It’s really sad all the beautiful works of art that were lost in the fires. Rare cars, paintings, sculptures, architectural masterpieces. Really sad. A lot of artists and musicians home studios..
One guy thanked his father for keeping the old oscillating sprinklers from the 1980s in his garage. He put them on the roof of his house and yard and turned the water on when he and his family left. His property was the only one in his neighborhood that survived.
The real sick thing about this is the videos I been seeing of these low life scum being caught on camera lighting fires and the one looting were a firefighter stopped a woman who had stole an Emmy award from a home. I feel for the good people who lost everything.
I mean, I feel bad for everyone who has lost so much in this disaster - but lets be honest - if you have an Emmy award & live in one of the best neighborhoods in LA - you are going to be just fine - you probably have several other houses around the place, you probably have AAA+ insurance, people who will take care of everything for you - you are going to be just fine. It's awful that someone is trying to loot what you have left... but you are going to be fine. Focusing on the ultra-wealthy as victims in this is not right when there are so many people who have limited insurance, or no insurance - nowhere to go, no food to eat etc... this will mess up their lives potentially forever - no coming back. It's just bizarre how America worship & identify with the rich and famous so much when there is so much suffering from people just getting by until something like this happens, and then you get the outright poverty going on right under their noses.
Our house in San Diego burned in 2009. Our neighbors had 40 cars (child's play compared to Hoovie), and the fire department had to save our neighbor from the roadside after he could no longer see the road through the smoke while trying to retrieve his Porsche 356 (they later found it melted into the tarmac).
My heart absolutely goes out to everyone affected by the fires, and this of course being a car channel, totally understand the attention being given to the car community there... BUT, world, PLEASE don't forget western North Carolina, particularly the Asheville area, still finding bodies and the remaining damage is epic, it will literally never be the same...
Thank you for mentioning that,they deserve just as much attention as those in CA. A large amount of people are STILL living in tents out in the elements. Check the current NC forecast,those conditions can be dangerous. At least in CA you won’t freeze to death.
The way people from NC have been treating the fire victims online has made me absolutely sick. Every Instagram reel of damage from the fire has hundreds of comments from people just being... evil. I cannot believe the lack of empathy of some people.
are you seriously using a video about wildfires as your platform to complain about floods on the other side of the country? Both are bad, and the federal government's response in NC has largely been a joke, but why comment here about that shit?
I started building my 1963 classic in June 1984, my long since deceased Father helped me, I first drove it in April 1997, exported it to the USA from London in 2002, it had a small fire in May 2009, I managed to save it, and I am still driving it now, in January 2025, I have very nearly got it perfect now, and cannot imagine how I would feel if I lost it .
A lot of times these old classic cars have SO much sentimental value. Many times their father/son projects or old cars that a deceased family member owned and passed down.
Couldn’t agree more, I have a personal classic car I bought that of course I have memories with but if it was lost to a fire I could replace it. However we have a classic that’s been in the family 4 generations since it was new, that’s irreplaceable.
Then they picked a bad place to garage them as well as live. This was predictable if not when it would occur. California needs to build back better, much better.
A relative of mine lived in Pacific Palisades. His house survived, but nothing around it did. He can't go back because there's no water, no power, nothing.
Hope they’re doing okay! We handle IT for a few residents in the Palisades, and when we heard that some of them lost their homes, we were absolutely devastated.
My house burned down 6 years ago. Eventually it will be just something that happened❤ What’s important is they’re here and if they were able to accomplish living there this will just make them stronger
When hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017 the whole island was without electricity and water for months. Yet people were able to make do in the meantime. Like old school washing boards became in demand again to be able to wash clothes.
Hard to watch. Last year I lost the best part of my collection to an arsonist. Mostly lower value stuff but still a nice personal collection of about 12 cars and some old tractors and antique farm equipment and a large building I cannot replace. Fire is devastating.
It's heartbreaking, not just for the cars, but the homes and studios destroyed. I have friends in the music and film business who lost vintage instruments.
What's heartbreaking is w/the taxes they pay the mayor & Governor let them down w/not being prepared. Defunding the fire dept 17 million left them w/ no water & few trucks to fight the fire. Law suits are forthcoming
I appreciate your covering this topic. I have a former California 1930 Cadillac now in the Midwest. I have gone the declared value route. It's a survivor with 23,000 miles. Even if I got the money from a complete loss, it's not replaceable. Worse yet though would be the loss of my 1973 Impala four door sedan. The last car my grandfather owned and the only new car he ever bought. No way to value it.
@@NYCS19339 It has nothing to do with MONEY, Sweetheartface. We're talking quality, style, craftsmanship, pride of workmanship, pedigree. Enjoy your new, little $25 big mac. You've earned it. PS: Be forewarned, Donald Trump won't be running again, so you'll have to make alternate plans for your next dictator.
@kevinbodman1011 inside the glove box is a box of cigarettes my grandfather opened and never finished because his doctor told him to stop and so he left it in there because he figured it would be stale and bad if he ever got the urge. He never touched them for another 25 years. Window sticker folded up is in there too.
Yah but I'm sure he has fire mitigation plans. No way he hasn't thought it thru years ago. It helps he has actual warehouses as commercial space often has fewer points of failure than someone's garage.
I lost my 1972 Volvo 1800ES in the Eaton Fire here in LA a few weeks ago. It was parked in my garage which burned to the ground. My heart is broken as I truly loved that car. The clip you showed of the woman showcasing the burned cars in the driveway is near my home. I used to drive past that house all the time to see what different classics were sitting out being worked on or driven.
I live here. A couple of customers lost their car collections. Amazing cars historical pieces gone forever. If there is ever time you can help then please do. These are customers who have given many cars to Peterson Museum. D. Kavanagh Motors. Since 1958...
April and Tyler I’m out of Sacramento and the first time we had the huge fire up here northern California. You’d think that our state would wake up, I am beyond pissed at this situation, luckily Jay Leno and his car collection are OK currently kudos to Jay for getting out there serving food.
My buddy in Santa Monica had to evacuate, fortunately his house ended up being ok. He drove his McLaren to a friends house where he stayed during the evacuations.
In the NSW Australia bush fires a few years back, farmers were parking cars & machinery in the middle of paddocks so the firefighters could see and defend them, much safer than hidden in a burning shed.
Videos of Australian fires are the only thing my brain can compare to videos of these LA fires... Not the setting, but the insane wind speeds, fire ember spread, and quick burnover for vegetation/thick trees but not anything man-made from wood or vehicles going up... Watching Aussie Wildfire crews record their un escapable burnovers are nightmare fuel! Those videos have also made me wonder why more North American brush trucks/engines aren't equipped with Australian burnover protection and sprayers with protected pumps/tanks just for that exact possibility... I've seen a handful of similar setups in the US, but not many, even in fast burn grass fuel flatland terrain! Not much help in large mountain timber fires, but they usually bulldoze or burn emergency shelter deployment/escape areas in those places where a fire could potentially jump and cut you off without any fast enough escape routes, and in those clearings I'd sure rather have an Aussie spec burnover setup protecting me vs a baked potato tent... 🤷♂️ I guess it'll take a few more tragedies due to record breaking wild fires before we implement more of those crew safety systems in the USA 😒 (Not sure about Canada, although many of their big fires don't have much road or trail access to begin with I guess 🤷♂️) 👍
Had a shop fire in 1995 and lost several collector cars, bikes, snowmobiles, boat etc. totally sickening feeling. The time to figure out whether you have your insurance setup right is BEFORE the disaster.
@Doctors_TARDIS That would have been my choice as well. Or a Private Paid Lot. Any big place open 24/7/364. Suck to have your car towed from Micky D's! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
I lost everything in the Halloween Flood of 1998. I lived in Augusta, KS just 17 miles east of Wichita. I lost my house (a 1973 trailer I bought from a friend for $4,000) my grandpa's 1969 C-10 Chevy truck, my 1992 Mustang LX hatchback. 5 feet of water submerged everything and half of the city. It was bad. FEMA gave me $15,000 to replace everything. I can't replace that truck. It's like your grandma's Mercedes. So many memories lost forever. I feel for all those people who lost everything in the fires. It's the worst thing ever except for dying.
I used to live in Malibu and own a Testarossa. During one fire Tommy Lee brought his hotrod over and parked in front of my house, knowing that as a car guy I would do everything I could to protect his "baby"
The reporter said she came from a "car family". In her other live video report her cameraman identified the Ranchero in the background. But it was truly heart-wrenching watching that poor guy as the fire crept up towards his invaluable collection. Just awful. Can't imagine being in that situation. Thanks for the video and the donation link.
This was the hardest & saddest video that I've watched on either April's & Hoovies Garage seeing burnt out cars which were the pride and joy of someone. I send my thoughts and prayers 🙏 to those affected not the cars but those who have lost Family, Friends, Homes, Business and Jobs. Russ from England 🙏
To too many Californians, their cars are their family! Don't be so judgmental of people who have differing priorities. Their losses are just as immeasurable.
I live a county over and wasn't directly affected, but on this topic, a lot of areas around LA with higher-end neighborhoods and accordingly higher-end cars tend to be in the foothills and canyons where the fire risk (and mudslides afterwards) is higher, so unfortunately this tends to happen.
The law here in Michigan used to be if you weren't happy with the payout the insurance company would have to replace your car with a car just like yours in the same condition.
The car I really miss is the Norman Timbs Special. It was destroyed in the 2018 Wolsey fire in Malibu. UA-cam videos on this remarkable mobile sculpture are worth a watch.
I'm glad you covered this. I haven't seen a whole lot of pictures or video of the aftermath with the cars. Especially the older collectible cars And uh, I'm just at a loss for words. I have no words to describe that. I mean to me a fire is probably one of the most devastating things that can happen to a person but I totally understand what you all are, we're talking about. The depromotional connections to a vehicle. Because maybe it belonged to a family member or or a friend that's no longer with us. It's really, really hard, and you know it's the same thing that can happen whether you You know, you're talking about a tornado or a flood or a hurricane? I think maybe a a hurricane or a flood you have something of a chance there too. Rebuild the car back, even maybe with a tornade there is something of a chance, but with a fire.If it's really intense there's not much chance of bringing that back
I too, in addition to the loss of life and important objects, am heartbroken when I think of the loss of special cars and classics . My heart breaks at the thought of all the paintings and sculptures that are lost too.,.some unknown others not yet discovered. So so sad.😢
The reporter was indeed professional and compassionate in how she highlighted the values and the memories. Many people outside the car culture just don't understand how much some vehicle mean to their owners. The "It's just a car" types that pour money in to Games or Jewelry or old wooden furniture or whatever they see as valuable and then redicule cars as being collectable. Speaking of collections, was Jay Leno's anywhere near the fires? Place like Airports and Sports Stadiums with wide open spaces could easily be refuges from fires for classics, along with being emergency camp grounds for those affected. Edit: comments below answer the question on Leno's collection.
I can see the headline now. ‘Space that could have been used to house evacuees from the fires instead used to store the car collections of the wealthy and powerful’
Same thing happened in the paradise fire. A year afterwards we put on a show that displayed some of the burned vehicles. We also had a smaller version of the Honey Run covered bridge that people could walk through. We had different classics before pictures that were lost in the fire on display inside and outside of the cover bridge.
Some ( most) people knew several days before and they still left their valuables behind , on thecother hand the insurance company ceo might have canceled the fire cover, BUT they will never appear again without a million dollar a year securety and 24 /7 bullet proof vests
I was coming back from Mount Hope yesterday and there was what looked like a very nice 70 Chevelle SS at the side of K96 with the hood up and a fire truck there spraying it down. Not as bad as losing an entire collection along with your house but I felt real bad for the guy.
I have owned my Ford Cortina Mk3 for 49 years, so can appreciate how attached to a car you can become, so many memories of driving to TV and Film Studios, and Location filming over the years, I bought it when I was just 12 years old, (with the help of my Parents), as it cost £1,575, and I only had £900 in my bank account at the time, then had to wait 5 years to pass my driving test at 17, It was used every day for 25 years, then unused for 12,, and I have spent 13 years restoring it back to 100% rust free as brand new concourse condition, costing £47,000, so far, To think some California owners will have done similar, and had cars reduced to a burnt out hell, is heart braking, but hopefully they can save the cars, like I did mine which rusted to an extreme state in the 12 years it sat unused, (as the videos on her restoration show) all they need is love, time and a passion to save them, plus the cash to restore them of course, .
Been saying it for over 50 yrs...there are way too many reasons I dont live in Kalifornia! I have had lots of friends from every part of that state move here to Georgia & they couldnt be happier
Went through the the new years 2019/2020 eve fires in Australia and lost some collectable vehicles thankfully by just luck ( a wind change) I didnt lose my home. it is a terrible feeling watching all around you burn and not able to do anything to save it, only in the gods hands. I was a lucky one. My heart goes out to those that are effected by these fires especially those that lost their loved ones. I lost 2 friends. You can loose property but you cant replace life. 😥
I wish the people of western North Carolina got this type of attention and support. Raising money for poor people though doesn’t get you as much attention. Can you post a link to help them? Closer to Kansas than California.
@ are you trying to tell me the floods in NC have gotten close to the attention and aid as the fires in LA. It’s not even close. Same amount of people effected.
I'd poo my pants if I seen a 300 Gullwing sitting in a McDonalds parking lot surrounded by those other crazy cars. I'd also become private security for the vehicles. Protect at all cost!
Oops! Please don't say "Paradise". That's a California town that in 2018 lost a massive number of collector cars, from a 1930 Model A to a set of three restored Edsel convertibles.
I'm always so skeptical about donating to Charities that I haven't researched thoroughly. Especially to a lot of very wealthy people in California, obviously not all of them that lost things are wealthy. But after I researched the ASPCA animal foundation and figure it out that hardly any of the money actually went to the animals and what it went to was actually euthanizing the animals. 95% of the money was going to fund the owners and employees salaries and building new buildings and buying new properties and just expanding their "non-profit" business.
Charity Navigator evaluates charities for how efficiently they spend donations (more on charity, less on administration), and where the money goes. I always check them before donating, and they have a lot of charities focused on the LA fires that will do the job
I found out through that reporter that the home my family built in 1882 in Altadena was gone. Like all the other homes that burned because there was no water to fight the fires.I am just disgusted over it.
I didn’t want to be the first to mention it because I’m a car guy I’ve seen a lot of classic cars burned to the ground, including which looked like to me a 300 SL Goldwing Mercedes-Benz as well as numerous other businesses such as 560 SEL’s, SL, as well as numerous priceless looking muscle cars is such a shame😢
When they start the rebuilding process in California, they really need to invest in underground parking with these kind of events in mind. Bearing in mind you wouldn’t want to store your EV’s in them.
I lost my home in the Colorado Marshall Wildfire. My personal vehicle losses are 1969 CJ5 1970 AMC Javelin 1976 K20 Suburban 1943 US military 1/4 ton (jeep) trailer All were in perfect restored condition. I glad my 1944 Willys MB was out in steel building or that would have been lost too.
Lost of life is the saddest part of this whole disaster, next is the irreplaceable personal belongings which classic and collector cars are part of. It was heart wrenching to see footage of some of these cars destroyed.
I chose to live in an area of zero wildfire risk but still built a home to fireproof standards; concrete slab, full brick construction and fully enclosed steel panel roof; despite this, I still have to pay a state fire levy..
@9:00 the car with the suicide doors was a 1939 Buick. the trunk emblem gives it away. the car in front that she called a "coupe" is not a coupe it is a 1948 Oldsmobile "sedanette". the car @9:41 is a 47 - 48 DeSoto, looks like a 64 Pontiac in front of that. @12:04 I see 2 Packard coupes, 1 late 30's 1 early 40's. 1969 Camaro, Willy's Jeep in front of that. 30 or 31 Model A coupe and a 32-34 Ford Truck. I see at least 1 more 40's car in there and parts of something 20's. if he is like anyone I know it was full of tools, machinery, spare parts and Automobilia.
When we needed to evacuate because of forest fire we needed to make a choice. What are we traking with us. No.1 Everything that's alive. No.2 All the paper work we would need if there's a total loss. No. 3 clothes and such. No. 4 My bass gutiar. Then we needed to decide what we would drive. We left a perfect classic car that only had 22,000 kms on it and took the two 15 year old toyotas. Seems like an odd choice but the Grand Le Mans was appraised and fully insured and I needed take care of a lot of displaced people, and the Le Mans wouldn't have worked at all. Fortunately the fire was stopped two streets aways and we suffered no lose. If it happened again I'd do the same thing. You grab what you need to protect your family and their interests.
This is not a forest fire. It’s happening in a residential area. Fire hydrants don’t work when you try to use them all at the same time. Btw more than half the forests in California are on federal land. So if you think we need better forest management, talk to Trump.
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TDS working overtime. I see you bought into Newscums propaganda.Even the fire chief admitted the warnings about the defunding, and empty reservoir.@@craigcampbell1843
I grew up in SoCal. Althrough I live 3000 miles away now....I visit 4-5 weeks a year. I am a car guy and my buddy I visit is a car guy. In fact he has a car at Peterson Museum right now. The state and local Government has failed the citizens of California. In the 60's and 70's we had fires. But fire roads, plenty of fire crews and vehicles and adequate management of the land made them much smaller and controllable. THE GOVERNMENT HAS FAIL MANY MANY PEOPLE in So Cal and entire state. thx
It’s really sad all the beautiful works of art that were lost in the fires. Rare cars, paintings, sculptures, architectural masterpieces. Really sad. A lot of artists and musicians home studios..
At 9 minutes in, I notice all the trees and bushes look fine.
What type of bushfire or wildfire doesn't burn the trees?
@ If the trees are nice and green they have water inside them. Harder to catch fire than the dry grass on the mountains.
@@G-ra-ha-m youre dmb as hell.
@@G-ra-ha-m the type set by Jewish space lasers.
@ So we have melted wheels and glass, but the trees are Ok?
One guy thanked his father for keeping the old oscillating sprinklers from the 1980s in his garage. He put them on the roof of his house and yard and turned the water on when he and his family left. His property was the only one in his neighborhood that survived.
AWSOME
The real sick thing about this is the videos I been seeing of these low life scum being caught on camera lighting fires and the one looting were a firefighter stopped a woman who had stole an Emmy award from a home. I feel for the good people who lost everything.
Low life scum didn't have the ability to melt cars while preserving all the trees.
Look deeper.
That pisses me off so much just hearing that
Yeah she stole it from were John Goodmans house, so that was his only one.
I mean, I feel bad for everyone who has lost so much in this disaster - but lets be honest - if you have an Emmy award & live in one of the best neighborhoods in LA - you are going to be just fine - you probably have several other houses around the place, you probably have AAA+ insurance, people who will take care of everything for you - you are going to be just fine. It's awful that someone is trying to loot what you have left... but you are going to be fine. Focusing on the ultra-wealthy as victims in this is not right when there are so many people who have limited insurance, or no insurance - nowhere to go, no food to eat etc... this will mess up their lives potentially forever - no coming back. It's just bizarre how America worship & identify with the rich and famous so much when there is so much suffering from people just getting by until something like this happens, and then you get the outright poverty going on right under their noses.
@@Beer_Dad1975 Yeah Einstein, they are all rich and have "other houses", derp.
Our house in San Diego burned in 2009. Our neighbors had 40 cars (child's play compared to Hoovie), and the fire department had to save our neighbor from the roadside after he could no longer see the road through the smoke while trying to retrieve his Porsche 356 (they later found it melted into the tarmac).
Hoovie's wildfire plan: Bury the cars.
The D.E.W beams still find them.
Buy only blue color cars😏😉
Im going to push my whole collection into the pool
You handled a tragic situation with empathy & care.
My heart absolutely goes out to everyone affected by the fires, and this of course being a car channel, totally understand the attention being given to the car community there... BUT, world, PLEASE don't forget western North Carolina, particularly the Asheville area, still finding bodies and the remaining damage is epic, it will literally never be the same...
Thank you for mentioning that,they deserve just as much attention as those in CA.
A large amount of people are STILL living in tents out in the elements.
Check the current NC forecast,those conditions can be dangerous.
At least in CA you won’t freeze to death.
The way people from NC have been treating the fire victims online has made me absolutely sick. Every Instagram reel of damage from the fire has hundreds of comments from people just being... evil. I cannot believe the lack of empathy of some people.
are you seriously using a video about wildfires as your platform to complain about floods on the other side of the country? Both are bad, and the federal government's response in NC has largely been a joke, but why comment here about that shit?
We already did it didn't take a wildfire for that. That's how all natural disasters go.
Right! I hate how they talk this much about Cali but nothing about North Carolina
I started building my 1963 classic in June 1984, my long since deceased Father helped me, I first drove it in April 1997, exported it to the USA from London in 2002, it had a small fire in May 2009, I managed to save it, and I am still driving it now, in January 2025, I have very nearly got it perfect now, and cannot imagine how I would feel if I lost it .
Thats amazing keep it up.
A lot of times these old classic cars have SO much sentimental value. Many times their father/son projects or old cars that a deceased family member owned and passed down.
Couldn’t agree more, I have a personal classic car I bought that of course I have memories with but if it was lost to a fire I could replace it. However we have a classic that’s been in the family 4 generations since it was new, that’s irreplaceable.
Then they picked a bad place to garage them as well as live. This was predictable if not when it would occur. California needs to build back better, much better.
A relative of mine lived in Pacific Palisades. His house survived, but nothing around it did. He can't go back because there's no water, no power, nothing.
Hope they’re doing okay! We handle IT for a few residents in the Palisades, and when we heard that some of them lost their homes, we were absolutely devastated.
I hope his house is Ok, in Maui FEMA knocked down isolated remaining houses.
My house burned down 6 years ago. Eventually it will be just something that happened❤ What’s important is they’re here and if they were able to accomplish living there this will just make them stronger
When hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017 the whole island was without electricity and water for months. Yet people were able to make do in the meantime. Like old school washing boards became in demand again to be able to wash clothes.
There was no water during the fires too.
Hard to watch. Last year I lost the best part of my collection to an arsonist. Mostly lower value stuff but still a nice personal collection of about 12 cars and some old tractors and antique farm equipment and a large building I cannot replace. Fire is devastating.
So are the sick arsonist bastards who set fires!
It's heartbreaking, not just for the cars, but the homes and studios destroyed. I have friends in the music and film business who lost vintage instruments.
What's heartbreaking is w/the taxes they pay the mayor & Governor let them down w/not being prepared. Defunding the fire dept 17 million left them w/ no water & few trucks to fight the fire. Law suits are forthcoming
@richardmorris6365 they got what they voted for. Ya, it sucks... 🙄
I appreciate your covering this topic. I have a former California 1930 Cadillac now in the Midwest. I have gone the declared value route. It's a survivor with 23,000 miles. Even if I got the money from a complete loss, it's not replaceable. Worse yet though would be the loss of my 1973 Impala four door sedan. The last car my grandfather owned and the only new car he ever bought. No way to value it.
Comparing a 1930 Cadillac and a 1973 Chevrolet is like comparing Beef Wellington and a McDonalds big mac.
@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 sorry to hear that cars are only valuable to you when money is involved. What beef wellington do you own?
@@NYCS19339 It has nothing to do with MONEY, Sweetheartface. We're talking quality, style, craftsmanship, pride of workmanship, pedigree.
Enjoy your new, little $25 big mac. You've earned it.
PS: Be forewarned, Donald Trump won't be running again, so you'll have to make alternate plans for your next dictator.
The Impala is not replaceable
@kevinbodman1011 inside the glove box is a box of cigarettes my grandfather opened and never finished because his doctor told him to stop and so he left it in there because he figured it would be stale and bad if he ever got the urge. He never touched them for another 25 years. Window sticker folded up is in there too.
My biggest fear from an automotive standpoint was losing Jay Leno’s collection.
He's on the other side of SFV.
@ good to know thanks
Yah but I'm sure he has fire mitigation plans. No way he hasn't thought it thru years ago. It helps he has actual warehouses as commercial space often has fewer points of failure than someone's garage.
He owns a bunch of hangars at the Burbank airport. He’s a lot better protected than most.
His collection is the least of your worries .. he would have a game plan and some
I lost my 1972 Volvo 1800ES in the Eaton Fire here in LA a few weeks ago. It was parked in my garage which burned to the ground. My heart is broken as I truly loved that car.
The clip you showed of the woman showcasing the burned cars in the driveway is near my home. I used to drive past that house all the time to see what different classics were sitting out being worked on or driven.
I live here. A couple of customers lost their car collections. Amazing cars historical pieces gone forever. If there is ever time you can help then please do. These are customers who have given many cars to Peterson Museum. D. Kavanagh Motors. Since 1958...
April and Tyler I’m out of Sacramento and the first time we had the huge fire up here northern California. You’d think that our state would wake up, I am beyond pissed at this situation, luckily Jay Leno and his car collection are OK currently kudos to Jay for getting out there serving food.
My buddy in Santa Monica had to evacuate, fortunately his house ended up being ok. He drove his McLaren to a friends house where he stayed during the evacuations.
If he has a McLaren, couldn't he just drive to one of his other 4 houses?
In the NSW Australia bush fires a few years back, farmers were parking cars & machinery in the middle of paddocks so the firefighters could see and defend them, much safer than hidden in a burning shed.
Videos of Australian fires are the only thing my brain can compare to videos of these LA fires... Not the setting, but the insane wind speeds, fire ember spread, and quick burnover for vegetation/thick trees but not anything man-made from wood or vehicles going up... Watching Aussie Wildfire crews record their un escapable burnovers are nightmare fuel! Those videos have also made me wonder why more North American brush trucks/engines aren't equipped with Australian burnover protection and sprayers with protected pumps/tanks just for that exact possibility... I've seen a handful of similar setups in the US, but not many, even in fast burn grass fuel flatland terrain! Not much help in large mountain timber fires, but they usually bulldoze or burn emergency shelter deployment/escape areas in those places where a fire could potentially jump and cut you off without any fast enough escape routes, and in those clearings I'd sure rather have an Aussie spec burnover setup protecting me vs a baked potato tent... 🤷♂️ I guess it'll take a few more tragedies due to record breaking wild fires before we implement more of those crew safety systems in the USA 😒 (Not sure about Canada, although many of their big fires don't have much road or trail access to begin with I guess 🤷♂️) 👍
So sad. My very best wishes to anyone who suffered in this terrible disaster.
Good Job Tyler and April finding a few uplifting videos in this tragic story/situation... !!!
Very generous of you to donate the proceeds of your video.
Had a shop fire in 1995 and lost several collector cars, bikes, snowmobiles, boat etc. totally sickening feeling. The time to figure out whether you have your insurance setup right is BEFORE the disaster.
Smart folks that moved their cars to McDonald's Parking lot. As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
The bigger the lot the better. Something like Wal-mart or costco would be ideal
@Doctors_TARDIS That would have been my choice as well. Or a Private Paid Lot. Any big place open 24/7/364. Suck to have your car towed from Micky D's! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
Thanks for doing these. Its been an nice addition to the car community.
I lost everything in the Halloween Flood of 1998. I lived in Augusta, KS just 17 miles east of Wichita. I lost my house (a 1973 trailer I bought from a friend for $4,000) my grandpa's 1969 C-10 Chevy truck, my 1992 Mustang LX hatchback. 5 feet of water submerged everything and half of the city. It was bad. FEMA gave me $15,000 to replace everything. I can't replace that truck. It's like your grandma's Mercedes. So many memories lost forever. I feel for all those people who lost everything in the fires. It's the worst thing ever except for dying.
I used to live in Malibu and own a Testarossa. During one fire Tommy Lee brought his hotrod over and parked in front of my house, knowing that as a car guy I would do everything I could to protect his "baby"
Sure, bro.
@@donmynack I don't understand your post - you don't believe me?
That is the most Malibu story ever
@@patrickperry9690 Uh, nope.
@@patrickperry9690jealousy runs rampant in our world. I believe u
I just bought the cheapest burned down McLaren in the world. Let's see what the car wizard says
You meant Tavarish ?🤔😂
The reporter said she came from a "car family". In her other live video report her cameraman identified the Ranchero in the background. But it was truly heart-wrenching watching that poor guy as the fire crept up towards his invaluable collection. Just awful. Can't imagine being in that situation. Thanks for the video and the donation link.
Kudos to Tyler for prioritizing his 500 SL. Yup, can't replace memories. Respect.
This was the hardest & saddest video that I've watched on either April's & Hoovies Garage seeing burnt out cars which were the pride and joy of someone.
I send my thoughts and prayers 🙏 to those affected not the cars but those who have lost Family, Friends, Homes, Business and Jobs.
Russ from England 🙏
Not Just the Cars
To too many Californians, their cars are their family! Don't be so judgmental of people who have differing priorities. Their losses are just as immeasurable.
I live a county over and wasn't directly affected, but on this topic, a lot of areas around LA with higher-end neighborhoods and accordingly higher-end cars tend to be in the foothills and canyons where the fire risk (and mudslides afterwards) is higher, so unfortunately this tends to happen.
Happy Sunday and always excited about a new episode
The law here in Michigan used to be if you weren't happy with the payout the insurance company would have to replace your car with a car just like yours in the same condition.
Thank you for posting this thoughtful, compassionate and beautiful video.
Nice one you 2...sensitive and sensible
That news lady/person at 8:40 really knows cars! I don't have a clue what any of those used to be, and she's listing them off one after another.
What great reporting. Brilliant work Amanda.
The car I really miss is the Norman Timbs Special. It was destroyed in the 2018 Wolsey fire in Malibu. UA-cam videos on this remarkable mobile sculpture are worth a watch.
I thought it had been restored after the fire ?
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That was a unbelievable beauty. All handmade!
It's truly sad, and I feel for everyone who lost so much. But nothing is worth your life and life is the most important thing.
In the Malibu fires a friend lost a lot of WW2 restored vehicles his house and cabin he had built a lot of those cars melted
Wow, made it through wartime only to die stateside in peace time
I'm glad you covered this. I haven't seen a whole lot of pictures or video of the aftermath with the cars. Especially the older collectible cars
And uh, I'm just at a loss for words. I have no words to describe that. I mean to me a fire is probably one of the most devastating things that can happen to a person but I totally understand what you all are, we're talking about. The depromotional connections to a vehicle. Because maybe it belonged to a family member or or a friend that's no longer with us. It's really, really hard, and you know it's the same thing that can happen whether you You know, you're talking about a tornado or a flood or a hurricane? I think maybe a a hurricane or a flood you have something of a chance there too. Rebuild the car back, even maybe with a tornade there is something of a chance, but with a fire.If it's really intense there's not much chance of bringing that back
Thanks for donating
I too, in addition to the loss of life and important objects, am heartbroken when I think of the loss of special cars and classics . My heart breaks at the thought of all the paintings and sculptures that are lost too.,.some unknown others not yet discovered. So so sad.😢
Thanks hoovie and April! Winds are picking up again tommorow 34 mph with gust up to 70mph 😮
I’m so sorry for your loss your loss, that was a nice car, at least you have the rest of your collection, my condolences
The reporter was indeed professional and compassionate in how she highlighted the values and the memories. Many people outside the car culture just don't understand how much some vehicle mean to their owners. The "It's just a car" types that pour money in to Games or Jewelry or old wooden furniture or whatever they see as valuable and then redicule cars as being collectable.
Speaking of collections, was Jay Leno's anywhere near the fires? Place like Airports and Sports Stadiums with wide open spaces could easily be refuges from fires for classics, along with being emergency camp grounds for those affected.
Edit: comments below answer the question on Leno's collection.
I can see the headline now. ‘Space that could have been used to house evacuees from the fires instead used to store the car collections of the wealthy and powerful’
One of the lucky ones in Altadena I moved my classic to the Arco on Lake it made it out the house not so much
Suggest you add a fire suppression system to your garage. At least in parking areas.
Most of those cars can't be replaced
Great couple! Great channel! Great video!
Same thing happened in the paradise fire. A year afterwards we put on a show that displayed some of the burned vehicles. We also had a smaller version of the Honey Run covered bridge that people could walk through. We had different classics before pictures that were lost in the fire on display inside and outside of the cover bridge.
No need to worry, Czar Newsom will take care of everything!
Our hearts and prayers go out to anyone affected by the fires 😢
Ya watched my house burn 2 the ground.3 years ago.still fall asleep and wake up thinking about it
Well done, April and Tyler. Nice gesture to donate video revenue towards the fire disaster relief.
Hoovie looking at that reporter like April looks at Daddy Doug
Interesting to note. As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
Some ( most) people knew several days before and they still left their valuables behind , on thecother hand the insurance company ceo might have canceled the fire cover, BUT they will never appear again without a million dollar a year securety and 24 /7 bullet proof vests
I was coming back from Mount Hope yesterday and there was what looked like a very nice 70 Chevelle SS at the side of K96 with the hood up and a fire truck there spraying it down. Not as bad as losing an entire collection along with your house but I felt real bad for the guy.
Do not see burnt down tents
non collectors insurance Company : Claim Denied - prior condition- lugi
I have owned my Ford Cortina Mk3 for 49 years, so can appreciate how attached to a car you can become, so many memories of driving to TV and Film Studios, and Location filming over the years, I bought it when I was just 12 years old, (with the help of my Parents), as it cost £1,575, and I only had £900 in my bank account at the time, then had to wait 5 years to pass my driving test at 17,
It was used every day for 25 years, then unused for 12,, and I have spent 13 years restoring it back to 100% rust free as brand new concourse condition, costing £47,000, so far, To think some California owners will have done similar, and had cars reduced to a burnt out hell, is heart braking, but hopefully they can save the cars, like I did mine which rusted to an extreme state in the 12 years it sat unused, (as the videos on her restoration show) all they need is love, time and a passion to save them, plus the cash to restore them of course, .
The molten aluminum is what's left of the rims.
Thank you April
Been saying it for over 50 yrs...there are way too many reasons I dont live in Kalifornia! I have had lots of friends from every part of that state move here to Georgia & they couldnt be happier
Lahaina had the same treatment..
I backed into that gull wing with my Kia Rio in that McDonald's parking lot. Sorry, dude.
Went through the the new years 2019/2020 eve fires in Australia and lost some collectable vehicles thankfully by just luck ( a wind change) I didnt lose my home. it is a terrible feeling watching all around you burn and not able to do anything to save it, only in the gods hands. I was a lucky one. My heart goes out to those that are effected by these fires especially those that lost their loved ones. I lost 2 friends. You can loose property but you cant replace life. 😥
I wish the people of western North Carolina got this type of attention and support. Raising money for poor people though doesn’t get you as much attention. Can you post a link to help them? Closer to Kansas than California.
Exactly
They did.
@ no they didn’t. What video?
@@Localtraveler2376 you mean you meant specifically from Tyler and April? Lol. Ok. You got me then. Lol
@ are you trying to tell me the floods in NC have gotten close to the attention and aid as the fires in LA. It’s not even close. Same amount of people effected.
I'd poo my pants if I seen a 300 Gullwing sitting in a McDonalds parking lot surrounded by those other crazy cars. I'd also become private security for the vehicles. Protect at all cost!
Living that California paradise Dream! I'll stick with my snow...
Oops! Please don't say "Paradise". That's a California town that in 2018 lost a massive number of collector cars, from a 1930 Model A to a set of three restored Edsel convertibles.
I'm always so skeptical about donating to Charities that I haven't researched thoroughly. Especially to a lot of very wealthy people in California, obviously not all of them that lost things are wealthy. But after I researched the ASPCA animal foundation and figure it out that hardly any of the money actually went to the animals and what it went to was actually euthanizing the animals. 95% of the money was going to fund the owners and employees salaries and building new buildings and buying new properties and just expanding their "non-profit" business.
Charity Navigator evaluates charities for how efficiently they spend donations (more on charity, less on administration), and where the money goes. I always check them before donating, and they have a lot of charities focused on the LA fires that will do the job
Didn't ask
Never give Red Cross one dime.
@@dc6233 Oh, for real, what is their Hustle?
@jakethesnake4971 they sell blood to vampires..
I found out through that reporter that the home my family built in 1882 in Altadena was gone. Like all the other homes that burned because there was no water to fight the fires.I am just disgusted over it.
The guy filming his house burning managed to save the 2 cars and got a beer and toasted the C10 and then watched it burn as he couldn't get it out.
This is a great channel gang. Spread the word and let’s get April to 250K subscribers by this time 2026.
I’m in the disaster area with the guard and today I saw a 62-+ corvette stingray just Charred beyond recognition this whole disaster has been horrible
Hm... Corvettes are made of fiberglass, so yes, it would be "charred beyond recognition". Question is, how could you tell it was a 1962 Corvette?
I didn’t want to be the first to mention it because I’m a car guy I’ve seen a lot of classic cars burned to the ground, including which looked like to me a 300 SL Goldwing Mercedes-Benz as well as numerous other businesses such as 560 SEL’s, SL, as well as numerous priceless looking muscle cars is such a shame😢
When they start the rebuilding process in California, they really need to invest in underground parking with these kind of events in mind. Bearing in mind you wouldn’t want to store your EV’s in them.
Then we will have to worry about earthquake burying the cars!
Great episode today.. donate
One thing I have learned in my time on this planet -- NEVER get attached to your vehicles......
Great video
Thanks
I love that grandma SL is more valuable to Hoovie than the Bugatti
I lost my home in the Colorado Marshall Wildfire. My personal vehicle losses are
1969 CJ5
1970 AMC Javelin
1976 K20 Suburban
1943 US military 1/4 ton (jeep) trailer
All were in perfect restored condition.
I glad my 1944 Willys MB was out in steel building or that would have been lost too.
That Tacoma gets the Clarkson award.
For the love of all things holy, buy the girl her GNX.
Lost of life is the saddest part of this whole disaster, next is the irreplaceable personal belongings which classic and collector cars are part of. It was heart wrenching to see footage of some of these cars destroyed.
Didn't people see this coming? Anything valuable and portable could have been removed long before the fires got to anybody's home.
Probably expected fire hydrants to err have water when needed.
I chose to live in an area of zero wildfire risk but still built a home to fireproof standards; concrete slab, full brick construction and fully enclosed steel panel roof; despite this, I still have to pay a state fire levy..
Adam Carolla’s Paul Newman’s collection is safe moved to Reno
@9:00 the car with the suicide doors was a 1939 Buick. the trunk emblem gives it away. the car in front that she called a "coupe" is not a coupe it is a 1948 Oldsmobile "sedanette". the car @9:41 is a 47 - 48 DeSoto, looks like a 64 Pontiac in front of that.
@12:04 I see 2 Packard coupes, 1 late 30's 1 early 40's. 1969 Camaro, Willy's Jeep in front of that. 30 or 31 Model A coupe and a 32-34 Ford Truck. I see at least 1 more 40's car in there and parts of something 20's. if he is like anyone I know it was full of tools, machinery, spare parts and Automobilia.
9:12 oh my god my heart sank when I saw this 😞 nooooo there's no replacing these. this is terrible.
When we needed to evacuate because of forest fire we needed to make a choice. What are we traking with us. No.1 Everything that's alive. No.2 All the paper work we would need if there's a total loss. No. 3 clothes and such. No. 4 My bass gutiar. Then we needed to decide what we would drive. We left a perfect classic car that only had 22,000 kms on it and took the two 15 year old toyotas. Seems like an odd choice but the Grand Le Mans was appraised and fully insured and I needed take care of a lot of displaced people, and the Le Mans wouldn't have worked at all. Fortunately the fire was stopped two streets aways and we suffered no lose. If it happened again I'd do the same thing. You grab what you need to protect your family and their interests.
My heart goes out to the poor people of the *Pacific Palisades,* especially the Hollywood celebrities.
And on the other side of the coin, the value of some collections just increased.
Everyone but Newsome saw waiting to happen. He never understood the importance of having water and controlling under brush.
This is not a forest fire. It’s happening in a residential area. Fire hydrants don’t work when you try to use them all at the same time. Btw more than half the forests in California are on federal land. So if you think we need better forest management, talk to Trump.
TDS working overtime. I see you bought into Newscums propaganda.Even the fire chief admitted the warnings about the defunding, and empty reservoir.@@craigcampbell1843
The only thing Newsom sees as important is himself. He had better never be POTUS, I hope this disaster sealed the deal.
If I had that Tacoma, I’d keep it just how it is. Patina!
Dam, hoovie stepping up!!!! Nice
Someone once said - “Thou art dust and unto dust thou shall return.”
Ashes to ashes, rust to rust.
I grew up in SoCal.
Althrough I live 3000 miles away now....I visit 4-5 weeks a year. I am a car guy and my buddy I visit is a car guy. In fact he has a car at Peterson Museum right now.
The state and local Government has failed the citizens of California. In the 60's and 70's we had fires. But fire roads, plenty of fire crews and vehicles and adequate management of the land made them much smaller and controllable. THE GOVERNMENT HAS FAIL MANY MANY PEOPLE in So Cal and entire state. thx
Climate change
@@BabyJesus66so you making stupid comments isn't a one-off thing they're all stupid. 😂
2% of average rainfall this year.
@linusa2996 yep May. Still the action or lack of them by stat and local make a huge impact.
@@BabyJesus66 Agreed......Hoax's
Model 3 does not have a biohazard mode. It does not have the HEPA filter needed for that. Only the larger models have that.