to get these new fires under control very quickly.
Sadly, large numbers of expensive homes have already been lost, and this includes the homes of many big names in the entertainment industry…
By the afternoon, the Santa Ana wind-fueled fire had claimed the homes of more than half a dozen A-listers in the community perched above the Pacific ocean: Billy Crystal, Anna Faris,
John Goodman, Anthony Hopkins, Eugene Levy and Miles Teller all lost homes there, according to social media posts and reporting by Page Six.
The Palisades home of Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, who walked the Golden Globes carpet together on Sunday, also burned down.
People Magazine has published a list of 47 major celebrities that have lost their homes so far.
We have seen homes owned by celebrities get burned down in past fires, but we have never seen so many get burned down all at once.
Unfortunately, many of those celebrities will be joining countless others in the exact same uninsured boat. In 2024, large insurance companies ruthlessly terminated the policies of tens of thousands of California homeowners… READ MORE
