While many people would argue that driving on LA roads is "like hell" on a good day, today is a very bad day as wildfires and shut the shockingly busy 405 Freeway in both directions...
BREAKING: All lanes of the 405 are shut down. This will have a MAJOR impact on so many other freeways/roads! #NBCLA https://t.co/hUabdEIZnn
— Rick Montanez (@RickNBCLA) December 6, 2017
This is what drivers are facing...
In what sounds like a replay of the devastating fires that killed dozens of people and torched a broad swath of California wine country this past summer, at least five discrete fires barreled across Southern California with extreme speed, torching more than 65,000 acres as firefighters struggled to contain the simultaneous infernos.
California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a State of Emergency in Ventura County due to the Thomas Fire.
“This fire is very dangerous and spreading rapidly, but we'll continue to attack it with all we've got,” Brown said.
“It's critical residents stay ready and evacuate immediately if told to do so.”
As SHTFplan.com's Mac Slavo details, over 27,000 people have been evacuated and 150 structures destroyed in another raging fire in California.
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,
Scientists are sounding the alarm about a volcano eruption in Antartica that could cause global health problems. The ash from this eruption could encircle the globe, affecting millions of people.
Late last week, China for the first time confirmed the deployment of its J-11B jet fighters to the heavily disputed South China Sea islands. Footage was released by Government-run China Central Television (CCTV) in the form of military propaganda directly challenging the United States and its allies in the disputed waters. The footage confirmed the aircraft are residing in various hangars on Yongxing island, a Chinese name for Woody Island, which is in the contested Paracel Island chain.