When you're dismissing A-list celebrities and millionaires who lost their homes in the LA fires, realize that the overwhelming majority of fire victims are like this man
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Once again, the rich celebrities take up most of the oxygen in the room. They will be fine through this. There are people who are not rich, not celebrities, who have lived there for decades and put their entire lives into their homes which they paid for over 30 years. Do not discount their suffering
Further, celebrities like Jacob Soboroff, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Lee Curtis and others are spotlighting the less fortunate who would otherwise go unrecognized
My friends lost their modest home of 30 years. The have no way to enter to see their property as the celebrities did. Can anyone tell me how they can access their property?
It's not just the building. It's what's inside. The things that made it a home. It's the memories. The pictures and family items that had been passed down. Emotions and loss are the same, no matter the size of the house. The opportunity to rebuild, that could be a different story. 😢
There are so many “regular” ppl losing everything - homes & jobs. Anyone who can’t recognize that & have empathy for ALL in Los Angeles should just move over to MAGA, FFS!
I am a 50+ year close friend of an “A-list”
celebrity. When I met
him long ago, his family
had very little and his
mother struggled to
support them. My friend
has worked every day
for what he has achieved,
and on Tuesday lost his
home. His loss is just as
great as all others in this
event
We all know and understand this. We can dismiss the rich people who lost homes who can afford to rebuild while also holding space for the working class who also lost homes but can just buy back what they lost. Two things can be true at once.
It’s not a matter of ‘deserving’, apologies if my use of dismissing made you think that. I meant we don’t need to worry about rich people. They’re going to be fine, we need to worry about the working class and stick together.
People confuse CA with the movie version. The movie version of CA is what you see when you are worth 7+ figures. Even a person in a million dollar home in CA is probably living paycheck to paycheck. Cost of living adjustments are never taken into account.
This man moved me to tears. I donated to his go fund me yesterday. These stories break my heart and shouldn’t have to be crowd sourced when they’ve been paying into insurance their entire adult lives!
The thing that’s really making mad is MAGA are blaming democrats for the fire, liberals are laughing at the rich people who lost their houses & neither seem to care that the economically disadvantaged & middle class have lost their homes, their belongings & their jobs.
I saw a lot of liberals making fun of James Woods, who was boo-hooing about his house while also denying that climate change was real and calling people idiots who believed the wildfires had anything to do with climate change. It turned out he didn't lose his house after all.
I was just mentioning to my partner that celebrities are easily dismissed because of their wealth and yes, they can recuperate quickly, but they’re still people. And in between are those who are not going to be able to bounce back as quickly. This is awful.
The population who made the city function, are most tragic victims. Celebrities will move to homes owned elsewhere. Given how many said they would leave if Trump won, perhaps many wee already gone?
When I'm dismissing the celebrities, it's BECAUSE I'm thinking of people like him. The media puts out an endless parade of millionaires talking about how hard this is for them. It's disgusting that the media centers this story on people who probably have a second or third or fourth home.
This is right now. Homes in the san fernando valley are now threatened by the palisades fire. If you know los angeles, you know just how crazy that sounds.
It's going to take forever
For america to rebuild los angles, but I can see the community coming together to rebuild homes and businesses like restaurants,cafes,bakery's,
Schools, bars
And for those still working at real jobs, not hollywood actor snob jobs, they got no place to work, no place to live, no food, no money, no car, no nothing.
I know stop it with people sorry who lost their mansions I feel sorry but let's face it they will be fine others you have know idea what the future brings. Thank you for bringing this up
What bothers me the most is that most of the so called "elites" won't even bother to help these people. An incoming president that has a history of trying to withhold federal emergency aid. Makes me sick, but we will make it through. Unity will get us through
Thank you for sharing this. We all need to remember these people as well as those who have no homes to lose which also means, most likely, no place to flee.
Losing a home is tragic, period. Rent control and Prop 13 makes property tax and rent inheritable. I know tons of people who are not rich and live in neighborhoods their families moved into into 50 years or more ago. They love their communities and their family homes, but cash flow is minimal.
I don't dismiss or minimize anyone's situation. Their lives have been turned upside down. They're in shock. But we're Americans. We rise to the challenge and get to work and LA recover. But everyone down there is suffering the effects of this tragedy.
I lived and worked on LA for 6 years. It’s easy to forget how many people work in the film and tv industry that you will never know. They make it happen. And got the most part aren’t wealthy.
Only in America, where wildfires become political and now racial. There are certain people rejoicing in others' misfortune.
Millions don't replace memories, hopes & dreams. 💔
#LAFires #Palisades
I’m so tired of this. Statements made without evidence. No waiting for investigations. Blame game. No empathy. Envy. A tragedy is a tragedy. Some will be affected more some less, that is how life is. But all deserve sympathy.
I am not sure who is dismissing anyone. But the ones ending up in a fkn 5 star hotel for the foreseeable future seem to be less tragic than the man shown in this clip. I think that’s more the point. Maybe I am wrong.
Los Angeles is densely populated and very inter-mixed with middle and lower class residential areas next to upper class neighborhoods. This fire outbreak is horrific.
I write off 90% of the takes I've seen as people not knowing what they're talking about. Including the "serious" media.
I lived and worked in the fire areas for 8 years in the 80s. Pacific Palisades alone had areas of very wealthy to not very wealthy. I rented a room in a house within the middle class cluster of homes. I can’t tell you how sad it is to know that house burned on day 2.
I am not worried about any celebrity who lost their homes. Yes it is tragic and sad. But they have the resources to recover. Most fire victims don't. Celebrities are NOT just like us.
I feel sorry for EVERYONE who lost their home. It’s a very traumatic experience. The recovery process is a bit easier if you don’t have financial hurdles. I feel horrible for the people who had stopped paying homeowner’s Insurance, because they couldn’t afford the premiums anymore.
Even people who were paying their premiums lost their insurance, because the companies stopped selling fire insurance in certain sections of Calif. The Calif gov’t has now forced a one-year moratorium on insurance companies canceling home owners’ insurance policies - a temporary solution, at best.
Yep. Because my mother had Alzheimer’s & I had to take care of her 24/7 for many years, I purchased long-term healthcare insurance in my 40s. Now the price has quadrupled, although it wasn’t supposed to. I can’t afford it, so 25 years of monthly payments were wasted. I hate insurance companies.
That’s awful, but not surprising. We had whole life Insurance for my husband for almost 20 years. It was $120 a month for a $500k policy. He got it before he turned 40. It’s going to quadruple in price next year. I don’t think we’ll be able to afford it.
Sounds like the same company. We have virtually no safety net in this country for old people who need extended medical care. I’m 65, & I’ll never be able to rid myself of all the debt I accumulated while staying home to take care of my mother.
I believe that the loss is hard on all humans. Granted, some are in better financial positions than others that will help them recover. But the pain of a loss is something we all can understand, regardless of status. We need to remember that.
The news needs to stop focusing on the elite that lost their house and focus on the middle class people who lost their homes. I don’t give a rats ass about the people with their mansions. They aren’t homeless, they have money and other houses.
I took pictures of all closets , drawers, cabinets, gatage , outdoor areas, and my home inside on video. Time and date stamped - saving my family and pets - have a to go bag , family pictures if possible.
One of my coworkers who lost her home in a fire was most upset about the loss of the pictures of her adult daughter’s childhood… from the days before we had them on our phones and clouds.. The rest she could replace…😔
Believe me... If you have time, you just start throwing things in suitcases, clothes hampers and big garbage bags. You stuff your vehicles. Some of it lacks any sense of reason
I've experienced evacuations multiple times in SoCal
I bet! I have eclectic taste but love my oddball objects that are unique and irreplaceable. My paintings and art. Being practical, I would def fill a bag with my business papers, though. Honestly, it would rip my heart out. Poor people.
As someone who has had a house fire. (Not through a disaster) I would grab my "my like in a box folder"*, albums and my laptop, plus my go bag with my meds.
*has important documents like passports, titles, insurance info etc.
My family left their home
with purses, laptops & medicines wearing sleepwear and slippers assuming at worst they'd have smoke or water damage. When they returned in the morning they'd lost everything
I'mso sorry. Loosing everything is so fing traumatic.
Most things can be replaced, but trying to deal with insurance companies without your account numbers and IDs is a PITA, getting new IDs without an ID is almost impossible (or at least feels that way).
I had to evacuate once from my home from wildfire. I took all my important documents. My home insurance policy, the deed to my house, our birth certificates, passports and family photos. As long as my family was safe I decided I could handle anything. Not everyone is the same.
It got to the point where I started thinking about would I rebuild or would I sell the land once it was cleared. What would it look like if I rebuilt. I mean, my brain was going a million miles a minute.
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Too many unknowing people dismiss that.
I'm a survivor of wildfires and my family previously lost their home to fire. We all still carry the trauma
celebrity. When I met
him long ago, his family
had very little and his
mother struggled to
support them. My friend
has worked every day
for what he has achieved,
and on Tuesday lost his
home. His loss is just as
great as all others in this
event
No one, no matter their socio-economic status, "deserves" that
That’s what housing shortage does
Seen it so many times before
Impacted by these fires.
For america to rebuild los angles, but I can see the community coming together to rebuild homes and businesses like restaurants,cafes,bakery's,
Schools, bars
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-walt-rebuild-after-devastating-fire
Millions don't replace memories, hopes & dreams. 💔
#LAFires #Palisades
But go ahead and dismiss me if you must
Anytime he can Punish anything that is a perceived slight…no matter who it hurts…whether it’s real or not…that’s his groove.
Psychopaths Punish.
I write off 90% of the takes I've seen as people not knowing what they're talking about. Including the "serious" media.
If you'd ever faced evacuation or had family lose their homes like this, perhaps you'd understand
I've seen folks like Jennifer Garner & Jamie Lee Curtis using their platforms to focus on the working class who have lost so much
I've experienced evacuations multiple times in SoCal
*has important documents like passports, titles, insurance info etc.
with purses, laptops & medicines wearing sleepwear and slippers assuming at worst they'd have smoke or water damage. When they returned in the morning they'd lost everything
Most things can be replaced, but trying to deal with insurance companies without your account numbers and IDs is a PITA, getting new IDs without an ID is almost impossible (or at least feels that way).