This is a tough one for me. Through all I have endured over the years, this one has hit me the hardest. On Tuesday evening the 7th, my home (as one of most in my neighborhood) burned to the ground. Only ashes are left. While I was insured, it was massively underinsured as we faced cancellation if not, like many others did, and many had none after just days into the New Year cancellation sweep.
The scale and speed of the Palisades Fire is inconceivable. It is larger than all of Manhattan to my East Coast friends. Then there’s the Eaton/Altadena fire which was equally as devastating. I have lost friends, and those friends have lost generations of Family homes and worse. I'm apolitical, and will delete any comments that turn in that direction. Please lets focus on getting people onto their feet, as this will likely take a decade or more to get even remotely close to normalcy here. My whole area as I knew it for the last 15 years has been forever changed. I know people think Coastal L.A. is full of wealth and celebrities, but most of them that I know are simply hardworking self-made normal people. The amount of free professional offerings within my community has been overwhelmingly incredible, including doctors and medical professionals. To date, we have lost four neighbors in the fire. No one can get back still, so I fear how much more that number will rise, from the personal horror stories from our neighborhood group chat.
Thankfully I was already away (another personal tragedy I can't talk about right now), so ALL of my personal property was lost. Years of memories and gear too. My shop is an hour south of my home, so all is OK there.
I am not one to ask for help. As of right now, I don't need much, but I would like to extend a hand and financial offerings to the many who do need it, including the Santa Monica Mountain Wildlife and Mammal rescue.
My younger sister started a GoFundMe linked below, which I will donate as much as I can from what I collect. You can DONATE via the site here on the link (also top of every page or drop down menu on mobile devices)
I greatly appreciate all of the thoughts and words, both here and direct (but please hold direct communication for now).
gofund.me
Satellite imagery from 10pm on the 7th, to 5am on the 8th…
The scale and speed of the Palisades Fire is inconceivable. It is larger than all of Manhattan to my East Coast friends. Then there’s the Eaton/Altadena fire which was equally as devastating. I have lost friends, and those friends have lost generations of Family homes and worse. I'm apolitical, and will delete any comments that turn in that direction. Please lets focus on getting people onto their feet, as this will likely take a decade or more to get even remotely close to normalcy here. My whole area as I knew it for the last 15 years has been forever changed. I know people think Coastal L.A. is full of wealth and celebrities, but most of them that I know are simply hardworking self-made normal people. The amount of free professional offerings within my community has been overwhelmingly incredible, including doctors and medical professionals. To date, we have lost four neighbors in the fire. No one can get back still, so I fear how much more that number will rise, from the personal horror stories from our neighborhood group chat.
Thankfully I was already away (another personal tragedy I can't talk about right now), so ALL of my personal property was lost. Years of memories and gear too. My shop is an hour south of my home, so all is OK there.
I am not one to ask for help. As of right now, I don't need much, but I would like to extend a hand and financial offerings to the many who do need it, including the Santa Monica Mountain Wildlife and Mammal rescue.
My younger sister started a GoFundMe linked below, which I will donate as much as I can from what I collect. You can DONATE via the site here on the link (also top of every page or drop down menu on mobile devices)
I greatly appreciate all of the thoughts and words, both here and direct (but please hold direct communication for now).
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