“They were embracing each other as the sun went down, tears on their faces. It makes you realise how fast everything can disappear."
The Byron Bay born surfer Rama McCabe, brother of former WSL head judge Pritamo Ahrendt, has been living in the city of Angels for the past ten years. Rama leveraged his experience as a gun designer for Rip Curl, Globe, O’Neill and The Critical Slide Society into co-founding the, now disappeared sadly, Japanese-American brand Banks.
The little shredder, kid got a sublime style that can’t be bought, lives in Santa Monica with his DJ gal Mei Chi Kwok. When the fires hit the Palisades he jumped on his bike and hit the beach bike path towards the action.
He rode to where the LAFD had set up their base camp at Will Rogers beach when, suddenly, flames start coming down the canyon real fast, jump the road and start burning hell out of the palm trees. The sky fills with embers. A cop car arrives and tells Rama to get out now or jump in the ocean.
“It was terrifying and really shocking how fast the flames were moving. I completely thought I was going to catch on fire,” says Rama, riding gainst the gale-force Santa Ana winds with his t-shirt wrapped around his face as he got hit by blazing embers. “People were walking out with suitcase and backpacks. It was all they could get before their houses went up in flames.”
Rama says he was standing next to an old guy at the trailer park at Will Rogers trailer park as fire fighters watched the man’s trailer burn.
“He was screaming and crying and no one was doing anything about it even though it was right there,” says Rama. “There was obviously a reason but it seemed really bizarre how they were allowing certain things to happen while getting very protective of other things.”
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Rama captured extraordinary scenes of the apocalypse.
One of the most poignant is an old couple sitting in their Model T Ford they’d driven over the parking barricade and almost onto the beach.
“They were embracing each other as the sun went down, tears on their faces. It makes you realise how fast everything can disappear and how impermanent possessions are.”
Apocalypse Now. Movie titles coming true in real time in the real world. The horror, the horror.
your so called facts are not backed by history or logic…….but your antisemitism is quite clear….it’s interesting to note how you say zionism is a fairy tale….maybe you should tell that to Hamas/Hezbollah/iran/Syria???
Horrific circumstances for so many people at every level in this event. Can’t help thinking what has been laid down by powerful groups many moons ago. Out of chaos comes order. Look at the world right now. It’s there to be seen.
When I was 10 years old I watched half my town be destroyed by Ash Wednesday. A lot of people died but my parents kept this from me and my brother. Dad jumped in the fire truck and fought the fires with all the other locals. We thought it was exciting. But we were lucky, our house did not get taken. Some schoolmates had close escapes from Airey’s Inlet, fleeing while their car was on fire. I will never forget the smell of the smoke and the stinging eyes. It was very surreal. We fled to the beach and watched as trees 10 metres away burst into flames.
There were parts of the Great Ocean Rd where it was like nuclear catastrophe. Just black sticks poking up through grey ash, and weird brick chimneys and rusted corrugated iron. That’s all that was left.
The weird thing was that after just a few weeks, green shoots shot out of the trees everywhere and within a few months, it was bright green new shoots and black trunks. Nature does recover from this, and quicker than you would think possible.
Houses can be rebuilt and will be rebuilt. Nature is a harsh mistress, but eventually she is benevolent. Be safe people. One day this will make a great story. Until then, don’t risk your neck.
Look up the Resnicks family and their farms if you want to know where all of California’s water has been going for the last few decades.
Get lost! Please
Never in history the Jews wherein the ‘wrong’ side… Wake up
Settlers are the wrong side. Even moderate Jews will tell you that.
Curious to know where you got your education…
All very POIGNANT words and photos but he’d burn you in a heartbeat guaranteed . Plus he’s no Aussie . The stain and poison of la would have seen to that 5 years in
I know this has fuck all to do with israel, DEI , commies eating children for breakfast and whatever this comment section descendend into.
Won’t even read the whole thing.
However, I bet no-one got this angle yet:
– the soul crushing lead pic also serves as a stern reminder of human- influenced climate change, as a Ford Model T , the first and foremost mass-produced internal-combustion automobile, is poorly parked over a bike lane that states clearly NO BIKES.
Not cool.
You are such an asshole. Ever hear of forest management programs where they clear brush so this doesn’t happen? You cannot be this stupid
Lol
And talking about “impermanent possessions” while photographing a 100 year old car that out lived its original owners was a nice touch
Two thoughts for you to ponder BUT first this is a massive tragedy:
– Does the hypocrisy of you typing on a device that you wouldn’t have access to without petrochemicals ever cause you to consider going off the grid and throwing away the evil devices you type on?
– Would mankind(gender fluid of course) be better off if Ferdinand Porsche’s electric vehicle had won the day back in 1893?
Were only gonna die (from our own arrogance)
And hell yes, anything designed by porsche over Ford
Why is global warming funny?
YOU CAN’T PUT MEN/WOMEN/LESBIAN BLACKS/HUMAN RESOURCES IN FRONT OF THESE FIRES, EVEN WITH REALLY POWERFUL “ANTI CIVIL RIGHTS PROTESTER” MODEL HOSES. YOU’D LOSE EM ALL IN THE FIRST HOUR.
That’s exactly it, in eighty mile an hour offshores all you can do at that point is get people out of the way.
“Have fun with the wife, always one of the best things in life.” written like a old geezer who has hasnt seen consensual snizz in years. Have fun with your new water experiment.
Ps. youll love the figherfighter entertainment i left you with. all you need to do is click on any word in that sentence 😉
You’re more than welcome, I know you could use some. Let me know if any else of life’s simplest inventions confuse you I would be happy to help.
They were invented so small simple men like you could yell at them when they “run out of water.”
Duuuuude I can lift 25o with one arm and im a tiny man, have you ever met a women at all. Serious question.
Clearly you’re not a plumber or you wouldn’t have proposed such a ludicrous acquisation…so now lets do some learning, something men should do, youre a manly man right?
I doubt you have two stories to your house but if you do I invite you to open your upstairs faucet, then open every single faucet downstairs and see how that water flow upstairs is. notice how it decreases in pressure. Wow now you just realized why the fire hydrants weren’t working. Good job.
Ya I know you hate women, I get it. You didn’t need to elaborate.
Curious question; what have you, as a man, accomplished that a women couldn’t? I wont hold my breath on an answer cause we all know its fuck all.
Why dont you meet the chiefs of the Pacific Palisades Crew… all of which are much older now. https://palisadesnews.com/meet-the-new-captains-at-pacific-palisades-lafd-fire-station-69/
Which begs the question, that you proposed earlier, would you rather have an overweight man who is on the verge of heart attack or women lift a 250lb beam (not exactly heavy) to save you. My answer would be I dont give a fuck I would rather survive, but you do you.
What will they do about the fires? Oh I don’t know maybe limit how much we warm the earth. Probably too woke of an answer for a guy who thinks women are only good for making sandwiches. Anyways, im off to be with my DEI hire of a wife (shes a pilot so dont be getting on planes now). Here is some firefighter entertainment to leave you with.
Can there be a rule that if you up vote your own comment it gets deleted right away?
I’d never have to scroll past that happy cunt . . .I’m in
Regardless of your sexual fantasy, do you understand how water pressure works? That was the crux of your argument.
Also I know multiple women that can move 250lbs, thats light weight, I can see how that might intimidate you since all women scare you.
Oh my bad for confusing your racism for sexism. Now back to this comment I responded to…This area has been ravaged by fires for decades, as you have recollected on. How is this any different?
Years of burning, rebuilding, burning yet this year its due to WOMEN in charge. Were you outraged at the men that were in charge the last…what 3? 4? fires? or was that just nature doing what nature does.
Duuuuude. Do you know how water pressure works? Ask your nephew before you respond.
Idk how fat you are but I can definitely be picked up by both a man or women. See my other comment regarding your fantasy of a white firefighters saving you.