THB #651: El Fuego Triste

I was planning on doing the second part of my 2025 projections today… but it’s going to have to wait. Real life happened. And writing about what might happen next with Netflix or other stalwarts of the industry seems… at this moment… unimportant.

Today was the most significant day on the most significant week of the Oscar season before nominations are announced. And now, it is a week of mourning.

The only good news is that, given the scale of this horror show, relatively few actual lives have been lost. But 15,832 acres burning so far in Pacific Palisades alone. And that is just the biggest of 3 major areas on fire. 135,679 LADWP customers without power.

I didn’t really want to send my teenager off to school today, but his school is near downtown LA and is still well clear of the fire. And as his day started, it occurred to me that while there was no danger of a fire where he is, what if there was some other emergency? How much of Los Angeles’ infrastructure is available to do what it …