Malibu is on fire!

Thoughts and prayers!

[quote]—NYers who are constantly ridiculed by LA types about our weather

We don't ridicule your weather, r1, we brag about *ours*.

Guess again r2. It happens here and all over social.

Susanne Somers lost her home in the last Malibu fire.

I do believe it's time, once again for a little dose of Neil Simon: “When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it's still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.”

[quote]r3 = Guess again [R2]. It happens here and all over social.

Sure Jan. How is NYC's weather ridiculed? Because *sometimes* the winters are wicked?

[quote]Susanne Somers lost her home in the last Malibu fire.

And then she died.

Have they added Barbra's to the Dead Malls list yet?

Oh for fucks sake r6, are you for real? Yes LA people never gloat about their weather in threads about ny snow storms, etc.

[quote]r9 = —Let the baby have his way

*My* way is to love both NYC *and* LA.

Oh r6, give it up.

There's nothing pathetic about being bi-coastal, r11. You sound so...bitter.

You bickering LA and NY queens are tiresome and dreadful

Bargain Basement Bunker Babs!

[quote]Awl ovah soshul

I’m glad and hope those people lose everything.My bitch sis is part of that community. I’m not bitter and jealous I just hate shallow selfish people and Malibu is ground zero.

[Quote] *My* way is to love both NYC *and* LA.

That’s nice but stop ignoring what LA people do all too often on social. If you haven’t seen it, you’re not paying attention.

Is Cher safe?

My God! Is the mall okay??!!

I just saw James Brolin and Roslyn Kind running across the PCH carrying crates of Cinnabon and Orange Julius inventory...

LA folks FREAK out in winter weather. They're the type who bring snow boots to Philadelphia in November "just in case". A snow flurry is spotted in a December trip to NYC? They run outside like Chattanooga hillbillies, sticking their tongues out to catch snowflakes instead of rimmable asses.

No matter what those folks lose they will still have more than most of us.

Does anyone remember TV’s Lucinda Bassett. She sold her ‘’Attacking Anxiety Program’’ after her husband killed himself then she fled to the safety of Malibu.

I love that Pepperdine students had to shelter in the Library. As if those kids could read a book….not even one of the top 5 schools in the County.

Seems like only transplants (to LA) would gloat about the weather in LA.

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^^ Dick Van Dyke's cat, Bobo, is missing.

[quote]Arlene and I have safely evacuated with our animals except for Bobo escaped as we were leaving. We’re praying he’ll be ok and that our community in Serra Retreat will survive these terrible fires

Hunt the rich, their homes, their toys

They should called it Luigi Fire.

Oh no r27! Poor Bobo.

Dick just lay down and welcome the fire-you’ve done your time.

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I can just picture evacuated Cher walking into a restaurant yelling, "Start packing up food and water for the first responders! Don't worry about paying for it! I'm CHER!"

Is Pam Anderson's trailer home safe?

Save Pepperdine

There is no there there.

Terrifying.

Cher hasn’t lived there for years.She’s been dead for years.

Between the fires and the hurricanes, the droughts and the earthquakes (always the clock is ticking for the Big One to happen), I don't know how anyone in Los Angeles sleeps at night. Especially those with children. I have one girlfriend who I asked this question to and she says most of the time she compartmentalizes her fears, but occasionally she will drop her children off at school and have a moment of sheer panic with the thought of "What if today is The Day for the Big One, and that was the last time I ever see my children?"

Not even getting into the ‘big one’ silliness….hurricanes R39?

People spell just fine in the Golden State. You sound dull R39.

sleep well, too. ;)

“This is the Asshole Fire, because only an asshole would start this. That Italian kid that got caught in Pennsylvania, go you!”

Yeah, R40, there was a HUGE tropical storm in LA last year, with flooding. I know because one of my best friend lives in LA and I was worried for her and her kids.

I'm far from dull, R41, and I have spend a lot of time in LA for two decades, as well as traveling all over the world both on tour and as an adventurer. If you must know, my hesitation about living in LA is a biproduct of aging rather than small-mindedness. I simply feel more skittish in my 50s about living in places with the potential for devastation and destruction. Such as the Northridge earthquake which destroyed my ex-husband's home in '94. Such as these massive fucking yearly fires. To wit, eight years ago I almost bought a home in Malibu, and the Woolsey Fire and this fire make me feel relieved that I made a different choice. I"m too old for this game of roulette.

I also grew up in Missouri where tornado watches, warnings and actual visible SIGHTINGS were a part of my childhood, every spring. When the TV show gets interrupted and the horrible loud emergency broadcast service beep shocks your nervous system. I'd be home alone after school (Gen X latch key) and it was always so terrifying. I once ran outside and saw a tornado in the distance, heading in the direction of me and my childhood country farmhouse. Very Wizard of Oz, surreal, panic-inducing. Then as I watched and prayed, the tornado change direction and disappeared into the distance. The sky turns this freaky mustard color, birds stop singing, it's really terrifying. So I made a choice as an adult to try to only live in places where tornadoes are rare.

[quote]I love that Pepperdine students had to shelter in the Library. As if those kids could read a book….not even one of the top 5 schools in the County.

Ah, but their hot polo players were featured as mermen in Madonna's "Cherish" music video:

R44. "Tropical Storm" Hilary was a joke. As a native of So Cal, the media once again hyped it up. It poured for 20 mins. The wind blew also. That was about it.

R44 a tropical storm is not a hurricane, and I was here for it and it was much less serious than had been forecasted. It was barely even windy.

Malibu is on fire and so are my book sales!

[quote]r16 I’m glad and hope those people lose everything. My bitch sis is part of that community.

Roslyn?

[quote]r27 Dick Van Dyke's cat, Bobo, is missing.

Thoughts & Prayers [bold]: o

At first glance I thought it said Maui was on fire again and I was so sad. I don't understand what's left to burn in Malibu. The little plants that grew again after the last fire ravaged? The landscape around Pepperdine still looked terribly burnt a couple years ago when I drove through.

Cher is going to melt if she doesn’t get away. She’s 93% plastic.

Did someone flick an ash on Cher's face?

R47

Tell that to Houston:

California is not Texas—thanks be to God.

It's a trade-off.

I absolutely am, to the depths of my soul, deeply bonded with Winter. It could care less about me, but I gladly endure its unrequited love.

I totally get it why most want not a thing to do with Winter.

It's dangerous. It's hard work. Your car can slide into an oncoming semi and you're dead from the sheer laws of physics.

But damn, for me that's all worth it for the pure serenity of seeing trees quietly shouting their stark, raw beauty because their every limb and branch are encased in white snow against a canvas of slate gray sky.

I'm sure Californians experience that same pure awe gazing at mountains or the Pacific Ocean's horizon.

OMG!! The stars are fleeing Malibu!

I heard that Mel Gibson's home has been destroyed.

What happened to Suzanne Somers' home was devastating.

This will all be gone too.

Cher on Assistance

Are the homes right on the beach in jeopardy, too?

[quote] I heard that Mel Gibson's home has been destroyed.

Karma is a bitch

This must bring back bad memories for Cher, of the time she lost her villa in the Great Fire of Rome.

The news keeps talking about Cher and Dick Van Dyke. How about some updates on the mall please??!! 🙏

"The only thing that will be left after a nuclear holocaust is Cher and cockroaches."

On a positive note our power has been turned back on after 41 hours. I’ve been bundled up in double clothing.

Suzanne had no door to come and knock on.

R68. No. She had to take it Step by Step.

"Move your ass, Rozzie! You still gotta empty out the Hot Dog on a Stick!"

Does Ali MacGraw still live in Malibu? I think she lost her house there once already. It would be a bummer to go through that twice.

No one cares about San Diego. This is a celebrity brush fire thread. Please!

BeYAWNce and the child rapist.

Local news just showed Cher on the roof of her home with a water hose.

Well there are plenty of CEOs living on massive estates in the back country around here.

You don’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore!

How are you so burnt, when you're barely on fire?

Take cover under the Sunglasses Hut!

Haunting image from Barbra's burning Doll Shoppe.

I believe Cher and Miss Geffen are ok as most of the fire was in the hills near Pepperdine, no news about reaching beach front homes .

Bobo Van Dyke isn't alright! Think of Bobo!

Kim Novak, Bel Air, 1961

Are Tori Spelling and her brood of obese children still living in a RV? She can just drive it to Bakersfield and wait out the fire.

R83. The tires wouldn't last with those fat kids!

Wasn't Andy Dick living in his ex-wife's shed in Malibu for awhile?

Has anyone checked in on DL fave Eve Plumb?

R86. Does she work at the Malibu Carl's Jr or something?

I thought Eve had a house on the beach that she bought with her Brady Bunch money.

Eve Plumb sold that little bungalow in 2016 for $3.9 million (originally purchased for $55,000).

Malibu covers over 20 miles in width, east-to-west.

Eve sold at the right time.

I can't help it, I always feel for the animals when these fires take over.

Della, your post at 56 was absolutely poetic. Loved it.

Smoooches, r93.

We have those same winters in California…even more poetic in Mammoth, Yosemite, Tahoe and a hundred other places.

Fire

Has Bobo Van Dyke been located? 😟

Me, too, R92. I worry for our local mountain lion population in the Santa Monica Mountains, which is already under tremendous pressure. At least two mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains lion-study died as a direct result of the 2018 Woolsey Fire. P-74's tracking-collar failed the day after the fire broke out & moved into the canyons of his last known location (they never picked him up again on any of their trail cams, etc.). Another lion, female P-64, was found deceased & starved a couple weeks after the fire with burns on her paws. Her tracking collar indicated that she'd moved into the edge of developed neighborhood/area to avoid the active fire....but then went back into the smoldering "burn-scar" (to get the fuck away from human-development). 😢

ALL of the lions in the western Santa Monica Mountains (west of the 405) were affected by it in some way. A huge swath in the central portion was suddenly denuded, pushing the remaining lions on either side of the burn area further east & west in search of their preferred prey, deer. (And into conflict with other male lions & cars)

Anyway....I like to think of this big guy (now long-gone), just chillin' on a Malibu hillside on a beautiful (Super Bowl) Sunday afternoon.

I KNEW DL would bring the receipts where Eve Plumb was concerned R89!

I'm ok with this.

It might have been started by unbridled lust

R97/KittyDyke: My grandparents couldn't find their beloved cat when they had to evacuate their home during 1961 Bel Air Fire (he was indoor-outdoor as most cats were back then). When they left, they feared the house & sweet Sam were probably goners....but the fire stopped its southward march about 50 yards to the north of their house. And happily, Sam waiting for them by the front door when they returned! (and lived another10-12 years)

Also: remember the story of "Binks" -- that family cat that survived the Surfside condo collapse?? He kept hanging around the collapse-site during the first week of recovery until someone realized: "Ohhhhh...."

Cats will hang around! Hopefully, DVD's property wasn't totally engulfed flames & Bobo is around the there somewhere.

1961 Herald-Examiner article about celebs affected by the Bel Air Fire. It's not so different...

And another from the L.A. Times:

I hope Mel Gibson’s hobbit-hole goes up like a fire-cracker and all his Russian bitch kids

r13, it is not possible to be tiresome and dreadful at the same time.

Dread keeps the attention keen. "Tiresome" is not the same as "exhausting."

Oh, dear.

Bobo Van Dyke is safe!

Damn—just lost $25.

R107. Hooray!!!!

If this is giving you anxiety, you could always get it off your mind by working out!

I'm so glad Bobo is safe, his house is okay and he had a great 99th birthday celebration.

I bet Bobo Van Dyke spent his 99th munching on his wife titties.

Is Joyce De Witt's house ok?

R113, Yes, Joyce seems to be okay, at least she was the last time I passed her "tent" on Culver right by the Marina Freeway overpass...

R114. Tent doesn't need to be in quotes. She lives in a literal tent.

Well, if you look closely it might be a tent Joyce erected out of hockey sticks and ace bandages… which would make it a “tent.”

I think she’s stoned a lot of the time.

Horny old Dick Van Dyke still getting it at 99!!! Good for him!

Joyce owns an estate in Santa Barbara.

R118. I'd hardly call a two bedroom fixer upper and estate.