I’ve followed and subscribed to you for over a decade Philip. Why are you quoting Libs of Tik Tok like they’re a legitimate source for political opinions? She’s literally just a bigot spewing hate speech.
I believe Trump is the antichrist. If I'm right (and he matches the Bible's description of the antichrist to a T), you ain't seen nothin' yet. Ricki Lake even called these fires apocalyptic.
@@epicfailure210 he said they’re an example of someone pushing a big narrative that he then debunked immediately after. It’s like if he were to cover Trump and his tweets, it’s not that he’s a trustworthy source, it’s that he’s pushing a narrative and that’s what’s being covered. There are enough hateful ppl who back these narratives as you can tell by the engagement numbers, it doesn’t have to be an accurate depiction of ‘political opinions’.
The hospital story is literally what happens when the medical system is run like a business. Why can we not learn that not everything should be run like a business!
Yep! The good old For-Profit business model. Leaves people wide open to get scammed out of even more money. So happy to live in Canada. We aren't perfect, but I'll take it!
It is interesting to learn about the emergency alert system. As someone who lives on the border of Los Angeles and Orange County and is not in the path of the current fires, I was not irritated when I received an unintentional evacuation alert today. It spread throughout the county. I'd rather get a text that means nothing to me than not receive one from someone who does.
I'm glad it didn't ruin your day! I had at least a couple friends closer to the fires but still not near the warning areas who received the message and got VERY worried that the threat had suddenly increased dramatically, relieved an hour or two later to find it was sent accidentally.
Yes, but they're slashing the budget from all the wrong spots while adding to the budget to all the wrong ones. Go look at the budget difference between cops and everything else.
@JoybuzzerX and if they cut the police budget, then someone gets killed, people have the same question. Cutting the budget is always a loss to something
@NathanielSnow that budget is so much of the total budget it's just cops excuse for failing at their jobs or politicians excuse for happening. Move some of the budget to helping people and those people won't commit crimes.
There's also always another side to the story. Raise taxes and make the budget larger to accommodate the necessary parts of it. If you slash the budget you get rid of stuff that's mostly necessary, if you raise taxes you have more wiggle room for situations like this.
Thank you for including the footage of the wind blowing the embers. I ‘thought’ I pictured hurricane force winds spreading the fire, but wow! That video really brought understanding.
Don't ever underestimate fire. If they tell you to evacuate do it ASAP. Fire will outrun your car, it will jump roads and have the next streets ablaze before you get there. Those "embers" you hear about aren't just a few glowing hot bits, mixed with wind they are literally a blowtorch that ignite anything they touch. Don't wait for the fire to hit your street before you leave, by then it's too late. Source- an Australian that lives in the bush.
But when your fire insurance is canceled before the fire you have no choice but to defend your property. Screw the Californian government for how they handle this.
They also have a bunch of blue gums over there, I don’t know if they understand how incredibly flammable they are. If you’re in a fire prone area, eucalyptus is a reeeeeally bad species to introduce. They probably already are, but consulting Australian firefighters would probably be a good idea. There’s no conspiracy here! Fire needs fuel and wind, it loves to go up hill like a freight train! California, It’s dry, it’s hilly, there’s high winds and a fuck tonne of fuel including eucalyptus which is incredibly flammable. Australia performs controlled burns before fire season, reduce the fuel, reduce the fire.
Insurance companies dropping fire insurance pretty much garuntees that land developers will scoop up the property for Pennie’s on the dollar afterwards.
As predatory insurance companies are, It's really not unreasonable for them to refuse to cover fires in a fire zone. It's like refusing to cover a pack a day smoker for lung cancer...
@@jasonbeatty831 Why? It's not like they were uninsured previously. They can no longer provide a service that they used to... And it was kind of insane that they did to begin with.
The fact that you posted the segment about the alert system like an hour before they sent out an alert to evacuate to all of LA by accident is crazy. I had my cat in the carrier and was about to rush out the door by the time they sent out the false alarm alert over 10 minutes later.
You got a false alarm alert? I got the accidental evacuation alert but never got a false alarm alert. I had to reach out to a friend that has spent years monitoring SoCal's wildfires since he does wildfire photography to find out more about why I ended up getting the alert when I wasn't close enough to the fires to need to evacuate. I only knew it was an accidental false alarm because he let me know it was.
@@MsDarkness1313 Yeah I did, but I just checked and they were over 20 minutes apart. I am sure some people had already gotten out by the time they sent the correction.
Great Fire of London vibes As an Australian who has weathered through my fair share of insane fires especially the 2019 - 2020 apocalyptic fire season, I extend my deepest empathy to everyone living through this. Please stay safe and I can only hope recovery will go smoothly for as many of you as possible. I'm sorry, I knowhow scary it is when you wake up thinking you've been teleported into an old sepia-tone photo
just to add (as another australian) atleast the mayor was already out of town before the fires unlike sc*mo who left for hawaii when the fires were already started.
I grew up in SoCal in the 80's and 90's and I remember there was a running gag going that California has four seasons: floods, fires, earthquakes and riots. Thirty years later and it's still basically true.
People are saying that it already feels like hell only 10 days into 2025 but when in reality we're actually 3,296 days into 2016... And that makes more sense to me.
My cousin's house burned down in the fires and had to leave with whatever he could just throw in his car. If you live anywhere near somewhere that gets wildfires, make an evacuation plan. Make a go bag, keep important documents in a portable file folder, and keep your gas tank at half a tank at least in case you need to leave in a hurry
I’m so sorry for your brother. Best advice my grandfather gave me: always stay on the top 3/4 of the tank in case you have to go go go. Most summers we have to keep ready to evacuate for forest fires, and you said exactly what needs to be said. Thank you for the good advice, everyone should hear this. Again, my heart goes out to your family.
Thank you for covering Dr. Perwaiz. He’s ruined so many people’s lives here. This needed more eyes on it. He’s a monster and it sickens me Chesapeake regional was allegedly in on it.
It's so insane that he was allowed to get away with this. I've been on Medicaid and I can't imagine what I would do if I was sterilized to line a doctors pockets. I hope the hospital system gets taken to the cleaners. I don't think this shit happens in countries with Universal Health Care.
This "doctor" made a career out of harming patients and institutiinalizing fraud. It's insane what people will do for money. This behavior is an inevitable consequence of a privatized Healthcare system.
What's bizarre to me is that in Montana we have a similar story happening about an oncologist who would diagnose people with cancer and then charge them for radiation treatment. It also looks to be supported by hospital higher ups. A pattern in showing up here
@@AmarettoKittenMedicaid is such a joke. I hope you are doing ok. My mother was on it and it seemed to be more of a hassle than help. Tbh I'm not really a fan of alot of the social programs. Some might call me a "bootstrap" person, but health care is one thing I believe, no, I know is something everybody should have access to no questions asked. Good luck and I pray that everything works out for you and everyone else who's dealing with medical issues and the financial problems that come along with it. ❤
6:50 "But to be very clear, it wasn't just conservatives who have been critical of the city and State's leadership [...] Ana Kasparian for example being heavily critical..." Ok, so conservatives. Why does Phil keep quoting her as a left wing voice? She's been bought and sold and is fully a right wing agitator now. For like, most of a year now at least. Phil, update your notes man, stop Dem-washing her.
Shout outs to Canada 🇨🇦! Coming in to help put out fires, even after being threatened by Trump. It really shows their true character. Reminds me of that time on 9/11 when a whole small Canadian town took in stranded travellers. Canadians really are great neighbors.
Everything has an agenda now. The political powers want that to be the case so the culture war never stops. Class war can’t start when the culture war never stops.
it is a means of getting people angry, and angry people don't think clearly. it can also be used to try and distract people from things being done that would end up being harmful for them, but they wouldn't know until its too late.
Chesapeake woman here who went to that hospital multiple times for ovarian cyst issues. Absolutely insane to see this, shared the article to all the women I know. This is another sign to always get a second opinion if you have the ability to do so.
You've got high winds and cold and snow and ice on the East Coast and then you've got huge, dry, hot, ashy fires with high winds on the west coast. Literally fire and ice.
As an Australian who has seen bushfires, cyclones and floods, Conventional and previous experiences count for nought. Staying in place just isnt what it used to mean and getting out is the only chance to survive. The climate shift is rampant and does not discriminate… stay safe everyone and heed those warnings!
A rant by Anna Kasparian about how this is the fault of the mayor for not predicting when the fire would happen, and not shoving the homeless into the sea isn't really a strong showing of "It wasn't just Conservatives criticizing"
I had to evacuate last night from the Sunset Fire, we were just a couple blocks away from the evacuation order so we didn't want to take a risk by waiting. We were able to come home this morning but what an exhausting and scary experience. We just grabbed a backpack, threw our documents in there and dipped. Pray for us yall and pray for the fire fighters who are giving it their all.
During this past summer /wildfire season in Canada, there was this weird theory about blue-coloured items not burning. The image of a blue street sign in a burned-up Jasper had people losing their minds. However, the street sign was made of metal and hung over a paved road, therefore the sign was not exposed to fire. I am concerned by these easily debunked conspiracies. Our society just keeps getting stupider.
A lot of primed people who want to believe the craziest possibility instead of being curious to find out why that thing happened. Its one of the signs that our world is screwed
More people they are that uneducated even basic facts the easier it is spread misinformation which why USA has so many stupid people due how poor public schools (both in teaching and funding) are. Government clear doesn’t care for it people which why conspiracy like rich intentional setting fire is so wide spread. There both lack trust and information which anyone can take advantage of. Why is probably rich is hoarding water (since they private water in California) they not intentionally blocking life saving water from rich fire trucks as most likely automatically sealing system was created to prevent price lost from people over using limited water.
As someone who lived in Paradise when the camp fire happened I never got an alert of any kind to evacuate. I remember calling my friends and family to ask if I should evacuate because I didn't know how severe the fire was. It resulted in me evacuating late and having to drive within feet of the fire to get out of the area. There NEEDS to be a way to inform everyone in a given area about the dangerous situation they are in so they can, hopefully, make the right call to evacuate.
Sounds like certain areas could benefit from a fire siren, like a tornado siren. A way to warn everyone in an area quickly about the danger to come and the need to evacute. I guess the major pitfall for sirens is that deaf people would not be warned. But really, there should be multiple warning attempts through different avenues, so the maximum number of people can be reached no matter their life circumstances.
It's been said about sovereign citizens, but I'll say it about Right Wing Libertarian movements as a whole. "Taxation is Theft" is a declaration of wanting to remove one's self from society just enough to not be beholden to it's laws, but also still within it enough to take advantage of the things it provides. It's trying to have your cake, and trying to eat it, too.
Exactly. I've proposed this as a joke with my friends for years, but I honestly think that if every citizen received access to public services based on the percentage of their wages or net worth or whatever else they gave to taxes, we'd see a lot more of them. You could feel free to opt out, but oops no more roads or hospitals or police or firefighters for you. Obviously this can't work in practice, but it's interesting to think about.
The amount of rage I feel at people shooting their mouths off - spreading misinformation or conspiracy theories, blaming people fleeing for their lives - makes me want to scream. These fires are destroying entire lives and some folks can’t pull together a scrap of empathy.
Amala epbunoki has done a great video on the fire and how it's gotten as bad as it has is clear. Phil DeFranco left out information in his previous video about this subject.
However evil their views on this are, this is entirely a you problem. YOU are letting your mood get ruined by what others say. Why?? Focus on whats important to you and drown out all the other conspiracy nonsense. You dictate your feed and your mood
what really gets me going the amount religious nutcases going "Hollywood is EVIL this is GOD'S PLAN." Big Man would send all yall downstairs for that ish. fr.
@@rishabh5750 Why? Because it’s my neighborhood burning to ashes. Because it’s my friends losing their homes and businesses, and neighbors scrambling to flee for their lives. And whenever I open social media, there are loudmouths shooting off about how they’re hiding bodies at Duke’s, or how Palisades deserves to burn, or whose fault it is. You don’t fucking tell me how to process this level of helplessness in the face of losing everything.
You should talk about how Richmond, the capital of Virginia, has been without water since Monday after getting maybe two inches of snow. We have been flushing toilets with melted snow and having to search for water in stores or hope the water pickup points the city setup still have water
Politicians using the fires to attack and demonize opponents is so frustrating. Maybe wait until the fires stop burning to start the blame game. I seriously doubt that LAFD could’ve stopped the fire a year ago, not at their fault but due to the scale of the disaster. I’m all for more funding towards disaster preventions, but at least pretend to care about the firefighters, lives, and homes, rather than trying to score against your political rivals.
Actually they could have, California in general could have done so much to maybe not stop all the fires in the last decade but hamper them..lot of failures everywhere.....stopped controlled burning for one.....even the natives understood that needed to be done every few years
@@thecrackin-u8p Not saying that there weren’t preventative measures that could’ve helped prevent the current situation, but that it’s absurd for people to suggest that if this fire happened last year (before the budget cuts) that there’d by any notable difference. We should be focused on what change we can make in the present and future rather than pretending that an extra $17M would have prevented everything.
but your describing what politicians need to do , they need to capitilise on this type of events , they always do and will continue to do as its effective.
that emergency alert story was well timed, on thursday someone sent an alert to every cell in l.a. county. i live in diamond bar which is in the southeast corner of l.a. county [one town south is orange and two towns east is san bernardino county] so i am pretty safe from the fires. luckily we got a notification alerting us we don't need to evacuate just minutes later, just crazy phil released the story the day i experienced a screw-up.😂
I work in drinking water regulations. And typically, especially in cities, fire hydrant water is coming from the drinking water system. Drinking water can only be produced so fast, what’s needed is increased storage. I’m not familiar with this system in particular, but it sounds like the issue was they didn’t have an over abundance of storage tanks, therefore they couldn’t keep up with the demand.
gavin newsom diverted the water back into the ocean. that’s why reservoirs were empty. the land in the hills could’ve been green but it’s all dry thanks to democrat policies.
Also, we can’t always just have an over abundance of storage. This can cause other issues with stagnant water, such as disinfectant by product issues. It’s a balance. I don’t know if this could have been prepared for better or not but that’s what it sounds like the issue was.
I think the issue is two fold. It's not just the availability of treated water, it's also the elevation. The tanks in the hills are used to maintain water pressure through gravity but the water needs to be pumped up there.
Oh they had the tanks, firefighters emptied them and the problem is the pumps to the reservoirs can't keep up with having every firetruck in Los Angeles pulling water from the same section. System never was designed to have a firetruck at every hydrant pulling water at the same time.
@ Unless there were electrical issues with their pump stations it shouldn’t have been an issue. Systems have emergency procedures to provide generators or have generators onsite in the event of an emergency to keep pumps going. If that got interrupted then yes that could have also played a factor. But you still need treated drinking water to pump up there.
I had to evac from the Hollywood hills fire, it was scary, but I'm glad it was contained and put out within 12 hours. Check in on your love ones in the areas and in general, you never know when disaster strikes.
Re: WEA story: holy sh*t Phil. This is part of my day job. I’ve actually met Dr Sutton and her team and participated in the program and training. Thank you for talking about this. The relationship between FEMA, state and local governments is fraught. I could go on about this for eons. But please people, take the time to find out your local emergency management agencies and know that when sh*t is hitting the fan, people set aside their politics and just get out there to help folks. It’s one of the reasons I love my job so much.
6:52 "it wasn't just conservatives" then quotes Ana Kasparian, a person who has been pushing right wing talking points for the past year or two. It's a sample size of conservatives or diet conservatives. Not the wide selection of differing views as it might seem. I understand that people don't keep up with TYT anymore, but anybody who has would find her Ana parroting republicans not the least bit surprising.
Glad someone else noticed this, honestly surprised that it isn’t common knowledge how much she’s switched. (If you even tangentially touch the political side of UA-cam.)
"wah wah anyone who doesn't follow my cult like beliefs is a conservative wah wah" God forbid someone isn't part of any side This is why you guys lost...
Left and right just two sides to the same coin. Y'all are all contributing to the problems. It's supposed to be Americans vs rich/other countries but we're to dumb and stubborn to make that happen. My parents came to America to live the dream but the citizens make that impossible. Not the politicians, the citizens.
"pushing right wing talking points" translation: just being honest and holding her govt and party accountable on all fronts instead of ass kissing anyone that has a D after their name for no reason. anyone that lacks the courage to hold their own govt accountable regardless of politics is a total coward and is part of the reason our govt consistently fails us. you're willing to defend anything, no matter how awful, as long as it's "your perceived side". you've been conned into thinking that's a smart move. there are no sides except regular people VS corrupt govt and greed addled mega corporations. that's it. she's 100% correct. LA country funneled tens of millions into fraudulent homeless "charities" that do nothing for the homeless population while paying their own boards of trustees massive salaries to do absolutely nothing - the vast majority of these funds are pocketed or hoarded in the charity's investment accounts until they can legally be funneled out over time. this fraudulent spending was even increased during the last budget cycle, but fire prevention and emergency response got cut. emergency first responders budget got cut. they chose to spend in stupid, fraudulent places for moral appearances whilst cutting $17 million+ from life essential services. she's watching millions of people around her in Cali just sobbing in public from losing everything while fearing for their lives, so her anger is totally understandable. I'd be furious as well. they chose to defund police, and first responders for political reasons while blowing millions on fraudulent scams for appearances, leading to massive crime and now massive suffering and loss. everyone should grow a backbone and start holding the entirety of their govt accountable.
I live in SoCal. This is so frustrating. Complete and utter incompetence. This could have been mitigated with better infastructure and so many other problems that have been compounding.
@@MalefaxTheBlackCalifornia is a food producer... If we don't do that where does the LAFD get their $820 million from to fight fires. Where would the money come from to pump even more water from the North to the desert..... Not like we have drought up here in Nor Cal or anything.. not like we haven't been on fire before 🙄
I'm Australian, and much like California, we have a fire season. It breaks my heart to see those impacted in LA the same as it does when it happens here. However, what's worse is that at least here there's a unified response, and we don't have this political finger pointing while people lose everything from property to homes to lives and loved ones. Like California, we've also experienced the horror of more intense fires, more widespread fires, and increasingly fires starting outside the fire season. During climate change, the wet gets wetter, and the dry gets drier, and unfortunately, that means areas prone to drought or arid weather end up with more and more fires. The biggest differences between us unfortunately means more pain for Californians as: 1. Australian cities and towns have lower populations and urban density, meaning an overall lower cost (even if the individual cost is still equally bad). And 2. Australian fire services have been funded and refined for decades, including top funding for real-time fire spreading algorithms/prediction models and decent consistent alert systems - these are not just locally and state funded but federally funded. Ultimately, shame on any politician that, instead of pledging assistance and heart-felt empathy to the victims, turned around and throws mud at their opponents in the hopes of gaining support, money or political capital. They are the ones who should experience the pain and loss that these sorts of fires bring.
Ok, I know it has nothing to do with really anything, but I live in NE Wisconsin and when I was a kid, going smelt fishing was a yearly tradition. You would use nets to catch them at night, and watching the moonlight reflect off the thousands of tiny fish flipping around in the nets was a magical sight. The smelt population collapsed here years ago, and it's sad to hear about it happening other places
Well, now that Perwaiz has been outed as a quack doctor who scammed and harmed his patients, I'm sure he'll have a wonderful career transitioning into a United Healthcare medical expert.
Hi phill! Been a long time viewer for the last 8 years and now every lunch you are present for me. I completely understand if this is out of pocket and i apologize so please disregard this message. I would like to ask you if you can please talk about the raid in Bakersfield California and LA this is devastating and not enough coverage has been provided to the community because of the devastating fires. It’s just that I feel like this is being dismissed because of it and more people should talk about. If you read this thank you for your time and if I disrespect your boundaries I’m very sorry. Thank you for your time
EMT in LA here to say that Joe Rogan is saying something that all of EMS/ SOCAL Fire has known for years. It’s not some genius prediction, we’ve been expecting it as a community in large for a long time now
My mom was also induced a few days ahead of time just so the doctor could go on her vacation without worry. We were livid. My brother came out black and blue, and we dont know what kind of long-term effects he could have. He later on had many health issues, including childhood arthritis. She wasn't supposed to be induced until Sunday night but the doctor made it happen on Thursday night and it wasn't happening fast enough so she sped it up because she didn't want it to go past friday (and this was in canada).
I’m so sorry your brother has suffered health issues, but a 3 day difference is not life threatening. An “early induction” is by 1+ weeks. Which is why the OBGYN in Phil’s story is under fire. Your mum’s physician did her due diligence making sure she was there for your mum instead of someone random and unfamiliar to your family while she enjoyed vacation. If you guys said unkind things to her for that reason alone, you owe your mum’s physician an apology.
@MsAdams1053 lmfao the other doctors legit were horrified by my mom's doctor. She got brought it by her superior because my mom had a different doctor scheduled but this doctor would have to come in early and didn't want that. Not only did she induce her on a day she wasn't scheduled (she was only in for a checkup), she sped up the induction against the wishes of my mom and her main doctor. We don't owe her an apology for her attempted malpractice due to inpatient and wanting her holiday weekend to be extended.
That record rain they had last year sounds like it was a perfect opportunity to fill up those reservoirs they were supposed to build and were funded to do so, and never did.
Just a quick fact check: Mayor Bass left for Ghana on January 6, 2025, as part of an official delegation. The palisades fire started on January 7, 2025. Mayor Bass returned on January 8, 2025.
@Dramn_ only pointing it out because there are people acting like she left the country in the middle of the fire. Criticize the mayor all you want... But make sure you're giving factual critiques.
My great aunt lives in pretty close to the center of Altadena. All of yesterday I had live news on my second monitor, trying to pinpoint how close the fire was to her house, but fire maps and reports couldn't keep up with how fast all of these fires were spreading. She managed to check her house this morning and it was miraculously untouched, which is crazy considering that the house next door is completely gone minus the chimney.
I don't want to tune out of news even though I'd probably be less stressed. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you Phil and team for doing what you do. Even with all the crazy shit that's happening, you guys make it possible to stay informed on important issues and don't generate irresponsible fluff piece clickbait.
Please talk about the prisoners putting their lives on the line to fight these fires for pennies while being denied the opportunity to become firefighters once they leave prison.
@@RasTex512I mean if you're a violent offender, of course not, but those inmates that are offered a chance to fight fires are usually ones who are in for nonviolent crimes or are already in good standing with the prison.
Oooooooh that's why some lady on Facebook kept telling me that the victims all sold their souls and deserved what was coming. I assumed she was an independent nut job but I'm glad to know where she got her information. Thank you!
TYT and Ana Kasparian specifically have been leaning more and more conservative over the past couple years though. I don't think it's really accurate to say "Not just conservatives..." and then quote Ana. Please don't normalize them, Phil.
@MeCooper during the Manifest Destiny days the natives tried to tell settlers what to plant and how to keep the land but settlers wanted yards like they had out east which were yards like they had back in England. Modern yard culture in America, like so many things, comes back to the British.
@@MeCooper the issue is moreso that we spent years extinguishing small natural forest fires because people have begun building houses in the forests and want protection from the fires. but those small fires clear dead, highly flammable plant materials from the undergrowth and then fizzle out on their own. when we prevent that natural process, undergrowth builds and builds until there's so much that when a fire does break out it has endless fuel sources that allow it to spread like this
I can say its utterly terrifying here. 5 fires are burning through California right now and the risk of new fires starting grows as the sun goes down. I can't stand helplessly waiting if a fire starts near me. I hope everyone is safe and hopefully this ends soon.
@@ribottostudioyes 2021 was rough, but this is worse. Did anyone die during the insurrection? Did people loose their homes/pets? Were billions of dollars in damage done? No. This is worse.
@@Blatant.Obscurity Yeah actually someone did die. Or maybe more than just one. can't say 100% for sure as I'm not putting forth any effort to research it anymore. But I do know some dumbass woman thought she was just going to ignore an order to back tf up and ended up finding out.
Phil didn't fully get into this but the smelt water issue is a complete lie. The only reason a handful (emphasis on handful) of hydrants have run dry is because the amount of water needed has exceeded their capacity to provide water. Not because there is a lack of water running to them. This fire is so big and so aggressive they just cant keep up and the existing infrastructure isn't sufficient to battle something like this.
@@PsillyApeUSA Fun fact: Water isn't infinite. It takes time to move millions of gallons of water, and right now, it's being sprayed on fires faster than it can move.
Phil said basically the same thing you just posted. Because of the winds they haven't been able to use planes and helicopters so they've been using the water faster than they can replenish it.
I love that people are blaming Democrats for the fires while I've sat under snow for a week with a Republican city council. They stopped plowing streets they plowed the highways but good luck getting to said highway with all the main streets unplowed; oh, and it's snowing again today. ... We've had a major bridge out for two years now because those taxes cuts don't come out of their paychecks it's our roads and former bridges that pay the price. Yes, according to the city council they are only clearing streets from 5am to 1pm to save money... Good thing too because they'll need that money as motorists who had to get to work have plowed into a lot of signs, we even have a downed street light. In conclusion STFU if your sentence starts with Republicans OR Democrats do ______... No people use a party name to hide behind we are going to do a lil research and say Government official TittlyWinks signed X document that had X effect. I would name mine and do in conversation but that would defeat the purpose of the nom de plumes.
@@kellenfurter nah idiocracy is aspirational compared to the world we live in, in idiocracy the people in charge searched for experts to solve a problem and followed the advice of those experts
I’m sorry dude but snowplowing and the logistics of it are absolutely unrelated to fire planning and the mismanagement of LA due to democrat entrenchment. Just like how the Deep South got corrupted by being always right leaning, California has become corrupted. Now here’s the kicker: just buy snow tires. Or better yet, learn how to drive in the snow! That’s just a weather condition! I have no idea how you possibly think that “I’m bad at driving in the snow” = “ my city is mismanaged to the degree LA is” because in order for that to happen, you’d have to think “some snow on some roads” = “fires burning thousands of structures a day” Do…do you see your logic is bad?
If it makes you feel any better, not uniquely a USA problem. Years ago I was sitting at home with the gf on Boxing day(day after Christmas) in N Ireland and there was a news story came on. It was a farmer in Scotland that had been driving around all day with his tractor with a plow on the front clearing roads because the local council had ran out of road salt AND the snowplows got snowed in. I laughed and joked that it kinda looked like my Dad's tractor but couldn't be him because he wasn't long out of hospital due to a serious hart condition...and then I phoned my Dad. It freaking was him! He'd been out since 4am and was originally planning to just do the farm road and then a bit more to the main road for the neighbours but then just kept going 😂🤦🏻♂️
If Trump cared so much, he should be sending aid. He is literally famous for being rich. Use your resources instead of bitching on a sorry excuse for Twitter
oh he doesn't care, he rather grand stand and point the finger of blame then give Cali any aid. hell i wouldn't doubt he would attempt to withhold aid if he was in office right now.
That story about VA hospital just further emphasizes how Luigi is right. Not supporting murder, but who's holding these murderers accountable when it's being done by an Institutional entity where paying a fine is just the price of doing business?
Using Ana Kasparian and the Young Turks for non right wing perspective seems disingenuous, they've completely sold out. Though I can imagine there are plenty of actual criticisms.
The fire conspiracies are just wild to me! Im so thankful i had watched yesterdays show before going into work that night, because my coworker started talking about how "this just isnt right, theres something bigger at play with those fires," and i was truely taken aback by him genuinely believing conspiracy over reality; i had to explain all the information i could remember from the show, and reminding him that Southern CA and AZ (our state) are very similar in that we are both having a very dry winter, with crazy winds not helping the situation; i didnt even want to entertain the conspiracy he was rambling about, and just reminded him of the thousands of people being affected by this and to focus and hope for their safety, rather than give attention to wild theories. Its insane to me that people are genuinely taking this disaster to push more doubt and negativity into the mix!
I'm in Los Angeles county. On Tuesday night, I had to get in my car to charge my phone and get signal, as I didn't have any at home. As I'm driving the winds where pushing my car in a way I had NEVER felt before. "Hurricane winds" was the only thought in my head
Id like to point out Ana Kasperian isnt "a normal person" shes a Partisan commentator who has made a hard shift to the right side of politics recently, she's had a real strong problem with homeless and trans people lately.
The hospital story is why healthcare shouldn’t be for profit. HOWEVER Medicaid patients having to sign consent for sterilization 30 days prior is a paternalistic rule that needs to be addressed. So many patients have wanted to have their tubes tied during a c-section and been denied because they have Medicaid instead of private insurance and didn’t have paperwork yet. This is a stupid rule that only makes people end up with unnecessary additional procedure and unplanned pregnancies
Big time, these brave soldiers are saving our lives. I was able to come home today to my home because they stopped the spread. It makes me want to cry I'm so grateful. We need to give them more resources.
The sad thing is that they are risking their lives and still get criticized. I lost my home to a wildfire 4 years ago and my neighbors were outraged that our homes didn’t survive and implied they didn’t try hard enough. Meanwhile only a few acknowledged that both a firefighter and a PG&E worker died in the efforts to protect our lives and properties…
People blaming people for not leaving because of the fires is reminding me of when people were mocking us for not leaving during Hurricane Helene. We technically were warned, but the emergency texts went out after our cell phone towers and power stations were destroyed. Our town ended up lucky but was cut off for a few days until someone with a tractor just filled the hole that used to be our road with gravel so cars could leave. It wasn’t until I got down the mountain days later that my phone got service and then I saw texts warning me about the flooding.
Sounds like what happened to Asheville :/ the main road out fell into the river, had everyone evacuated when the warning been out that road would have been filled with cars and people would have drowned in their cars. Sometimes staying is safer. Anyone who is criticizing people for not evacuating has never had to.
I'm laughing at her because she criticized Cruz for not being there when and ice storm hit in Texas and there was nothing he would or could do from a federal level. She is actually a local person who has the authority to do things and yet she was off in another country. She is the pot calling the kettle black, she isn't competent
The dumpster fire pencil holder that I got my husband for Christmas is seeming more and more appropriate the further into the year we get. Stay safe everyone.
I worry for the state of our culture. As we spent days ripping each other apart, dividing ideals, and harsh blowback. How are we to function if even the masses can no longer hold due empathy for those in pain.
I used to have empathy…the Democrats cured me of that. How many of these people were celebrating NC? How many cried that the Trump assassins missed? And I’m supposed to have empathy?… …All I can muster is apathy. I’m not going to celebrate it or mock them, but I’m not sympathetic either. Welcome to 2025.
@@MalefaxTheBlack So the fact the left stopped tolerating INTOLERANCE and wasn't going to shed a tear for a crony capitalists ex ceo nazi rhetoric spewing democracy dismantling dictator .....that's why you hate the left? Really? The irony is MAGA is so brainwashed they got upset when trump was shot at but CHEERED when luigi landed his shot on his mark. JUST SAYING. The hypocrisy is REAL. You either want to eat the rich that divide us or you want to live in service of the big corporations and lobbyists. Pick a side bro. It's been a class war. Everything else is noise used to distract us.
Blame the Republicans they'll literally take any moment to spew their idiocy and hatred like the clown above me. It's why they voted in a predator criminal into office.
The story with the OBGYN is truly sickening. How could anyone expect Americans to believe the healthcare system in this country cares for the best interests of Americans. It very clearly is another example of profits over healthcare.
unfortunately not surprising. shady practices are all over the american healthcare system but within hospitals they seem to pile up within the OBGYN departments. look up dr hadden from columbia university
I’m not understanding how the mayor being in Ghana is a talking point. Should politicians have precognition? Are politicians never allowed to leave their jurisdiction while in office? It’s such a nothing talking point. The budget? Fair play. That’s worth discussing.
Ana does not make valid arguments and has not done so for a while. Obviously, the mayor cannot be blamed for being abroad, but that doesn't drive attention.
As someone who became heavily involved in crisis management this year for my job... no matter how many times you practice and how many plans you make... the moment it really happens it becomes so much harder ti actually follow these plans and trainings and a lot changes to gut instinct...
No no no. You don't get to absolve the failure of democrats. Refusal to prosecute homeless ppl starting open flames. Cutting fire departments. Bending to environmentalists and flushing water into the ocean. Not building dams. SPECIFICALLY CUTTING FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS. So no just no
I recently watched an expert talk about what amounts to the 3 stages of crisis "management" in everyday people. It basically boiled down to: 1. Denial ("A fire? Well, it's not gonna come anywhere near me, so I'm fine, the firefighters will take care of it") 2. (Social) Deliberation ("Hm, idk about evacuating, what about the others? Some of my neighbours left, should I go too? What should I take with me? Will I need my car?") 3. Taking Action ("Okay, I'm gonna run, the fire is right there" OR they freeze and do nothing... OR they run out and help their neighbours evacuate and so on) And all of these stages and actions are pretty much normal in a social species such as humans. And unless you've not only trained but also experienced these emergency situations enough times, most people will end up going through those stages which may even cost them their lives due to not acting fast enough or ultimately freezing.
@Windmelodie oooh we discussed this as well! I work in the tourism industry so luckily we are not *always* in the business of crisis, but I am customer facing and have dealt with a few situations now where these reactions (from employees and guests alike) where so common. I've really learned that each crisis situation is a complete blank slate and that the plans are a good template, but might have to he adjusted on the fly
my mom is a retired OBGYN of over 30 years. I showed her the segment on the OB and she said, “I’ve seen that happen so many times. There’s a reason why I do not practice anymore. I’m not surprised.”
They support him while still supporting the other side. We're all just as guilty as the healthcare system. We either all have to be Luigi or we should just put our heads down and keep getting our healthcare slop as they give it to us. At this point there's only one way to change the systems set up in this country. The forefathers of American gave us an example to follow but none of us really want change
Just got into the mobile homes off the freeway like 2 months ago. Finally clean from fentynal for 3 months and now this happens. All i wana do use, i have nothing left. Even my my mini Christmas tree my grandma gave me when i was 9 was lost. Im just sitting in all the smoke watching LA mountains burn. I know im not the only one who lost everything but i feel like the world as literally burning my life away
*Don't start using,* whatever you do. Think of every cent you have now as an investment for keeping yourself safe while navigating this situation. Get yourself a nice meal, a place to stay and figure shit out for a few nights, hell get a deep tissue massage from a cheap parlor. Just don't use, don't hurt yourself more during this time. You deserve support and compassion from yourself, not more harm.
Fuck, bro, my heart goes out to you, there's nothing more painful than losing something of sentimental value, especially something special from your childhood, don't give in to your demons, please, it's not worth it
If you can quit fentynal, you can do anything. Stay strong and in a few months you'll look back and be amazed at how strong you really are. You're not alone.
@7:00 Phil... I love you man. I've watched you since you were under 10k subscribers... So please understand that I am BEGGING you to not normalize Ana Kasparian... She's been pulling a Davin Rubin Style grift over the last couple months. their entire network has shifted right and many long term journalists, vloggers, writers, and other staff are having a mass exodus now. The reason I'm focusing on this, is that you gave a republican's point of view.... and then you essentially gave another republican's point of view lol.
😂 p3d0 she changed 1 position because she was SA'd by homeless criminals so now she's against crime. Hilarious. Shows you which side are the extremists. She suffers the consequences of YOUR and her policies and changes her mind.
lol ana is a liberal whether you like it or not. 90% of her opinions on policies are liberal. she just isn’t afraid to speak against her party when they fail. people who don’t like critical thinking tend to not like her to seems like.
Are people really going to”look there’s women hired clearly and they must only be there for diversity and not actually qualified in the field that is their longtime career-that’s obviously the problem” I feel like I shouldn’t be so shocked by this but it feels so insane
Not only are the usual incel basement trolls trotting out that boring old tune again, like a weird fetish that they can't stop obsessing over, they are doing it in these very comments. 🙄
"It wasn't just conservatives who were being critical of the city and state's leadership" There were also those making the right wing turn who also criticized them. 6:55
@@angel-.- I doubt Phil is a conservative. He's wrong, but I don't think it was intentionally wrong. Anna claims to be a liberal. It's possible whoever wrote that didn't bother to actually fact check that.
😂 as usual c0v1d... a virus from a foreign nation was literally called the trump virus.... but incompetence directly responsible for wildfires is "climate change" fault or something
Phil after you said 'stay safe out there' my autoplay autoplayed but I immediately came back to this video to say - that's the most sinister thing you've said in the 15 years I've been watching the news on this channel and I may or may not now feel afraid. thx!
3:10 - I SWEAR TO ALL THAT IS HOLY IF SOMEONE USES THAT POOR FISH AS A SCAPEGOAT ONE MORE TIME--Sorry, I live in Northern Cali. Farmers and crap use that excuse all the time, "Oh, who cares about a little fish? It doesn't matter." IT MATTERS. It's an UMBRELLA SPECIES; by conserving that one tiny fish, we can conserve so much of our rivers, delta (You know, that area that produces most of the RICE in the US?), and other *very very delicate* environmental zones. I swear, every time I hear a politician talk about that fish they are talking absolutely out of their rear ends and just doing it for a voter grab instead of *actually* researching it. /end N.Cali rant
I live near the Eaton area. So many of our family and friends have lost their homes. We were evacuated and are waiting to see when it will be safe to go back. It’s sad to see so many businesses lost. I’m so grateful my home is safe but I wonder how the community will rebuild in Altadena. Please all if you can support the local communities. It’s been heartwarming to see so many people offering help with water, masks, food even charging a phone. Stay safe out there friends.
1:37 The fact that even Rogan knew this tells you it was quite common knowledge that this could happen, yet the preparations seem to have been lacking.
Former wildland firefighter here who worked in Ventura for 5 years.. the worst fires always start around November-march and have always been at this time in this area due to the santa ana winds.. the real problem is the lack of controlled burns and proper brush removal. Im sure the drought doesn't help, but alot of this could have, at the very least, saved whole areas..
Oh dang I didn't even think about the water tanks. I grew up in the hills and we had a pump house across the street from my house and a huge tank at the top of the hill. I don't think many people are familiar with how that works though so I understand the confusion.
I lived in Southern California a couple years ago during election season and some guy was trying to win a campaign on DEFUNDING the fire department for the area. Nuts.
I worked in the cell phone industry when that nationwide test text went out. The people who came in leading up to it screaming about how 1. They don’t consent and will sue us and 2. They know they are putting spyware on their phones was just wild. As for not getting the emergency alerts, it broke my heart when people would tell me they turned them off. Things like amber alerts. A little kid was abducted but you are more concerned about your dogs barking at the blaring siren from your phone. Just sickening. How much I wanted to make every person who said that feel like absolute crap.
Hearing the story about the hospital and doctor doing all this crazy shit to make profits sounded like what I imagine a brainstorm session would've been for the writers and producers of The Resident when coming up with storylines for the show. That's terrifying to hear it happen in real life, but also sounding way worse than a drama TV series playing out the same scenarios is insanity!
it’s so insane to observe as our health system declines further & further. people are being given surgeries they DONT need, simply for profits, while others arent cleared for surgeries & treatments they *ABSOLUTELY NEED* , bc it’s unprofitable. i predict things will get far worse before they get better.
why would a company ever do something that costs them money? of course they're going to do the procedures that will make them money. they would go under if they only did surgeries that didn't make a profit...
@ brother… profits are made AFTER maintenance costs and salaries. this is EXTRA. profits are not what is used to maintain services at a company. it isnt costing them ANYTHING. they are going out of their way to abuse the public to reap EXTRA on top of EVERYTHING they already scalp us for. *get a grip.*
@@bmans884 profits don’t include a business’s maintenance costs. it’s entirely extra money on top of what it takes to keep lights on and pay people. i cant imagine defending the people scamming us & scalping our wallets. yet here you are!
One thing that people don't realize about Pumper Firetrucks is they can put out an insane amount of water, upwards of 2000gpm (7600lpm). So each truck has to hook up to a hydrant or draft water from a river, lake, or something because they will run dry in minutes if they go all out. When you start to think about that against how much a house uses in a minute you can see how too many trucks pulling on the mains at one time can cause large disturbances in the water system if you keep that up for too long.
"God's testing us." "Well, I guess I didn't study for this one." Honestly made me laugh out loud.
I wonder how many would pay to have that on a t-shirt or mug.
I’ve followed and subscribed to you for over a decade Philip. Why are you quoting Libs of Tik Tok like they’re a legitimate source for political opinions? She’s literally just a bigot spewing hate speech.
I believe Trump is the antichrist. If I'm right (and he matches the Bible's description of the antichrist to a T), you ain't seen nothin' yet. Ricki Lake even called these fires apocalyptic.
@@epicfailure210 he said they’re an example of someone pushing a big narrative that he then debunked immediately after. It’s like if he were to cover Trump and his tweets, it’s not that he’s a trustworthy source, it’s that he’s pushing a narrative and that’s what’s being covered. There are enough hateful ppl who back these narratives as you can tell by the engagement numbers, it doesn’t have to be an accurate depiction of ‘political opinions’.
Snufkin pfp spotted. I love you.
The hospital story is literally what happens when the medical system is run like a business. Why can we not learn that not everything should be run like a business!
@@emilymur1723 and all for a measly $18 million...literally drop in the bucket
Yep! The good old For-Profit business model. Leaves people wide open to get scammed out of even more money. So happy to live in Canada. We aren't perfect, but I'll take it!
Until we have a single-payer federal system funded by everyone, this will continue to happen. We need to nationalize healthcare, point blank.
Differently but similar things happen when its a public service, but worse since you cant fight the goverment
@@TheFerezCHannel Citation needed
It is interesting to learn about the emergency alert system. As someone who lives on the border of Los Angeles and Orange County and is not in the path of the current fires, I was not irritated when I received an unintentional evacuation alert today. It spread throughout the county. I'd rather get a text that means nothing to me than not receive one from someone who does.
I'm glad it didn't ruin your day! I had at least a couple friends closer to the fires but still not near the warning areas who received the message and got VERY worried that the threat had suddenly increased dramatically, relieved an hour or two later to find it was sent accidentally.
My buddy lives there out in la, he said he woke up and it was raining ash this morning. The sky’s orange, and he’s lost power
I hope your buddy and his family are safe ❤❤
The whole world will see something like this outside their house/apartment in a couple of years once ww3 break out
Terrifying. I’m so sorry. Is he somewhere safe now?
@@Dave_of_Mordorusername checks out
@@Dave_of_Mordorlol WW3 aint happening. Quiet
"You need to slash the budget!"
"Why wasn't *insert need* funded better?!"
That's a tale as old as time...
Yes, but they're slashing the budget from all the wrong spots while adding to the budget to all the wrong ones.
Go look at the budget difference between cops and everything else.
@JoybuzzerX and if they cut the police budget, then someone gets killed, people have the same question.
Cutting the budget is always a loss to something
@NathanielSnow that budget is so much of the total budget it's just cops excuse for failing at their jobs or politicians excuse for happening.
Move some of the budget to helping people and those people won't commit crimes.
@@JoybuzzerXla is literally a 3rd world country with all the homeless. You need an army of police for the army of homeless.
There's also always another side to the story. Raise taxes and make the budget larger to accommodate the necessary parts of it. If you slash the budget you get rid of stuff that's mostly necessary, if you raise taxes you have more wiggle room for situations like this.
Thank you for including the footage of the wind blowing the embers. I ‘thought’ I pictured hurricane force winds spreading the fire, but wow! That video really brought understanding.
Don't ever underestimate fire. If they tell you to evacuate do it ASAP. Fire will outrun your car, it will jump roads and have the next streets ablaze before you get there. Those "embers" you hear about aren't just a few glowing hot bits, mixed with wind they are literally a blowtorch that ignite anything they touch. Don't wait for the fire to hit your street before you leave, by then it's too late. Source- an Australian that lives in the bush.
But when your fire insurance is canceled before the fire you have no choice but to defend your property. Screw the Californian government for how they handle this.
As a fellow Australians surrounded by bush I second this notion
They also have a bunch of blue gums over there, I don’t know if they understand how incredibly flammable they are. If you’re in a fire prone area, eucalyptus is a reeeeeally bad species to introduce. They probably already are, but consulting Australian firefighters would probably be a good idea.
There’s no conspiracy here! Fire needs fuel and wind, it loves to go up hill like a freight train! California, It’s dry, it’s hilly, there’s high winds and a fuck tonne of fuel including eucalyptus which is incredibly flammable.
Australia performs controlled burns before fire season, reduce the fuel, reduce the fire.
Insurance companies dropping fire insurance pretty much garuntees that land developers will scoop up the property for Pennie’s on the dollar afterwards.
Pro investment tip... Have you watched Twisters recently?
Reminds me of part of the "Twisters" plotline. Lots of people are going to get screwed, out of desperation.
As predatory insurance companies are, It's really not unreasonable for them to refuse to cover fires in a fire zone.
It's like refusing to cover a pack a day smoker for lung cancer...
@@MeCooper the. They should offer refunds to the people that paid their premiums for years
@@jasonbeatty831 Why? It's not like they were uninsured previously.
They can no longer provide a service that they used to... And it was kind of insane that they did to begin with.
The fact that you posted the segment about the alert system like an hour before they sent out an alert to evacuate to all of LA by accident is crazy. I had my cat in the carrier and was about to rush out the door by the time they sent out the false alarm alert over 10 minutes later.
You got a false alarm alert? I got the accidental evacuation alert but never got a false alarm alert. I had to reach out to a friend that has spent years monitoring SoCal's wildfires since he does wildfire photography to find out more about why I ended up getting the alert when I wasn't close enough to the fires to need to evacuate. I only knew it was an accidental false alarm because he let me know it was.
@@MsDarkness1313 Yeah I did, but I just checked and they were over 20 minutes apart. I am sure some people had already gotten out by the time they sent the correction.
Great Fire of London vibes
As an Australian who has weathered through my fair share of insane fires especially the 2019 - 2020 apocalyptic fire season, I extend my deepest empathy to everyone living through this. Please stay safe and I can only hope recovery will go smoothly for as many of you as possible. I'm sorry, I knowhow scary it is when you wake up thinking you've been teleported into an old sepia-tone photo
just to add (as another australian) atleast the mayor was already out of town before the fires unlike sc*mo who left for hawaii when the fires were already started.
@@merlin5662 as a third Aussie, that’s exactly what I was gonna say, I like to call him scum mo
More like the WW2 London Blitz
Yeh even in Nz where our skies just went dark and orange it was crazy! Can't imagine including flames and massive fires
I was going to say as a fellow Aussie, these LA fires look all too familiar. Stay safe everyone 🫶
I grew up in SoCal in the 80's and 90's and I remember there was a running gag going that California has four seasons: floods, fires, earthquakes and riots. Thirty years later and it's still basically true.
Sames. But I’m still here 🤣
I like your pfp, it's really cute!
Four horsemen of the apocalypse.
You understand you just disproved the democrat cop out of climate change being at fault rather than horrifically bad democrat governance.
@@Dloopgroopthe fact that it's not fire season disproves your point.
People are saying that it already feels like hell only 10 days into 2025 but when in reality we're actually 3,296 days into 2016... And that makes more sense to me.
Trump isn't even in office
My cousin's house burned down in the fires and had to leave with whatever he could just throw in his car. If you live anywhere near somewhere that gets wildfires, make an evacuation plan. Make a go bag, keep important documents in a portable file folder, and keep your gas tank at half a tank at least in case you need to leave in a hurry
I’m so sorry for your brother. Best advice my grandfather gave me: always stay on the top 3/4 of the tank in case you have to go go go. Most summers we have to keep ready to evacuate for forest fires, and you said exactly what needs to be said. Thank you for the good advice, everyone should hear this. Again, my heart goes out to your family.
Back up all your photos on the cloud too. Saw one old guy crying that he lost their family photos. Consider a fire safe for items you can’t digitize.
@@lfrandsthanks for the thoughts. He made it out safe luckily
Thank you for covering Dr. Perwaiz. He’s ruined so many people’s lives here. This needed more eyes on it. He’s a monster and it sickens me Chesapeake regional was allegedly in on it.
It's so insane that he was allowed to get away with this. I've been on Medicaid and I can't imagine what I would do if I was sterilized to line a doctors pockets. I hope the hospital system gets taken to the cleaners. I don't think this shit happens in countries with Universal Health Care.
somehow I'm not surprised he's indian
This "doctor" made a career out of harming patients and institutiinalizing fraud. It's insane what people will do for money. This behavior is an inevitable consequence of a privatized Healthcare system.
What's bizarre to me is that in Montana we have a similar story happening about an oncologist who would diagnose people with cancer and then charge them for radiation treatment. It also looks to be supported by hospital higher ups. A pattern in showing up here
@@AmarettoKittenMedicaid is such a joke. I hope you are doing ok. My mother was on it and it seemed to be more of a hassle than help. Tbh I'm not really a fan of alot of the social programs. Some might call me a "bootstrap" person, but health care is one thing I believe, no, I know is something everybody should have access to no questions asked. Good luck and I pray that everything works out for you and everyone else who's dealing with medical issues and the financial problems that come along with it. ❤
6:50 "But to be very clear, it wasn't just conservatives who have been critical of the city and State's leadership [...] Ana Kasparian for example being heavily critical..."
Ok, so conservatives. Why does Phil keep quoting her as a left wing voice? She's been bought and sold and is fully a right wing agitator now. For like, most of a year now at least. Phil, update your notes man, stop Dem-washing her.
Shout outs to Canada 🇨🇦!
Coming in to help put out fires, even after being threatened by Trump. It really shows their true character. Reminds me of that time on 9/11 when a whole small Canadian town took in stranded travellers. Canadians really are great neighbors.
I love them
Thank you please fight against ANNEXING US wtf
There’s a musical called Come From Away about that exact tiny Canadian town - it’s an excellent watch if you want to laugh and cry
A shame Canada doesn't have a good neighbor in return.
We do not deserve how good Canada is to us. We really don't.
So many lives destroyed and yet people still wanna spout misinformation
Everything has an agenda now. The political powers want that to be the case so the culture war never stops. Class war can’t start when the culture war never stops.
People spout misinformation all of the time, but there is truth in there
@@Chilldude-zh1lt I fail to see the truth in "fires in California are caused by having red roofs."
it is a means of getting people angry, and angry people don't think clearly. it can also be used to try and distract people from things being done that would end up being harmful for them, but they wouldn't know until its too late.
@@Wheeeeeeeeeee11nice cherry picking lil bud 😂😂
Chesapeake woman here who went to that hospital multiple times for ovarian cyst issues. Absolutely insane to see this, shared the article to all the women I know. This is another sign to always get a second opinion if you have the ability to do so.
You've got high winds and cold and snow and ice on the East Coast and then you've got huge, dry, hot, ashy fires with high winds on the west coast. Literally fire and ice.
Out of the normal fire season yep
You just described Ginnungagap
Such a stroke of luck this didn't happen under Trump
He would probably demand that Gavin Neusom hand over the governorship to Elon Musk
@@Ktmfan450no one is doing anything about climate change, so it’s just going to keep getting worse.
Why not build wind turbines to turn the winds back onto the ocean side?
As an Australian who has seen bushfires, cyclones and floods, Conventional and previous experiences count for nought. Staying in place just isnt what it used to mean and getting out is the only chance to survive. The climate shift is rampant and does not discriminate… stay safe everyone and heed those warnings!
How screwed up this world is. If I don't have insurance I would rather die defending my property then deal with the financial aftermath.
A rant by Anna Kasparian about how this is the fault of the mayor for not predicting when the fire would happen, and not shoving the homeless into the sea isn't really a strong showing of "It wasn't just Conservatives criticizing"
Red pilled talking heads …
That's exactly what I said when I recognised the photo at the top of the insert
but she’s a liberal…..
Yeah she’s completely sold out to the right. Not sure why Phil doesn’t think she is conservative
Cutting budget for DEI is dumb and you guys are too dumb to see it
I had to evacuate last night from the Sunset Fire, we were just a couple blocks away from the evacuation order so we didn't want to take a risk by waiting. We were able to come home this morning but what an exhausting and scary experience. We just grabbed a backpack, threw our documents in there and dipped. Pray for us yall and pray for the fire fighters who are giving it their all.
Stay safe and good luck from the UK x
@@jimmibrown
Praying for you. Smart choice
During this past summer /wildfire season in Canada, there was this weird theory about blue-coloured items not burning. The image of a blue street sign in a burned-up Jasper had people losing their minds. However, the street sign was made of metal and hung over a paved road, therefore the sign was not exposed to fire.
I am concerned by these easily debunked conspiracies. Our society just keeps getting stupider.
A lot of primed people who want to believe the craziest possibility instead of being curious to find out why that thing happened. Its one of the signs that our world is screwed
More people they are that uneducated even basic facts the easier it is spread misinformation which why USA has so many stupid people due how poor public schools (both in teaching and funding) are. Government clear doesn’t care for it people which why conspiracy like rich intentional setting fire is so wide spread. There both lack trust and information which anyone can take advantage of. Why is probably rich is hoarding water (since they private water in California) they not intentionally blocking life saving water from rich fire trucks as most likely automatically sealing system was created to prevent price lost from people over using limited water.
As the phones get smarter, people get dumber.
Losing*
@@greg8597497 Sure, I'm always for 'question everything'.... but some are just taking the piss at this rate 😂
As someone who lived in Paradise when the camp fire happened I never got an alert of any kind to evacuate. I remember calling my friends and family to ask if I should evacuate because I didn't know how severe the fire was. It resulted in me evacuating late and having to drive within feet of the fire to get out of the area. There NEEDS to be a way to inform everyone in a given area about the dangerous situation they are in so they can, hopefully, make the right call to evacuate.
Sounds like certain areas could benefit from a fire siren, like a tornado siren. A way to warn everyone in an area quickly about the danger to come and the need to evacute.
I guess the major pitfall for sirens is that deaf people would not be warned. But really, there should be multiple warning attempts through different avenues, so the maximum number of people can be reached no matter their life circumstances.
The "taxation is theft" people sure seem to switch up the second they personally need public services
Those people don't live in California
It's been said about sovereign citizens, but I'll say it about Right Wing Libertarian movements as a whole.
"Taxation is Theft" is a declaration of wanting to remove one's self from society just enough to not be beholden to it's laws, but also still within it enough to take advantage of the things it provides. It's trying to have your cake, and trying to eat it, too.
Exactly. I've proposed this as a joke with my friends for years, but I honestly think that if every citizen received access to public services based on the percentage of their wages or net worth or whatever else they gave to taxes, we'd see a lot more of them. You could feel free to opt out, but oops no more roads or hospitals or police or firefighters for you. Obviously this can't work in practice, but it's interesting to think about.
@@Wheeeeeeeeeee11 That would massively punish marginalized, especially disabled, people.
One has nothing to do with the other, stop yapping and pointing your finger
The amount of rage I feel at people shooting their mouths off - spreading misinformation or conspiracy theories, blaming people fleeing for their lives - makes me want to scream. These fires are destroying entire lives and some folks can’t pull together a scrap of empathy.
Amala epbunoki has done a great video on the fire and how it's gotten as bad as it has is clear. Phil DeFranco left out information in his previous video about this subject.
However evil their views on this are, this is entirely a you problem. YOU are letting your mood get ruined by what others say. Why?? Focus on whats important to you and drown out all the other conspiracy nonsense. You dictate your feed and your mood
@@Joyann1523 he tends to leave out a lot of important information on many subjects. This is called biased reporting
what really gets me going the amount religious nutcases going "Hollywood is EVIL this is GOD'S PLAN."
Big Man would send all yall downstairs for that ish. fr.
@@rishabh5750 Why? Because it’s my neighborhood burning to ashes. Because it’s my friends losing their homes and businesses, and neighbors scrambling to flee for their lives. And whenever I open social media, there are loudmouths shooting off about how they’re hiding bodies at Duke’s, or how Palisades deserves to burn, or whose fault it is. You don’t fucking tell me how to process this level of helplessness in the face of losing everything.
I’m standing outside in snow across the country in North Carolina it just dawned on me that January is still Winter.
You should talk about how Richmond, the capital of Virginia, has been without water since Monday after getting maybe two inches of snow. We have been flushing toilets with melted snow and having to search for water in stores or hope the water pickup points the city setup still have water
Boil the snow.
There’s only but so much snow we’re running out and a lot of it’s disgusting.
Politicians using the fires to attack and demonize opponents is so frustrating. Maybe wait until the fires stop burning to start the blame game. I seriously doubt that LAFD could’ve stopped the fire a year ago, not at their fault but due to the scale of the disaster. I’m all for more funding towards disaster preventions, but at least pretend to care about the firefighters, lives, and homes, rather than trying to score against your political rivals.
LAFD has $820 million for the year...
Actually they could have, California in general could have done so much to maybe not stop all the fires in the last decade but hamper them..lot of failures everywhere.....stopped controlled burning for one.....even the natives understood that needed to be done every few years
We had soooooo much rain last year, has created what is now soooooo much fuel
@@thecrackin-u8p Not saying that there weren’t preventative measures that could’ve helped prevent the current situation, but that it’s absurd for people to suggest that if this fire happened last year (before the budget cuts) that there’d by any notable difference. We should be focused on what change we can make in the present and future rather than pretending that an extra $17M would have prevented everything.
but your describing what politicians need to do , they need to capitilise on this type of events , they always do and will continue to do as its effective.
that emergency alert story was well timed, on thursday someone sent an alert to every cell in l.a. county. i live in diamond bar which is in the southeast corner of l.a. county [one town south is orange and two towns east is san bernardino county] so i am pretty safe from the fires. luckily we got a notification alerting us we don't need to evacuate just minutes later, just crazy phil released the story the day i experienced a screw-up.😂
I work in drinking water regulations. And typically, especially in cities, fire hydrant water is coming from the drinking water system. Drinking water can only be produced so fast, what’s needed is increased storage. I’m not familiar with this system in particular, but it sounds like the issue was they didn’t have an over abundance of storage tanks, therefore they couldn’t keep up with the demand.
gavin newsom diverted the water back into the ocean. that’s why reservoirs were empty. the land in the hills could’ve been green but it’s all dry thanks to democrat policies.
Also, we can’t always just have an over abundance of storage. This can cause other issues with stagnant water, such as disinfectant by product issues. It’s a balance. I don’t know if this could have been prepared for better or not but that’s what it sounds like the issue was.
I think the issue is two fold. It's not just the availability of treated water, it's also the elevation. The tanks in the hills are used to maintain water pressure through gravity but the water needs to be pumped up there.
Oh they had the tanks, firefighters emptied them and the problem is the pumps to the reservoirs can't keep up with having every firetruck in Los Angeles pulling water from the same section.
System never was designed to have a firetruck at every hydrant pulling water at the same time.
@ Unless there were electrical issues with their pump stations it shouldn’t have been an issue. Systems have emergency procedures to provide generators or have generators onsite in the event of an emergency to keep pumps going. If that got interrupted then yes that could have also played a factor. But you still need treated drinking water to pump up there.
1:15 this apocalyptic scene with the McDonald's sign there is kind of iconic.
I had to evac from the Hollywood hills fire, it was scary, but I'm glad it was contained and put out within 12 hours. Check in on your love ones in the areas and in general, you never know when disaster strikes.
Re: WEA story: holy sh*t Phil. This is part of my day job. I’ve actually met Dr Sutton and her team and participated in the program and training. Thank you for talking about this. The relationship between FEMA, state and local governments is fraught. I could go on about this for eons. But please people, take the time to find out your local emergency management agencies and know that when sh*t is hitting the fan, people set aside their politics and just get out there to help folks. It’s one of the reasons I love my job so much.
6:52 "it wasn't just conservatives" then quotes Ana Kasparian, a person who has been pushing right wing talking points for the past year or two. It's a sample size of conservatives or diet conservatives. Not the wide selection of differing views as it might seem.
I understand that people don't keep up with TYT anymore, but anybody who has would find her Ana parroting republicans not the least bit surprising.
Glad someone else noticed this, honestly surprised that it isn’t common knowledge how much she’s switched. (If you even tangentially touch the political side of UA-cam.)
"wah wah anyone who doesn't follow my cult like beliefs is a conservative wah wah"
God forbid someone isn't part of any side
This is why you guys lost...
Left and right just two sides to the same coin. Y'all are all contributing to the problems. It's supposed to be Americans vs rich/other countries but we're to dumb and stubborn to make that happen. My parents came to America to live the dream but the citizens make that impossible. Not the politicians, the citizens.
Yeah, TYT folks have taken to fulling supporting Trump
"pushing right wing talking points"
translation: just being honest and holding her govt and party accountable on all fronts instead of ass kissing anyone that has a D after their name for no reason. anyone that lacks the courage to hold their own govt accountable regardless of politics is a total coward and is part of the reason our govt consistently fails us. you're willing to defend anything, no matter how awful, as long as it's "your perceived side". you've been conned into thinking that's a smart move. there are no sides except regular people VS corrupt govt and greed addled mega corporations. that's it. she's 100% correct. LA country funneled tens of millions into fraudulent homeless "charities" that do nothing for the homeless population while paying their own boards of trustees massive salaries to do absolutely nothing - the vast majority of these funds are pocketed or hoarded in the charity's investment accounts until they can legally be funneled out over time. this fraudulent spending was even increased during the last budget cycle, but fire prevention and emergency response got cut. emergency first responders budget got cut. they chose to spend in stupid, fraudulent places for moral appearances whilst cutting $17 million+ from life essential services. she's watching millions of people around her in Cali just sobbing in public from losing everything while fearing for their lives, so her anger is totally understandable. I'd be furious as well. they chose to defund police, and first responders for political reasons while blowing millions on fraudulent scams for appearances, leading to massive crime and now massive suffering and loss. everyone should grow a backbone and start holding the entirety of their govt accountable.
I live in SoCal. This is so frustrating. Complete and utter incompetence. This could have been mitigated with better infastructure and so many other problems that have been compounding.
No, it absolutely couldn't have been mitigated.
Smelt are literally one of the most important food fish for salmon, which is a BILLION DOLLAR industry in the West.
What’s more important…the fish, or the people?
California played themselves, and now the consequences is this…but, at least the fish are safe right?
I’m sure smelt are important but in hindsight, probably a wrong move
@@MalefaxTheBlack check out Sarcasmitron video on the fish that destroyed california, it will put things into perspective
@@MalefaxTheBlackThe fish... But mostly because of people like you. 😉
@@MalefaxTheBlackCalifornia is a food producer... If we don't do that where does the LAFD get their $820 million from to fight fires. Where would the money come from to pump even more water from the North to the desert..... Not like we have drought up here in Nor Cal or anything.. not like we haven't been on fire before 🙄
The hospital story is wild to me bc there used to be a billboard in Chesapeake, VA advertising that hospital's care for mothers and babies.
I'm Australian, and much like California, we have a fire season. It breaks my heart to see those impacted in LA the same as it does when it happens here. However, what's worse is that at least here there's a unified response, and we don't have this political finger pointing while people lose everything from property to homes to lives and loved ones.
Like California, we've also experienced the horror of more intense fires, more widespread fires, and increasingly fires starting outside the fire season. During climate change, the wet gets wetter, and the dry gets drier, and unfortunately, that means areas prone to drought or arid weather end up with more and more fires.
The biggest differences between us unfortunately means more pain for Californians as:
1. Australian cities and towns have lower populations and urban density, meaning an overall lower cost (even if the individual cost is still equally bad).
And 2. Australian fire services have been funded and refined for decades, including top funding for real-time fire spreading algorithms/prediction models and decent consistent alert systems - these are not just locally and state funded but federally funded.
Ultimately, shame on any politician that, instead of pledging assistance and heart-felt empathy to the victims, turned around and throws mud at their opponents in the hopes of gaining support, money or political capital. They are the ones who should experience the pain and loss that these sorts of fires bring.
Ok, I know it has nothing to do with really anything, but I live in NE Wisconsin and when I was a kid, going smelt fishing was a yearly tradition. You would use nets to catch them at night, and watching the moonlight reflect off the thousands of tiny fish flipping around in the nets was a magical sight. The smelt population collapsed here years ago, and it's sad to hear about it happening other places
Well, now that Perwaiz has been outed as a quack doctor who scammed and harmed his patients, I'm sure he'll have a wonderful career transitioning into a United Healthcare medical expert.
Keep that fraudy in jail for a long time.
Pretty sure he's gonna be a candidate for Trump's cabinet.
@@stuponfucious7more like a final pardon from the biden crime family.
This but unironically (just finished rewatching Dopesick btw, this exact thing happens all the time)
Trump gonna make him surgeon general
Hi phill! Been a long time viewer for the last 8 years and now every lunch you are present for me.
I completely understand if this is out of pocket and i apologize so please disregard this message.
I would like to ask you if you can please talk about the raid in Bakersfield California and LA this is devastating and not enough coverage has been provided to the community because of the devastating fires.
It’s just that I feel like this is being dismissed because of it and more people should talk about.
If you read this thank you for your time and if I disrespect your boundaries I’m very sorry.
Thank you for your time
EMT in LA here to say that Joe Rogan is saying something that all of EMS/ SOCAL Fire has known for years. It’s not some genius prediction, we’ve been expecting it as a community in large for a long time now
Joe did say that it was a fire fighter who told him that.
He’s not too good at paying attention
@@Scooch69420 that's why he's an emt not a doctor
@@SamDePrezya cuz researching forest fire risks are on the top of his list lol
@@PietroRusso-s8i tell me Peter, what does an EMT do?
My mom was also induced a few days ahead of time just so the doctor could go on her vacation without worry. We were livid. My brother came out black and blue, and we dont know what kind of long-term effects he could have. He later on had many health issues, including childhood arthritis. She wasn't supposed to be induced until Sunday night but the doctor made it happen on Thursday night and it wasn't happening fast enough so she sped it up because she didn't want it to go past friday (and this was in canada).
Also, so many people are mad at the tattoo artist, and not at the local law that allows for children to even get tattoos...
Happens in the states, too.
@cassandratq9301 yeah, that's the whole segment in his video lol I was only commenting it also happens in other countries as well
I’m so sorry your brother has suffered health issues, but a 3 day difference is not life threatening. An “early induction” is by 1+ weeks. Which is why the OBGYN in Phil’s story is under fire. Your mum’s physician did her due diligence making sure she was there for your mum instead of someone random and unfamiliar to your family while she enjoyed vacation. If you guys said unkind things to her for that reason alone, you owe your mum’s physician an apology.
@MsAdams1053 lmfao the other doctors legit were horrified by my mom's doctor. She got brought it by her superior because my mom had a different doctor scheduled but this doctor would have to come in early and didn't want that. Not only did she induce her on a day she wasn't scheduled (she was only in for a checkup), she sped up the induction against the wishes of my mom and her main doctor. We don't owe her an apology for her attempted malpractice due to inpatient and wanting her holiday weekend to be extended.
That record rain they had last year sounds like it was a perfect opportunity to fill up those reservoirs they were supposed to build and were funded to do so, and never did.
Just a quick fact check: Mayor Bass left for Ghana on January 6, 2025, as part of an official delegation. The palisades fire started on January 7, 2025. Mayor Bass returned on January 8, 2025.
Also another coincidence it started 4 years after Trump’s insurrection and Karen Bass is the modern Neville Chamberlain
okay?
@Dramn_ only pointing it out because there are people acting like she left the country in the middle of the fire. Criticize the mayor all you want... But make sure you're giving factual critiques.
@@chillin5703 Somehow I thought you were trying to say that she caused the fire
@@Dramn_Then why would she return while the fire is still going? Lmao
My great aunt lives in pretty close to the center of Altadena. All of yesterday I had live news on my second monitor, trying to pinpoint how close the fire was to her house, but fire maps and reports couldn't keep up with how fast all of these fires were spreading. She managed to check her house this morning and it was miraculously untouched, which is crazy considering that the house next door is completely gone minus the chimney.
I don't want to tune out of news even though I'd probably be less stressed. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you Phil and team for doing what you do. Even with all the crazy shit that's happening, you guys make it possible to stay informed on important issues and don't generate irresponsible fluff piece clickbait.
Please talk about the prisoners putting their lives on the line to fight these fires for pennies while being denied the opportunity to become firefighters once they leave prison.
Seconding this. People need to know.
Yeah good for them but do you really want people like me to be the first responders? Lmao I wouldn't
@@RasTex512I mean if you're a violent offender, of course not, but those inmates that are offered a chance to fight fires are usually ones who are in for nonviolent crimes or are already in good standing with the prison.
That's crazy, I'd never heard that before.
@@Lovely2291 I'm non violent but still. That's not the second chance people need. If you've never been in that position you wouldn't understand
Oooooooh that's why some lady on Facebook kept telling me that the victims all sold their souls and deserved what was coming. I assumed she was an independent nut job but I'm glad to know where she got her information. Thank you!
TYT and Ana Kasparian specifically have been leaning more and more conservative over the past couple years though. I don't think it's really accurate to say "Not just conservatives..." and then quote Ana. Please don't normalize them, Phil.
This exactly
Should tell you more about democrats and how bad they’ve gotten
Have they though? Or are they just not left leaning and more center based now?
It’s almost like if we don’t address environmental issues the environment will start to take issue with us.
Or maybe that planting extremely flammable trees for over a hundred years was probably a bad move...?
@MeCooper during the Manifest Destiny days the natives tried to tell settlers what to plant and how to keep the land but settlers wanted yards like they had out east which were yards like they had back in England. Modern yard culture in America, like so many things, comes back to the British.
@@MeCooper that doesn't negate his point, both can be true at the same time, given your janurary is ur winter basically.
@@MeCooper the issue is moreso that we spent years extinguishing small natural forest fires because people have begun building houses in the forests and want protection from the fires. but those small fires clear dead, highly flammable plant materials from the undergrowth and then fizzle out on their own. when we prevent that natural process, undergrowth builds and builds until there's so much that when a fire does break out it has endless fuel sources that allow it to spread like this
Ironically in the most eco friendly state in the country
I can say its utterly terrifying here. 5 fires are burning through California right now and the risk of new fires starting grows as the sun goes down. I can't stand helplessly waiting if a fire starts near me. I hope everyone is safe and hopefully this ends soon.
And the pattern has continued everyday for the past 4 days and forecast cannot state the future winds for the weekend.
Well ain't that joyful.
Also in the area, I feel that. I'm staying up tonight. Stay safe!
I'd like to order one of them there "Algorhythmically Silo'd" t-shirts. Thank ya.
2025 tied with 2021 for worst 7 day free trial period fr
That fact that you think 2021 is equal to this…SMFH.
@@MalefaxTheBlackdo.
Do you not remember what happened 6 days in that year?
@@ribottostudioyes 2021 was rough, but this is worse. Did anyone die during the insurrection? Did people loose their homes/pets? Were billions of dollars in damage done? No. This is worse.
@@Blatant.Obscurity if you think THIS is WORSE than an INSURRECTION you're certifiably insane. period.
Also yes 5 people did die during that event.
@@Blatant.Obscurity Yeah actually someone did die. Or maybe more than just one. can't say 100% for sure as I'm not putting forth any effort to research it anymore. But I do know some dumbass woman thought she was just going to ignore an order to back tf up and ended up finding out.
Phil didn't fully get into this but the smelt water issue is a complete lie. The only reason a handful (emphasis on handful) of hydrants have run dry is because the amount of water needed has exceeded their capacity to provide water. Not because there is a lack of water running to them. This fire is so big and so aggressive they just cant keep up and the existing infrastructure isn't sufficient to battle something like this.
Water should be running because LA is in a tenderbox.
@@PsillyApeUSA it is running ....
@@PsillyApeUSA Fun fact: Water isn't infinite. It takes time to move millions of gallons of water, and right now, it's being sprayed on fires faster than it can move.
@@PsillyApeUSA Did you understand any of the comment posted at all ?
Phil said basically the same thing you just posted. Because of the winds they haven't been able to use planes and helicopters so they've been using the water faster than they can replenish it.
Shout out to the editor for the memes at the end of the video while Phil was stressing out. You doing the good work.
I love that people are blaming Democrats for the fires while I've sat under snow for a week with a Republican city council. They stopped plowing streets they plowed the highways but good luck getting to said highway with all the main streets unplowed; oh, and it's snowing again today.
...
We've had a major bridge out for two years now because those taxes cuts don't come out of their paychecks it's our roads and former bridges that pay the price. Yes, according to the city council they are only clearing streets from 5am to 1pm to save money... Good thing too because they'll need that money as motorists who had to get to work have plowed into a lot of signs, we even have a downed street light.
In conclusion STFU if your sentence starts with Republicans OR Democrats do ______... No people use a party name to hide behind we are going to do a lil research and say Government official TittlyWinks signed X document that had X effect. I would name mine and do in conversation but that would defeat the purpose of the nom de plumes.
They're all fake. Some are just more entertaining. Welcome to idiocracy. Buckle up I guess.
@@kellenfurter nah idiocracy is aspirational compared to the world we live in, in idiocracy the people in charge searched for experts to solve a problem and followed the advice of those experts
thats the fun part, doesnt matter who is in power it will never be good anyways for common people
I’m sorry dude but snowplowing and the logistics of it are absolutely unrelated to fire planning and the mismanagement of LA due to democrat entrenchment.
Just like how the Deep South got corrupted by being always right leaning, California has become corrupted.
Now here’s the kicker: just buy snow tires.
Or better yet, learn how to drive in the snow! That’s just a weather condition!
I have no idea how you possibly think that “I’m bad at driving in the snow” = “ my city is mismanaged to the degree LA is” because in order for that to happen, you’d have to think “some snow on some roads” = “fires burning thousands of structures a day”
Do…do you see your logic is bad?
If it makes you feel any better, not uniquely a USA problem. Years ago I was sitting at home with the gf on Boxing day(day after Christmas) in N Ireland and there was a news story came on. It was a farmer in Scotland that had been driving around all day with his tractor with a plow on the front clearing roads because the local council had ran out of road salt AND the snowplows got snowed in. I laughed and joked that it kinda looked like my Dad's tractor but couldn't be him because he wasn't long out of hospital due to a serious hart condition...and then I phoned my Dad. It freaking was him! He'd been out since 4am and was originally planning to just do the farm road and then a bit more to the main road for the neighbours but then just kept going 😂🤦🏻♂️
If Trump cared so much, he should be sending aid. He is literally famous for being rich. Use your resources instead of bitching on a sorry excuse for Twitter
Buckle up, this will be the governmental response for most issues over the next 4 or however many years
Let’s see how this comment ages…
He's not famous for being rich. He's famous for being able to fail upwards, his dad was the rich one that allowed this.
oh he doesn't care, he rather grand stand and point the finger of blame then give Cali any aid. hell i wouldn't doubt he would attempt to withhold aid if he was in office right now.
You are awesome!! Happy New Year, from Canada and best wishes for you and your family this yr
That story about VA hospital just further emphasizes how Luigi is right. Not supporting murder, but who's holding these murderers accountable when it's being done by an Institutional entity where paying a fine is just the price of doing business?
Using Ana Kasparian and the Young Turks for non right wing perspective seems disingenuous, they've completely sold out. Though I can imagine there are plenty of actual criticisms.
Are they right wing?
@@jesusbarrera6916 They realized they make more money saying stuff Elon and his fans want to hear. So basically
@@bkylecannon like talking constantly about feuds between Trump and Elon?
Do you have an actual example or are you still salty about last election?
The fire conspiracies are just wild to me! Im so thankful i had watched yesterdays show before going into work that night, because my coworker started talking about how "this just isnt right, theres something bigger at play with those fires," and i was truely taken aback by him genuinely believing conspiracy over reality; i had to explain all the information i could remember from the show, and reminding him that Southern CA and AZ (our state) are very similar in that we are both having a very dry winter, with crazy winds not helping the situation; i didnt even want to entertain the conspiracy he was rambling about, and just reminded him of the thousands of people being affected by this and to focus and hope for their safety, rather than give attention to wild theories. Its insane to me that people are genuinely taking this disaster to push more doubt and negativity into the mix!
I'm in Los Angeles county. On Tuesday night, I had to get in my car to charge my phone and get signal, as I didn't have any at home. As I'm driving the winds where pushing my car in a way I had NEVER felt before. "Hurricane winds" was the only thought in my head
Id like to point out Ana Kasperian isnt "a normal person" shes a Partisan commentator who has made a hard shift to the right side of politics recently, she's had a real strong problem with homeless and trans people lately.
The hospital story is why healthcare shouldn’t be for profit. HOWEVER Medicaid patients having to sign consent for sterilization 30 days prior is a paternalistic rule that needs to be addressed. So many patients have wanted to have their tubes tied during a c-section and been denied because they have Medicaid instead of private insurance and didn’t have paperwork yet. This is a stupid rule that only makes people end up with unnecessary additional procedure and unplanned pregnancies
Seeing the pictures of firefighters battling the LA fires has gotten me choked up. Truly the bravest of us all
Big time, these brave soldiers are saving our lives. I was able to come home today to my home because they stopped the spread. It makes me want to cry I'm so grateful. We need to give them more resources.
100%, firefighter deserve all of the praise that we give to cops instead of
The sad thing is that they are risking their lives and still get criticized. I lost my home to a wildfire 4 years ago and my neighbors were outraged that our homes didn’t survive and implied they didn’t try hard enough. Meanwhile only a few acknowledged that both a firefighter and a PG&E worker died in the efforts to protect our lives and properties…
Many are inmates being paid 5 bucks an hour to do it
People blaming people for not leaving because of the fires is reminding me of when people were mocking us for not leaving during Hurricane Helene. We technically were warned, but the emergency texts went out after our cell phone towers and power stations were destroyed. Our town ended up lucky but was cut off for a few days until someone with a tractor just filled the hole that used to be our road with gravel so cars could leave. It wasn’t until I got down the mountain days later that my phone got service and then I saw texts warning me about the flooding.
Sounds like what happened to Asheville :/ the main road out fell into the river, had everyone evacuated when the warning been out that road would have been filled with cars and people would have drowned in their cars. Sometimes staying is safer.
Anyone who is criticizing people for not evacuating has never had to.
@ yeah we are over more towards Boone, but Asheville is about an hour away. We knew a lot of people with close close calls in Asheville
Watching disaster movie: "No, don't take the highway! You'll never make it!"
Watching actual disaster: "Why didn't you just like leave lol"
I'm laughing at her because she criticized Cruz for not being there when and ice storm hit in Texas and there was nothing he would or could do from a federal level. She is actually a local person who has the authority to do things and yet she was off in another country. She is the pot calling the kettle black, she isn't competent
I will also add- the editing of today's show was top-tier! :)
Ready for the "God is testing me and I didn't study" t shirt drop
Sending my Prayer and thoughts to people of LA, love from Ladakh.
The dumpster fire pencil holder that I got my husband for Christmas is seeming more and more appropriate the further into the year we get. Stay safe everyone.
I worry for the state of our culture. As we spent days ripping each other apart, dividing ideals, and harsh blowback. How are we to function if even the masses can no longer hold due empathy for those in pain.
I used to have empathy…the Democrats cured me of that. How many of these people were celebrating NC? How many cried that the Trump assassins missed?
And I’m supposed to have empathy?…
…All I can muster is apathy. I’m not going to celebrate it or mock them, but I’m not sympathetic either. Welcome to 2025.
@@MalefaxTheBlack So the fact the left stopped tolerating INTOLERANCE and wasn't going to shed a tear for a crony capitalists ex ceo nazi rhetoric spewing democracy dismantling dictator .....that's why you hate the left? Really?
The irony is MAGA is so brainwashed they got upset when trump was shot at but CHEERED when luigi landed his shot on his mark. JUST SAYING. The hypocrisy is REAL.
You either want to eat the rich that divide us or you want to live in service of the big corporations and lobbyists. Pick a side bro. It's been a class war. Everything else is noise used to distract us.
@@MalefaxTheBlack Ugh
@MalefaxTheBlack No you didn't.
Blame the Republicans they'll literally take any moment to spew their idiocy and hatred like the clown above me. It's why they voted in a predator criminal into office.
The story with the OBGYN is truly sickening. How could anyone expect Americans to believe the healthcare system in this country cares for the best interests of Americans. It very clearly is another example of profits over healthcare.
unfortunately not surprising. shady practices are all over the american healthcare system but within hospitals they seem to pile up within the OBGYN departments. look up dr hadden from columbia university
I lost everything in the Jasper wildfire this past July, I know all too well how this feels. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this.
I’m not understanding how the mayor being in Ghana is a talking point. Should politicians have precognition? Are politicians never allowed to leave their jurisdiction while in office? It’s such a nothing talking point.
The budget? Fair play. That’s worth discussing.
Ana has basically abandoned the left, so you gotta imagine Tucker Carlson saying something like this. So it makes sense through that perspective? 🤷🏾♂
@@MattFooLittle tyt is hitting their grifter arc. The same one they shit all over rubin and dore for. Saw this coming a while ago.
Ana does not make valid arguments and has not done so for a while. Obviously, the mayor cannot be blamed for being abroad, but that doesn't drive attention.
i mean tbh the fk is a mayor doing in ghana, shes not a diplomat, also she could just cancel the visit and go back
The budget cut was about 2%... Their budget this year is $820 million.
As someone who became heavily involved in crisis management this year for my job... no matter how many times you practice and how many plans you make... the moment it really happens it becomes so much harder ti actually follow these plans and trainings and a lot changes to gut instinct...
No no no. You don't get to absolve the failure of democrats.
Refusal to prosecute homeless ppl starting open flames. Cutting fire departments. Bending to environmentalists and flushing water into the ocean. Not building dams. SPECIFICALLY CUTTING FIRE PREVENTION EFFORTS.
So no just no
I recently watched an expert talk about what amounts to the 3 stages of crisis "management" in everyday people. It basically boiled down to:
1. Denial ("A fire? Well, it's not gonna come anywhere near me, so I'm fine, the firefighters will take care of it")
2. (Social) Deliberation ("Hm, idk about evacuating, what about the others? Some of my neighbours left, should I go too? What should I take with me? Will I need my car?")
3. Taking Action ("Okay, I'm gonna run, the fire is right there" OR they freeze and do nothing... OR they run out and help their neighbours evacuate and so on)
And all of these stages and actions are pretty much normal in a social species such as humans. And unless you've not only trained but also experienced these emergency situations enough times, most people will end up going through those stages which may even cost them their lives due to not acting fast enough or ultimately freezing.
@Windmelodie oooh we discussed this as well! I work in the tourism industry so luckily we are not *always* in the business of crisis, but I am customer facing and have dealt with a few situations now where these reactions (from employees and guests alike) where so common. I've really learned that each crisis situation is a complete blank slate and that the plans are a good template, but might have to he adjusted on the fly
my mom is a retired OBGYN of over 30 years. I showed her the segment on the OB and she said, “I’ve seen that happen so many times. There’s a reason why I do not practice anymore. I’m not surprised.”
My brother and his wife's family were 1.5 miles from Eaton . We were holding our breathe. So far, so good.
CRMC shows why most Americans see Luigi as a hero
They support him while still supporting the other side. We're all just as guilty as the healthcare system. We either all have to be Luigi or we should just put our heads down and keep getting our healthcare slop as they give it to us. At this point there's only one way to change the systems set up in this country. The forefathers of American gave us an example to follow but none of us really want change
25:03 good work PDS editors! I like seeing Phil float in front of newsprint 😊😅
Just got into the mobile homes off the freeway like 2 months ago. Finally clean from fentynal for 3 months and now this happens. All i wana do use, i have nothing left. Even my my mini Christmas tree my grandma gave me when i was 9 was lost. Im just sitting in all the smoke watching LA mountains burn. I know im not the only one who lost everything but i feel like the world as literally burning my life away
Hang in there, friend! These fires will die and a path for you will become clear. Until then, keep your head down and inch toward daylight.
Hang in there, as long as you stay safe that's the main thing
*Don't start using,* whatever you do. Think of every cent you have now as an investment for keeping yourself safe while navigating this situation. Get yourself a nice meal, a place to stay and figure shit out for a few nights, hell get a deep tissue massage from a cheap parlor. Just don't use, don't hurt yourself more during this time. You deserve support and compassion from yourself, not more harm.
Fuck, bro, my heart goes out to you, there's nothing more painful than losing something of sentimental value, especially something special from your childhood, don't give in to your demons, please, it's not worth it
If you can quit fentynal, you can do anything. Stay strong and in a few months you'll look back and be amazed at how strong you really are. You're not alone.
@7:00 Phil... I love you man. I've watched you since you were under 10k subscribers... So please understand that I am BEGGING you to not normalize Ana Kasparian... She's been pulling a Davin Rubin Style grift over the last couple months. their entire network has shifted right and many long term journalists, vloggers, writers, and other staff are having a mass exodus now.
The reason I'm focusing on this, is that you gave a republican's point of view.... and then you essentially gave another republican's point of view lol.
Her comment makes her sound like she's mad the homeless got nothing to lose lol
@@Katelovescats95 Every time Ana opens her mouth it feels like she's about to advocate for hunting homeless people for sport lol.
😂 p3d0 she changed 1 position because she was SA'd by homeless criminals so now she's against crime.
Hilarious. Shows you which side are the extremists. She suffers the consequences of YOUR and her policies and changes her mind.
lol ana is a liberal whether you like it or not. 90% of her opinions on policies are liberal. she just isn’t afraid to speak against her party when they fail. people who don’t like critical thinking tend to not like her to seems like.
Are people really going to”look there’s women hired clearly and they must only be there for diversity and not actually qualified in the field that is their longtime career-that’s obviously the problem” I feel like I shouldn’t be so shocked by this but it feels so insane
Not only are the usual incel basement trolls trotting out that boring old tune again, like a weird fetish that they can't stop obsessing over, they are doing it in these very comments. 🙄
And it's not just that, it's STILL the "slept her way to the top" BS. People just suck.
"It wasn't just conservatives who were being critical of the city and state's leadership"
There were also those making the right wing turn who also criticized them. 6:55
Yea really sad watching those voices get eaten by right wing money
Honestly! Calling Anna Kasparian "not a conservative" is some pretty conservative bias on Phil's part.
@@angel-.- I doubt Phil is a conservative. He's wrong, but I don't think it was intentionally wrong. Anna claims to be a liberal. It's possible whoever wrote that didn't bother to actually fact check that.
😂 as usual c0v1d... a virus from a foreign nation was literally called the trump virus.... but incompetence directly responsible for wildfires is "climate change" fault or something
@@angel-.-😂 thanks for showing how extremist left the modern democrats are.
Hilarious.
Phil after you said 'stay safe out there' my autoplay autoplayed but I immediately came back to this video to say - that's the most sinister thing you've said in the 15 years I've been watching the news on this channel and I may or may not now feel afraid. thx!
3:10 - I SWEAR TO ALL THAT IS HOLY IF SOMEONE USES THAT POOR FISH AS A SCAPEGOAT ONE MORE TIME--Sorry, I live in Northern Cali. Farmers and crap use that excuse all the time, "Oh, who cares about a little fish? It doesn't matter." IT MATTERS. It's an UMBRELLA SPECIES; by conserving that one tiny fish, we can conserve so much of our rivers, delta (You know, that area that produces most of the RICE in the US?), and other *very very delicate* environmental zones. I swear, every time I hear a politician talk about that fish they are talking absolutely out of their rear ends and just doing it for a voter grab instead of *actually* researching it. /end N.Cali rant
Of course people would politicize a disaster. How utterly pathetic. God I hate humanity.
I live near the Eaton area. So many of our family and friends have lost their homes. We were evacuated and are waiting to see when it will be safe to go back. It’s sad to see so many businesses lost. I’m so grateful my home is safe but I wonder how the community will rebuild in Altadena. Please all if you can support the local communities. It’s been heartwarming to see so many people offering help with water, masks, food even charging a phone. Stay safe out there friends.
1:37 The fact that even Rogan knew this tells you it was quite common knowledge that this could happen, yet the preparations seem to have been lacking.
Because most of the country wants to pretend that climate change isn't happening. It's really hard to fix a problem you refuse to admit exists.
“God’s testing us and I didn’t study" is definitely a t-shirt that should exist.
Former wildland firefighter here who worked in Ventura for 5 years.. the worst fires always start around November-march and have always been at this time in this area due to the santa ana winds.. the real problem is the lack of controlled burns and proper brush removal. Im sure the drought doesn't help, but alot of this could have, at the very least, saved whole areas..
Oh dang I didn't even think about the water tanks. I grew up in the hills and we had a pump house across the street from my house and a huge tank at the top of the hill. I don't think many people are familiar with how that works though so I understand the confusion.
I lived in Southern California a couple years ago during election season and some guy was trying to win a campaign on DEFUNDING the fire department for the area. Nuts.
I worked in the cell phone industry when that nationwide test text went out. The people who came in leading up to it screaming about how 1. They don’t consent and will sue us and 2. They know they are putting spyware on their phones was just wild.
As for not getting the emergency alerts, it broke my heart when people would tell me they turned them off. Things like amber alerts. A little kid was abducted but you are more concerned about your dogs barking at the blaring siren from your phone. Just sickening. How much I wanted to make every person who said that feel like absolute crap.
Where was United Healthcare when you need them to deny some unnecessary surgeries?
Hearing the story about the hospital and doctor doing all this crazy shit to make profits sounded like what I imagine a brainstorm session would've been for the writers and producers of The Resident when coming up with storylines for the show. That's terrifying to hear it happen in real life, but also sounding way worse than a drama TV series playing out the same scenarios is insanity!
Dude you good at what you do, been watching you for 7 years now and your getting better and better.
it’s so insane to observe as our health system declines further & further. people are being given surgeries they DONT need, simply for profits, while others arent cleared for surgeries & treatments they *ABSOLUTELY NEED* , bc it’s unprofitable. i predict things will get far worse before they get better.
why would a company ever do something that costs them money? of course they're going to do the procedures that will make them money. they would go under if they only did surgeries that didn't make a profit...
@ brother… profits are made AFTER maintenance costs and salaries. this is EXTRA. profits are not what is used to maintain services at a company. it isnt costing them ANYTHING. they are going out of their way to abuse the public to reap EXTRA on top of EVERYTHING they already scalp us for. *get a grip.*
@@bmans884 profits don’t include a business’s maintenance costs. it’s entirely extra money on top of what it takes to keep lights on and pay people. i cant imagine defending the people scamming us & scalping our wallets. yet here you are!
One thing that people don't realize about Pumper Firetrucks is they can put out an insane amount of water, upwards of 2000gpm (7600lpm). So each truck has to hook up to a hydrant or draft water from a river, lake, or something because they will run dry in minutes if they go all out. When you start to think about that against how much a house uses in a minute you can see how too many trucks pulling on the mains at one time can cause large disturbances in the water system if you keep that up for too long.