LA Fires

[clifford_thornton]

Hoping board members impacted by the fires are all right. Have friends who have evacuated and one, as far as I know, who lost it all (but he and family are safe). 

Absolutely terrible situation. LA lifer buddy says he's never seen anything like this, ever.

[Dan Gould]

yes it's all terrible  to watch.

FWIW I saw on FB that formerly active member Shawn has marked himself safe. You may recall he moved out to LA from Austin ... a decade ago?

[clifford_thornton]

I do recall that, yeah. I'm not on FB but glad he's safe!

[mjazzg]

Absolutely terrifying. Here's wishing anyone in the area safety

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Someone over on the Hoffman forums was saying that he had to evacuate and he was worried that he may lose everything. I cannot imagine what those people are going through right now.

[jazzbo]

I used to say I was glad I lived now in Ohio where there were no wild fires or tornados.

Then two years ago I was awakened by a tornado going through my neighborhood. We got lucky, no damage. Another neighbor we are close to (in both senses of the word) got lucky because a tree fell inches from hitting her garage. Other neighbors suffered damage.

 

Edited January 9 by jazzbo

[Pim]

On 1/9/2025 at 8:45 PM, jazzbo said:

I used to say I was glad I lived now in Ohio where there were no wild fires or tornados.

Then two years ago I was awakened by a tornado going through my neighborhood. We got lucky, no damage. Another neighbor we are close to (in both senses of the word) got lucky because a tree fell inches from hitting her garage. Other neighbors suffered damage.

 

I always thought Ohio was pretty much up the Tornado Alley but those things are (fortunately) a rare thing over there then as I learn from jazzbo now.

All my best wishes for everybody there in the LA area. It looks horrible.

[Dmitry]

A formerly prolific poster here, Cali, lived in Altadena. I've been trying to get a hold of him, without success. He had a lovely mid-century home, which I hope is still there. 

[gvopedz]

The Palisades and Eaton fires wiped out two neighborhoods with unique significance in L.A.’s music industry.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-01-15/fires-la-music-jake-viator-bob-clearmountain-poolside-musicares

 

[JSngry]

Not unlike Katrina.

[gvopedz]

More on Schoenberg:  The composer’s son stored over 100,000 of his father’s scores at Belmont. The scores were held in a digital back-up, but this was also destroyed in the fire.

https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/arnold-schoenberg-scores-destroyed-la-fires/

 

[clifford_thornton]

17 hours ago, gvopedz said:

More on Schoenberg:  The composer’s son stored over 100,000 of his father’s scores at Belmont. The scores were held in a digital back-up, but this was also destroyed in the fire.

https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/arnold-schoenberg-scores-destroyed-la-fires/

 

no cloud backup? Jeez. Painful.

[medjuck]

Loren Schoenberg posted something referring to Larry Schoenberg as his uncle. Does that make Arnold his grandfather?

[JSngry]

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebuild-lives-after-los-angeles-wildfires

[Dan Gould]

https://downbeat.com/news/detail/southern-california-fires-hit-the-jazz-community?fbclid=IwY2xjawH_CyFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHd9hzuhiTFBwIhA3VTPhcOrQKG9Hi0sy3vW3pmkuMpF6AuH4AnxwGcJ3Jw_aem_zFyliLoHEwop25N_osrv_Q

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Another fire broke out in the LA area yesterday and burned through over 10,000 acres in less than 14 hours. They're calling it the Hughes Fire.