My city is on fire

Hey everyone, as you may have heard on the news, 100mph winds & wildfires have devastated Southern California. Luckily I am safe, but I helped evacuate my brother and several friends yesterday. Sante Dor Foundation needed an emergency evacuation of their pets as well. 75% of pacific palisades is gone. Hollywood hills is burning. The Getty and the observatory are on fire. Friends have needed to flee south. I know several people who have lost their homes. Over 300 animals with burns and injuries have been admitted to Pasadena humane alone. I cannot bear the thought of how many domesticated & wild animals have likely suffered - or worse - throughout this.

This will take ages for people to rebuild. So much has been lost. I woke up this morning to ash raining from the sky like some fucked up version of snow. The air quality is so bad Beetle is having asthma attacks. We have had cat carriers & go bags packed; ready to evacuate at the first notice.

I took this photo prior to the fires, when the winds were raging the day before they first broke out. It was stormy, but when you live in a place that’s perpetually sunny, any deviation of the weather seems cute. I cringe looking back on how kitschy I thought the storm was. How romantic! Look at this wind! Look at a cloudy sky! How novel.

Hard cut to staring out at the hills from my balcony that evening as orange fires raged in the north, I felt sick. You could see it spreading at a horrific pace, but the winds were so severe helicopters could not aid in the fight - essential for containing our fires.

I’m not sure the worst of it is over, but I spent yesterday in a spiral of anxiety over the collective losses of my community. All I can hope to do is aid the people & animals in Los Angeles as we mourn the loss, pick through the ash & rebuild.

As such, I will be donating proceeds to the charities assisting those devastated by these fires, starting with Pasadena humane.

Thank you so much for your support x

Stay safe