es Wildfires: Most Destructive Fires Eve
La has been ravaged by the most
洛杉矶遭受了
destructive fire in US history this is a
美国历史上最严重的火灾,这是
tragic time here in Los Angeles a
洛杉矶的悲惨时刻,
landscape wiped out the Hollywood Hills
大地被毁,好莱坞山
are on

fire homes
大火烧毁,房屋
destroyed all right
被毁,好吧,
dude yeah let's get out of
伙计,是的,我们离开
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here and thousands of people evacuated
这里,数千人撤离
they have to leave immediately dude Gus
他们必须立即离开,伙计,格斯,
get out of here Gus oh my God and no one
离开这里,格斯,天哪,没有人
is immune it was really emotional to
能幸免,
watch Harris Hilton process this all
看到哈里斯·希尔顿实时处理这一切
seemingly in real time my thoughts and
真的很令人感动,我的思念和
prayers are with everyone tonight even
祈祷今晚与大家同在,即使
in la la

land it's a city that has gone up in
洛杉矶,这也是 这座城市已经陷入
Flames this fire is beyond anything that
火海,这场大火是
I've seen it just looks like an absolute
我从未见过的,看起来就像一个绝对的
war zone tonight we meet the people who
战区,今晚我们遇到了那些
have lost everything so this was our
失去了一切的人,这是我们的
living room this is where my Christmas
客厅,这是我的圣诞树所在的地方,
tree was
and those who are fighting the fires to
还有那些 正在灭火,
keep everyone safe you're a blessing to
确保每个人的安全,你们是
the
community but how did this Inferno
社区的福音,但这场大火是如何
engulf the city so
如此迅速地吞噬这座城市的,
quickly why is it so hard to
为什么它如此难以
control it's extremely difficult to
控制,它极难
predict it's extremely difficult to
预测,它极难
contain we're having challenges the fact
控制,我们面临挑战,事实上
is is that we're always one step Behind
是我们总是落后一步
These extreme weather events retentions
这些极端天气事件的滞留率
Rising he said we have no water oh my
不断上升,他说我们没有水了,
God and more deaths predicted Donald
天哪,预计还会有更多的死亡,唐纳德·
Trump is accusing those in control of
特朗普指责那些掌权的人
gross incompetence really sad to see how
严重无能,看到
political this is becoming when it
这件事变得如此政治化,真是令人难过,而这
really should just be about how can we
实际上应该只是关于我们所有人如何才能
all work together to save lives and
工作 一起拯救生命和
homes as La Burns can it rebuild and can
家园,因为拉伯恩斯可以重建吗?
anyone stop this from happening again
有人能阻止这种情况再次发生吗?
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Los Angeles
加利福尼亚州
California overlooked by the iconic
洛杉矶被标志性的
Hollywood
好莱坞
Sign it's home to the Rich and
标志所忽视,它是富人和
Famous one of the most culturally
名人的家园,也是美国文化最
diverse communities in the world it's
多元化的社区之一。 世界它是
the second most populated city in the
United States with nearly 4 million
美国人口第二多的城市,有近 400 万
residents
居民
but in recent days the multi-million
但最近几天,
dollar homes of suburban neighborhoods
郊区社区价值数百万美元的房屋被
have been consumed by Unstoppable walls
不可阻挡
of fire pushed Along by extreme
的火墙吞噬,被极​​端大风推向前方,
winds see all these Embers in some cases
看看 所有这些余烬在某些情况下
they're being carried more than a mile
被带到了距离火源一英里多的地方,
in advance of these Source Flames
lighting other homes on fire more than
点燃了其他房屋,超过
12,000 homes in buildings have burned to
12,000 栋房屋被烧毁,
the ground smoke has turned the blue sky
烟雾使蓝天
black and the heat blooms have been
变黑,热浪肆虐
visible from out of

space terrifying footage was posted
太空中可以看到可怕的镜头被发布
across social media it was filmed by the
在社交媒体上它是由
people at the heart of the disaster and
灾难中心的人们拍摄的,
captured the ferocity of the
捕捉到了火势的凶猛是
fire yeah let's get out of here we tried
的,让我们离开这里我们试过了
we tried bro I'm sorry
我们试过了兄弟我很抱歉
you cut our us yeah when this tree falls
你 砍掉我们的我们是的当这棵树倒下时
it's
一切都
over I'm sorry
结束了我很抱歉
BR now get out of
BR现在离开
here people were trapped inside their
这里人们被困在
homes as flames engulf their
家里当火焰吞噬他们的
neighborhoods just be okay going to be
社区时只是没事
okay hi you're going to be okay
的会没事的嗨你会没事的别
don't worry about
担心
that it was later reported the two men
后来有报道称,两名男子
and the dog were able to evacuate the
和狗成功安全撤离房屋,
house
safely firefighters desperately tried to
消防队员拼命
save life property and stop the spread
挽救生命财产,阻止
of The Inferno this is the worst one for
火势蔓延,这是
me worst one I've ever seen no question
我见过的最糟糕的一次,毫无
question no
疑问 毫无
question seven serious fires blazed
疑问,七起严重火灾席卷了
across Los Angeles and neighboring
洛杉矶和邻近的文
Ventura County destroying lives homes
图拉县,摧毁了生命、房屋
and businesses you know it's a lot of
和企业,你知道,
lot of hard work building building a
建立一家企业需要付出很多努力
business and seeing this it's tough at
,看到这种情况很艰难,
least 16 people have lost their lives
至少有 16 人丧生,
thousands of buildings have
数千座建筑被
burned and the major fires have been all
烧毁 以及主要 火灾几乎无法
but impossible to
contain it's the most destructive fire
控制,这是
in the history of the city of Los
洛杉矶市历史上最具破坏性的火灾,
Angeles but how did it
但它是如何
happen the fires began on Tuesday in the
发生的?火灾于周二在
Pacific Palisades an affluent
太平洋帕利塞德开始,这是
residential neighborhood on the coast 20
mi west of downtown LA
洛杉矶市中心以西 20 英里的一个富裕的海岸住宅区。
what has happened is a fire began up in
发生的火灾发生在
the hills above us here and was pushed
我们这里的山上,并被
by extreme winds uh creating extremely
强风推动,创造了极其
dangerous and Dynamic Fire Behavior not
危险的动态火灾行为,
only for civilians but
不仅对平民,而且对
firefighters severe droughts and Winds
消防员,严重的干旱和
of up to 100 Mil per hour whipped up
每小时高达 100 英里的大风
wildfires in the affluent LA suburb of
在富裕地区引发了野火 洛杉矶郊区
Palisades it's just the nature of of the
帕利塞兹,
erratic unpredictable gusts of wind
风向不稳定,不可预测,
it'll pick up fire it'll pick up Embers
它会引发火灾,会带走余烬,
and it'll throw it around the
并将其吹向附近
neighborhood Hood the fire then spread
地区,然后火势会
along the coast between Santa Monica and
沿着圣莫尼卡和马里布之间的海岸蔓延
Malibu these areas have some of the most
这些地区拥有
expensive real estate in the United
美国最昂贵的房地产
States and many of the homes are owned
,许多房屋归
by celebrities we want to make sure that
名人所有,我们希望确保
everyone gets out of Harm's Way then we
每个人都远离危险,然后我们
can begin uh taking care of property and
才能开始照顾
and houses along the Pacific Coast
太平洋海岸公路沿线的财产和房屋遭受了
Highway the fire was devastating we have
毁灭性的火灾,我们
a lot of resources in here but we are
在这里拥有很多资源,但我们
still spread very very thin and and uh
仍然分散,而且呃,
the fact is is that we're always one
事实是我们总是
step Behind These extreme weather events
落后一步这些极端天气事件
other fires erupted in the hours after
等 帕利塞兹大火开始燃烧后的几个小时内,大火爆发
the Palisades fire started burning and

local US news crews captured the
美国当地新闻工作人员拍下了
apocalyptic scenes we now move to a
世界末日般的场景,我们现在转到
different part of Southern California
南加州的另一个地方,
which is also on fire this is the eaten
那里也发生了火灾,这是
fire in the Altadena area we are on New
阿尔塔迪纳地区的火灾,我们现在在
York Drive in Altadena and this entire
纽约大道上 阿尔塔迪纳,整个
Hillside is on fire it has already
山坡都着火了,火势已经
crossed the street and there's a
蔓延到街道对面,
building here that is in danger of also
这里的一栋建筑也面临被烧毁的危险,
going up in
Flames the Eaton fire erupted and grew
伊顿大火爆发,
20-fold within hours it was over 10,000
在几个小时内火势扩大了 20 倍,到周四,火势已经超过 10,000
acres in size by Thursday
英亩
morning we were given the assignment of
早上我们接到了保护整条街的任务,
pretty much protecting this whole street
a lot would say that that this would
可以说这
probably be the biggest and worst Rush
可能是
fire we've had in La that's pretty much
我们在洛杉矶遇到的最大、最严重的火灾,
like a hurricane except instead of rain
就像一场飓风,只不过不是下雨,而是
we had fire so we ran out of water on
火,所以我们 用完了
this side of LA the only reason why we
洛杉矶这边的水,我们之所以
were able to save the only home on this
能救下这条街上唯一的房子,
street was because they had a pool and
是因为他们有一个游泳池,
we took that water pretty instantly but
我们很快就把水排走了,但
the house behind it and the house to the
后面的房子和左边的房子
left sure just um incinerated pretty
肯定被烧毁了
quickly the blazes spread to cover more
大火迅速蔓延,
than 35,000 acres in just 6
在短短 6 天内就覆盖了超过 35,000 英亩的土地,
days thousands of people were ordered to
数千人被命令
evacuate dramatic footage shows
撤离,戏剧性的镜头显示,
Municipal workers driving bulldozer down
市政工人驾驶推土机沿着
Sunset Boulevard clearing the road of
日落大道清理道路上的
cars abandoned by drivers who decided it
汽车,这些汽车是司机们认为
was safer to flee from the fires on foot
逃离火灾更安全
than remain in traffic any
longer experts say that the Heavy Rain
专家表示,
of last year fueled vegetation growth in
去年的大雨促进了
the Los Angeles area which had since
洛杉矶地区的植被生长,这些植被后来
dried out and become highly
干枯并变得极易
flammable and once the fire started the
燃烧,一旦起火,火势就会
incredible speed with which it spread
以惊人的速度蔓延,这
was due to a dangerous mixture of this
是由于危险的
year's low rainfall and high
今年降雨量少,但
wins it's just crazy how all this can
风力大,这一切怎么会发生,真是太疯狂了,
happen and just overnight and just like
一夜之间,就像是
sneak up on everyone looks like a war
偷袭了所有人,就像一个
zone and it just overnight everything's
战区,一夜之间,一切都被
just taken out you know and I don't even
摧毁了,你知道,我甚至不
know what to say really I mean the speed
知道会发生什么 说真的,我的意思
was astonishing without a doubt we were
是速度 毫无疑问,我们
driving back and we were watching the
开车回去的时候,
fires from the desert our friends homes
从沙漠里看到了大火,我们朋友的家
literally like on fire was crazy weather
真的像着火了一样,
forecasters had forewarned that La was
天气预报员已经预先警告说,洛杉矶
was experiencing one of its D starts to
正经历有记录以来的 D 级开局之一,
the year since records began we will
我们将
stay dry here in Southern California and
保持干燥 在南加州,
that's a bit of an issue so as we look
这是一个问题,所以当我们回顾
at our rainy season so far starting back
in October we've only seen a little bit
从 10 月份开始的雨季时,我们只看到了略
more than a tenth of an inch of rain
多于十分之一英寸的降雨,而
normal for us this time of year is more
对于我们每年这个时候来说,这是正常的
than 3 in so we've got a deficit of 3
超过 3 英寸,所以我们的缺口是 3 英寸,
in the wind played probably the biggest
风可能是
part in this when you have gusts of like
其中最大的原因,当你有
80 to 100 mph just blowing these Embers
80 到 100 英里每小时的阵风时,这些余烬被吹向
to different spots and just
不同的位置,并
creates more fires firefighters from
引发了更多的火灾,来自
Mexico Canada and six other US states
墨西哥加拿大的消防员 其他六个州的消防人员也
were rushed to California while in
紧急赶赴加州,
additional 250 fire engines with 1,000
另外还有 250 辆消防车和 1000 名
Personnel were moved from Northern
消防员从北
California to Los Angeles I what could
加州转移到洛杉矶,
the firefighters do
消防员们
nothing really it's pretty hard to stop
真的无能为力,很难阻止
something like this you know there's not
这样的事情发生,你知道
much water for them to use and just out
他们没有多少水 使用和 一切都失去了
of control you know the city has never
控制,你知道这座城市
seen anything like this before at least
以前从未经历过这样的事情,到目前为止,至少有
16 people have lost their lives so
16 人丧生,
far over 12,000 structures and buildings
超过 12,000 座建筑
have been obliterated and thousands of
被摧毁,成千上万的
residents and businesses left with
居民和企业只剩下
nothing but Ash across the
灰烬,整个
city you better take pictures of the
城市你最好接受 现在房子的照片是
house right
now came here in um 8085 worked for this
在 8085 来的,我在这家
company for many many years and and then
公司工作了很多年,然后
I had the opportunity to buy it we
我有机会买下它,我们
evacuated on uh Tuesday at
在星期二
12: uh the fire started right behind one
12 点撤离:火灾就发生在
of our customers properties in the
我们一个客户的房产后面
highlands I drove down Sunset Boulevard
高地我沿着日落大道行驶,
I saw all the houses that burnt to the
看到所有房屋都被
ground most of this side of Ballinger
烧毁,巴林杰这边的大部分
gone I saw one or two houses that are
房屋都消失了,我看到对面有一两座房屋
still standing on on the opposite side
仍然矗立着,
ah I was in
啊,我
tears still choked up it's just
泪流满面,哽咽着,这真是太
devastating absolutely unbelievable so
令人震惊了 难以置信,所以
we're going to um you know um rebuild
我们要重建,
get some new trucks and uh keep my guys
买一些新卡车,让我的人继续
in
work more than 150,000 people are still
工作,南加州仍有超过 15 万人
under evacuation orders in Southern
处于疏散命令之下。
California across Los Angeles Stars
洛杉矶之星
celebrities and residents have shared
名人和居民纷纷表达了
their grief praised firefighters and
他们的悲痛,赞扬了消防员,
encouraged everyone to come together in
鼓励大家在灾难面前团结起来,非常
the face of this
disaster thank you so much this week
感谢本周
actress Jam Lee Curtis was emotional in
女演员 Jam Lee Curtis 在
an appearance on the tonight's show
今晚
starring Jimmy Fallon because this is
由 Jimmy Fallon 主演的节目中情绪激动,因为这就是
literally where I live everything the
我居住的地方
market I shop in the schools my kids go
我的孩子上学,去学校,去市场,
to um friends many many many many many
很多很多很多很多
friends now have lost their homes so it
朋友,现在都失去了家园,所以
is it's a really awful situation I am I
这是一个非常糟糕的情况,我
am you know obviously going to go go
home first thing tomorrow and be with my
明天一早就要回家了 和我的
family and try to help my friends but it
家人,并尝试帮助我的朋友,但
is just so I can tell you if you know
我可以告诉你,如果你认识
anybody on the West Coast or not the
西海岸的任何人,
American Red Cross support them they
美国红十字会都会支持他们,他们
will come in and help people do anything
会来帮忙人们做任何
you

can the devastation has been wide
能做的事情,灾难已经蔓延到了很广
reaching and several TV film and music
一些电视电影和音乐
stars have also lost their
明星也失去了他们的
homes Malibu obviously home to a lot of
家马里布显然是许多
famous uh movie stars they've lost a lot
著名电影明星的家他们
there lost homes uh Mel Gibson for one
在那里失去了很多家梅尔吉布森和
Paris Hilton it's not so much the home
帕丽斯希尔顿他们失去的不是家
that they're losing but the memories
而是他们的家 失去的,是
that they've created
他们
there despite the efforts of
在那里创造的回忆,尽管
firefighters across La the city is
洛杉矶全市的消防员正在
burning prompting Mass evacuations and
大火中,促使大规模疏散,
hundreds of thousands of people packing
数十万人
up their most precious belongings not
收拾他们最珍贵的物品,
knowing if they will see their homes
不知道他们是否能再次看到他们的家,
again Los Angeles sometimes mythologized
洛杉矶有时被神话
as a paradise is today a vision of Hell
为天堂,今天却成了地狱,
tens of thousands of residents in the
数万居民
wealthy Pacific Palisades neighborhood
富裕的太平洋帕利塞德社区居民
have been forced to flee for their lives
被迫逃离家园,
as ferocious winds whip up the Flames
因为猛烈的大风助长了火焰,
rendering firefighters efforts useless
使得消防员的努力毫无用处,
people are evacuating 20 30 50 100
人们正在撤离20、30、50、100
people kids holding hands Blom up of
人,孩子们手拉着手,
smoke everybody's trying to kind of get
烟雾弥漫,每个人都试图
out of that
离开那个
area the fires have swept through and
区域 大火席卷而来,
decimated not just homes but whole
不仅烧毁了房屋,还烧毁了整个
neighborhoods so we actually saw our
街区,所以我们亲眼看到我们的
street on fire there's footage of our
街道着火了,有我们
street on fire and it is and the whole
街道着火的镜头,而且整个
thing is gone I mean it's not even just
街道都烧毁了,我的意思是,它甚至不只是
the top of the hill there little side
山顶那边的小地方
street the whole street leading up to it
街道,通往它的整条街都
is just gone all the other houses in our
消失了,我们社区的所有其他房屋,
neighborhood all of these places of
所有这些
school all those things were now just
学校,所有那些东西现在都成了
just
rubble and as we turned the corner and
废墟,当我们转过街角时,
we saw what was right through our house
我们看到了 我们家
it was
just Alana Hunter's mom's home was in
只是 Alana Hunter 妈妈的家,在
the Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades
neighborhood I'm just on FaceTime of my
社区,我刚刚在 FaceTime 上和
mom and then she looks out the window
妈妈聊天,然后她向窗外望去
and she sees the Flames coming over her
,看到火焰从她的
Hill I think people don't understand
山上飞过,我想人们不明白,
it's not like they had hours to prepare
这不是 他们有几个小时的准备时间,而
she had minutes
她只有几分钟的时间,
the speed at which the fire spread meant
火势蔓延的速度意味着
Alana's mom had to act fast I'm like Mom
Alana 的妈妈必须迅速采取行动,我和妈妈一样,
you need to get out of there what's most
你需要离开那里,最
important is your life grab your dogs
重要的是你的生命,抓起你的狗,拿上
grab your purse and walk out Alana and
你的钱包,走出去,Alana 和
her mom have not yet been back to the
她的妈妈还没有回到
family home they are unsure of what they
家里,他们不确定
will find after the
大火之后会发现什么,
blaze I don't think we're going to be
我不认为我们
able to recover anything but it's like
能够找到任何东西,但
maybe you know but I don't then I don't
也许你知道,但我不知道 我不
know
知道
La is home to some of the world's most
洛杉矶是世界上最
luxurious real estate in the affluent
豪华的房地产的所在地,在
areas of Malibu and the Pacific
马里布和太平洋
Palisades even the average home costs
帕利塞德的富裕地区,甚至平均房价为
$3.3 million and you'll find Mansions
330 万美元,你会发现
belonging to the stars of TV and film at
电视和电影明星的豪宅
I waterer in prices but fire has no
价格上涨,但火没有
respect for wealth or fame first fire
尊重财富或名望
broke out mid morning Tuesday in the
周二上午
Pacific Palisades on a residential
太平洋帕利塞德一条住宅
street within a couple of hours it was
街道上发生第一起火灾 几个小时后,火灾蔓延至
at 200 Acres standing in my driveway
200 Acres 站在我家车道上
getting ready to
准备
evacuate Hollywood actor James Woods
撤离 好莱坞演员詹姆斯·伍兹
takes to social media to share shocking
在社交媒体上分享令人震惊的
footage of his neighborhood on fire
视频 他的街区着火了,
we've got a lot of planes going over
我们派了很多飞机去上空
dropping water
投放水,
but as The Inferno spreads it reaches
但随着火势蔓延,它到达了
the home of reality stars Spencer C and
真人秀明星 Spencer C 和
Heidi
Heidi
montech and Spencer's mobile phone
montech 的家,Spencer 的手机
footage shows he has a front row seat to
录像显示,他亲眼目睹了这场
destruction say a prayer for the
毁灭性的灾难 为帕利塞兹祈祷,
Palisades
here there's the
这里是
town there is the
小镇,这里发生了
fire and as the fire continued to spread
火灾,随着火势继续蔓延
and encroach on Malibu scenes of panic
并侵蚀马里布,人们惊慌失措的场景
were seen uh people fleeing from the
出现了,人们逃离
hills leaving their cars
山上,丢下了他们的车,
behind I have never seen anything like
我这辈子从来没有见过这样的事情
this in my life
before and for La celebrity Paris Hilton
对于洛杉矶名人帕丽斯·希尔顿来说,
the fire is too close for
大火离她太近了
comfort and she catches the drama on
,她用摄像机记录下了这一戏剧性场面,
camera hey guys we just pulled over
嘿伙计们,我们刚刚靠边停车,
because I saw this Big Red Cloud this
因为我看到了这片大红云,这台
camera does not even do adjust as it
摄像机甚至无法调整,因为它
literally looks
看起来
like hell is taken over and it was
就像是地狱被接管了, 这真的
really emotional and relatable to watch
很令人感动, 看着
her process this all seemingly in real

time my thoughts and prayers are with
实时处理这一切,我感到很感同身受,今晚我的思念和祈祷与大家同在,
everyone
tonight I'm really pray to stop
我真的祈祷火灾能
soon the stars who lose their homes in
尽快停止,那些在火灾中失去家园的明星们,
the fire re like a who's who of
就像
Hollywood the list of celebrities that
好莱坞名人录中
lost their homes is extensive especially
失去家园的名人名单一样 房屋被烧毁的面积非常大,特别是
because so many areas burned down from
因为从
Malibu to the Pacific Palisades to
马里布到太平洋帕利塞德再到
Altadena it must be so strange for
阿尔塔迪纳,很多地方都被烧毁了,
people uh around the world looking at
世界各地的人们看到
these pictures most people's thoughts of
这些照片一定觉得很奇怪,大多数人对
Los Angeles are this glitzy glamorous
洛杉矶的印象都是阳光下那个光鲜亮丽的
Place in the Sun and yet you've got so
地方,而你
many areas where there's burning there's
很多地方都在发生火灾,
so much
很多人都很
sadness I mean I understand people
伤心,我理解人们
caring less about millionaires losing
不太关心百万富翁失去
property cuz you know they can rebuild
财产,因为你知道他们可以重建家园,
but that doesn't wipe away the pain you
但这并不能消除痛苦,你
know that is a very real trauma there is
知道这是一个非常真实的创伤。
just so much suffering right now on all
目前,各个经济层面都遭受了如此多的苦难,
levels of the economic
scale some celebrities like Police
一些名人,如《警察
Academy star Steve Guttenberg are
学院》的明星史蒂夫·古根伯格,正在
overcoming the fear of losing their
克服失去
homes and
家园和
possessions he's making a passionate
财产的恐惧,他热情
appeal for residents to help the rescue
呼吁居民帮助救援
efforts if anybody has a car and they
工作,如果有人有车,他们就会
leave their car leave the keys in the
离开 他们的车 把钥匙留在
car so that we can move your car so that
车里,这样我们就可以把你的车开走,这样
these fire trucks can get up Palisades
消防车就可以开到 Palisades
Drive you know we've got a huge fire up
Drive 你知道我们那里有一场大火,
there we got huge winds right now and
现在风很大,
it's really important for people to help
人们互相帮助真的很重要
each
other also appearing on the news
也出现在新闻
coverage are Prince Harry and megum they
报道中的还有哈里王子和梅格姆,他们
have been consoling residents and
一直在安慰帕德纳的居民和
emergency workers in
紧急救援人员。
padena lives are on the line not just
生命受到威胁的不仅是
human but animals too from the ground
人类,还有动物。从地面上看,
those are horses Gina
那些是马。吉娜是
a Fox news reporter in aladen Witnesses
福克斯新闻驻阿拉登的记者,目击者
desperate efforts to release horses
绝望 努力释放
trapped in the path of the eaten fire
被困在火灾路径上的马匹
you can see more people coming with
你可以看到更多的人带着
their horses they're trying to rescue
他们的马过来他们试图拯救
their animals hi there how many more
他们的动物你好
horses do you have we have a couple we
你还有多少匹马我们有几匹我们
just let loose over there we're trying
刚刚在那里放了下来我们 我们正努力
to get as many as we can
让尽可能多的人
out please be safe yeah thank you you be
出去,请注意安全,谢谢,你也要注意
safe too
安全,是
yeah over half of the households in
的,加州一半以上的家庭都
California own a pet and in LA county an
养宠物,在洛杉矶县,
estimated 5.3 million of them are dogs
估计有 530 万只狗,
many of these beloved animals lives are
其中许多可爱的动物都生活在那里
now under
现在
threet okay we found
三点以下,我们发现
everyone checking up the car Paris
每个人都在检查汽车帕丽斯·
Hilton shares a video of her own anxious
希尔顿分享了一段视频 她焦急地
efforts to protect her dogs everybody
努力保护她的狗,每个人都
make sure they get your pets and just
确保他们得到你的宠物,只是
praying for everyone's
祈祷每个人
safety in the mid of the Palisades Blaze
在帕利塞兹大火中的安全,
got it footage of Brave local Caleb
得到了勇敢的当地人 Caleb
serban laa shows him driving back into
Serban Laa 的镜头显示他开车回到
the fire to help a neighbor rescue four
火中帮助邻居救援
dogs from her
她车库里的四只狗
garage is this your house it's on fire
这是你的房子着火了
okay let's go quick come on go
好吗我们快走快
inside should I close them well the
进屋我要把它们关上
Palisades fire is the largest covering
帕利塞兹大火是最大的火灾,
more than 20,000
from Malibu to Santa Monica oh my gosh
从马里布到圣莫尼卡,火势蔓延了2万多米哦天哪天哪,
oh
my and Caleb's rescue takes him through
卡莱布的救援队把他带走了 穿过
the heart of the
火焰的中心
blaze I don't know how you go like you
我不知道你怎么走就像你
can see me just so and I'm alive I said
能看到我一样我还活着我说
I was to die thank you so much I got you
我快要死了非常感谢你
no
problem in the fringing areas a lot of
在边缘地区没有[音乐]问题很多
people are coming together and saying
人们聚集在一起说
we'll Foster your pets until you can
我们会收养你们的宠物,直到你们
recover and find somewhere for them to
康复,为它们找到住的地方,
to live
and so what we see coming from a tragedy
所以我们从
like this is a lot of great human
这样的悲剧中看到的是许多伟大的人类
Goodwill but also a great animal
善意,也包括伟大的动物
Goodwill as well and that's absolutely
善意 这确实令人
heartening but not all animals are lucky
振奋,但并不是所有的动物都
enough to have a human to protect them
足够幸运,有人类来保护它们,
the Hollywood Hills are home to a
好莱坞山是
remarkable diversity of wildlife many of
野生动物多样性的家园,
those animals may have escaped the
其中许多动物可能已经逃离了
Flames but now there's nowhere for them
大火,但现在它们无处
to find their food they are either
可寻食物了 要么是
vulnerable because they're going to
因为它们会
starve or because they're going to be
挨饿,要么是因为它们会被
seen and found by
Predators if there was one image that
掠食者发现,如果有一个画面让
hit me as being particularly poignant
我印象特别深刻,那
was a shot of a young deer running down
就是一只年轻的鹿在
a street in a state of total confusion
街上奔跑,处于 完全混乱,
not knowing what to do on its own
不知道自己该做什么,
isolated in the aftermath of The Inferno
在大火之后孤立无援,
Los Angeles is a scene of utter
洛杉矶是一片彻底的
destruction Pacific Palisades Calabasas
毁灭之地,太平洋帕利塞德,卡拉巴萨斯,
that's where the Hollywood Moguls the
那是好莱坞大亨和
celebrities live so the real estate is
名人居住的地方,所以
pricey there and right now some of the
那里的房地产很贵,现在有些
early estimates of the damage one from
JP Morgan analyst said the blazes could
摩根大通分析师表示,火灾可能
cause 50 billion uh in losses and
造成 500 亿美元的损失,
insurers could be on the hook for about
保险公司可能要承担其中约
20 billion of
200 亿美元的损失,
that this is an unprecedent ented number
这是一个前所未有的数字。
it's an order of magnitude above what
比我们以前所见的要高出一个数量级,
we've seen
before for many the pain of losing their
对许多人来说,失去家园的痛苦
home is compounded by another economic
因多年来的另一场经济
tragedy for years now California has
悲剧而加剧,加州
been suffering an insurance crisis
一直遭受着
triggered by its

wildfires what we've seen is that
野火引发的保险危机,我们看到的是
insurers have been failing to renew
保险公司一直在倒闭
policies in certain neighborhoods that
are risky for wildfires altogether
between 2020 and 2022 insurance
2020 年至 2022 年期间,
companies dropped 2.8 million homeowner
保险公司在某些存在野火风险的社区全面续保,280 万份房主
policies as non
保单因未
renewed which means many long-term
续保而取消,这意味着许多长期
residents have been denied Insurance
居民在最需要保险的时候被拒绝了,这是
just when they needed it
most in a compelling news report this
local nurse's anger at her parents
当地一则引人注目的新闻报道 护士对她父母的
distress is all too clear they've had
痛苦感到愤怒,这一点非常明显,他们已经
they've lived in this house
在这所房子里住了
for 70 5 years and they've had the same
70 5 年,他们有同样的
insurance and these insurance people
保险,而这些保险公司
decided to cancel their fire and we're
决定取消他们的火灾保险,我们正在
going through this and it just happened
经历这一切, 刚刚发生,
and they have no fire
他们没有火灾
insurance after these fires thousands of
保险,火灾发生后,数以千计的
Californians will likely be left without
加州人可能会没有
any home
任何房屋
insurance it will have Ripple effects
保险,这将对
through the entire economy homeowner who
整个经济产生连锁反应,
needs a mortgage they can't get a
需要抵押贷款的房主,
mortgage unless they have Insurance um a
除非他们有保险,否则无法获得抵押贷款
business uh similarly can't get a loan
业务呃类似 如果没有保险就无法获得贷款,
if they don't have insurance they can't
operate without
没有
insurance the longer the fire goes on
保险就无法经营。火灾持续的时间越长,
the more inflame the political
政治
Fallout there is a lot of tension
后果就越严重。
between California's leaders and the new
加州领导人和华盛顿新上台的势力之间存在很大的矛盾
brigade in Washington sweeping into
power under President Trump and I think
在特朗普总统的领导下,我觉得
really sad to see how political this is
看到这件事变得如此政治化真的很令人难过,
becoming when it really should just be
而这件事真正应该
about how can we all work together to
关注的应该是我们如何共同努力
save lives and homes
拯救生命和家园。
La has been burning for 6
洛杉矶已经燃烧了6
days at least 16 people have lost their
天,至少有16人
lives in The
在火灾中丧生。
Inferno and nearly 150,000 others have
大火导致近 15 万人
been forced to flee their homes
more than 40,000 Acres have burned Los
超过 4 万英亩的土地被烧毁,
Angeles is there's got 4 million people
洛杉矶有 400 万人在这里
that live work and play and what we
生活、工作和娱乐,我们
affectionally term as the nation's
亲切地称这里为美国的
disaster theme park and it's
灾难主题公园,
unfortunately proving
不幸的是,事实证明这是
true and as the fire rages across Los
真的,随着 大火席卷了整个
Angeles a growing sense of anger has
洛杉矶,人们的愤怒情绪也日益
also been
ignited why wasn't the city better
高涨,为什么这座城市没有为这场
prepared for a disaster that seemed so
predictable to so
对很多人来说似乎可以预见的灾难做好更好的准备,
many we knew that we were going to start
我们知道我们将会开始
seeing a lot of sunny days coming up so
看到很多阳光明媚的日子,那又
what that means is it's going to preheat
怎样 那 意味着它会预热
the fuels and all that brush on the
燃料,山坡上所有的灌木丛
hillside is going to be even more
都会更
susceptible to a spark and it'll spread
容易受到火花的影响,它会蔓延得
even quicker and we had no rain in sight
更快,而且我们看不到雨,很
there had been no rain for a long time
长时间没有下雨了,
the wind conditions were
风 天气状况
astronomical no aircraft could get up
极其恶劣,没有飞机能够起飞,火势以每
the fire was moving at like football
fields a
minute this perfect storm has led to
分钟足球场的速度蔓延,这场完美的风暴带来了
challenges many never thought
许多人从未想过的挑战,
possible in Pacific Palisades fire
太平洋帕利塞德的
hydrants ran dry earlier this week those
消防栓本周早些时候干涸,
responsible cited four times the normal
负责人称,当时的
demand for water was seen for 15 hours
用水量是正常需求的四倍 连续 15 个小时都看不到,
straight which led to lower water
导致水压降低,
pressure and made firefight in a losing
并引发了一场必败的
battle there's
战斗,帕利塞兹附近有
bunch of Tanks three 1 million gallon
很多水箱,三个 100 万加仑的
tanks near Palisades that got filled up
水箱都装满了,
but they're getting drawn out too quick
但它们被抽得太快了,
it's like you have a cup of water and
就像你有一杯水
you normally drink one straw we put 10
通常你喝一根吸管,我们放了十根
straws in there it drops that level down
吸管进去,它就会下降到那个水平,
it can't refill needless to
无法重新填充,不用
say we were faced with countless
说,我们面临着无数的
challenges but are these challenges that
挑战,但这些挑战是否
should have been
应该
foreseen after all California is no
预见到,毕竟加州
stranger to

[音乐]并不陌生
wildfires Steve Crowder is mayor of
野火史蒂夫·克劳德是
paradise north of Los
洛杉矶北部天堂镇的镇长,这个
Angeles it's a town that suffered
小镇在 2018 年遭受了
unimaginable destruction in
难以想象的破坏,
2018 on the morning of November 8th 2018
2018 年 11 月 8 日上午,
we were a town of
我们是一个拥有
26,000
26,000
people by 5:00 that afternoon we were a
人的小镇,到当天下午 5 点,我们是一个拥有
town of about 25 100 people in town
约 25,100 人的小镇,
limits we lost about
我们失去了 大约有
15,000 structures which equated to about
15,000 座建筑物被烧毁,相当于
95% of our
我们镇上 95% 的建筑物被烧毁。
town residents of paradise know what
天堂镇的居民知道
it's like to lose
失去一切的感觉,
everything it went
fast all of this went fast from the time
一切都发生得很快,从
we saw the fire till the fire was over
我们看到火到火势过去
there 20 minutes everything was on fire
20 分钟,一切都在燃烧
for Steve Crowder what's happening in La
史蒂夫·克劳德在洛杉矶发生的事情
makes him think not enough lessons have
让他觉得,我们还没有吸取足够的教训,
been learned what I see in Los Angeles
我现在在洛杉矶看到的情况
right now just makes me
让我感到
sick I think they've learned some I I
恶心,我认为他们已经学到了一些,我
don't believe they've learned enough uh
不认为他们学到了足够多的东西,呃,
we still have areas that I see that look
我们仍然有一些领域 我看到那里
like paradise did uh before the
就像火灾前的天堂一样
fire and I I'm just not seeing other
,我只是没有看到
community communities in California
加州的其他社区
getting where I think they need to be so
达到我认为他们需要达到的水平,所以
I think until that happens we're going
我认为直到发生这种情况 我们将会
to see things like
看到这样的事情,
this those in charge may be facing
那些负责人可能会面临
accusations that they fail to prepare
未能做好准备的指控,
but in the aftermath they've been making
但在事后他们一直在发出
the right noises I'm going to make an
正确的声音,我
appeal right now to the United States
现在要向美国
Congress they're going to have to step
国会提出呼吁,他们 我们将不得不站
up and we ask for more help more help to
出来,我们要求更多的帮助,让
get these people the kind of shelter
这些人得到他们需要的庇护所,
they need to get the kind of help
得到他们需要的帮助,
need but it's also politicians who have
但政客们也
borne the brunt of people's anger and
承受了人们愤怒和
distress this remarkable footage
痛苦的冲击,这段非凡的镜头
captured by Sky News cameras shows a
捕捉到了 天空新闻台摄像机显示,一名
woman confronting the governor of
女子与加州州长对峙,
California Gavin n governor governor I
加文·n州长,州长,我
live here Governor that was my
住在这里,州长,那是我
daughter's school Governor please tell
女儿的学校,州长,请告诉
me what you're going to do I'm not going
我你要做什么,我不会
to hurt on my promise I'm literally
违背我的承诺,我真的
talking to the president right now to
现在和总统谈话,
specifically answer the question of what
具体回答我们
we can do for you and your daughter for
能为你和你女儿做些什么的问题,让
getting is there no water in the hydrant
消防栓里没有水,
govern all being ex that's all literally
管理所有的事情,那就是真的,
is it going to be different next time it
下次会有所不同吗,
has to
必须是
be Governor New has now called an
州长 纽尔现已要求
investigation into the hydrants running
对消防栓
out of water and said that it impaired
断水事件展开调查,并表示这损害了
the fight against the fires but while he
扑灭大火,但尽管他
claims things will change fire chiefs
声称情况会改变,消防队长们
say they've already done all they can
表示,他们已经尽了一切努力,
that's why we're bringing in additional
这就是为什么我们要投入额外的
resources we have done everything we
资源,我们已经尽了一切
could try to do to prep people as
努力去为人们做好准备,
well this Firestorm is is beyond
这场大火已经超出了
anything um that I've seen it's
我所见过的任何事情,
certainly the most uh devastating for
对于洛杉矶地区来说,无疑是最具破坏性的
the Los Angeles region that we've had
and it's it's really hard to see the
people's uh emotions when they talk
当人们
about their loss and their family grew
谈论他们的损失和他们的家人在
up in these homes and the schools that
这些家中长大时,真的很难看到他们的情绪。
they went to and how did this happen and
他们就读的学校,这是怎么发生的,
uh we thought we were safe and they're
我们以为我们是安全的,他们很
scared and then another fire breaks out
害怕,然后又发生了一场火灾,然后又发生了
and then another fire and another fire
一场火灾,又发生了一场火灾,
so it's um it's like you're in a boxing
所以嗯,就像你在拳击
ring with a heavyweight and you take hit
场上和一个重量级拳击手对决 你一次
after hit after
又一次地受到打击,
hit and it's not just the fire has
不仅仅是火灾,还有
taking pot shots Los Angeles has turned
随意的射击,洛杉矶已经
into the Battleground for political
变成了政治得分的战场,
Point
scoring President elect Donald Trump
当选总统唐纳德·特朗普
couldn't resist attacking Governor Gavin
忍不住在社交媒体上攻击州长加文·
Nome on social
诺姆,
media he called for his resignation and
他呼吁 他的辞职 并
said Nome and LA mayor Karen bass are
表示诺姆和洛杉矶市长凯伦·贝斯
incompetent saying there should be no
不称职,称不应该
more
再找借口了,
excuses there's a lot of tension between
California's leaders and the new brigade
加州领导人和在特朗普总统领导
in Washington sweeping into power under
下掌权的华盛顿新军之间存在很多紧张关系
President Trump and I think the fact
,我认为,事实上,
that this amount of human Devastation is
这么多的人力 破坏
and loss has become further political
和损失加剧了政治
tension and anger just underscores how
紧张局势和愤怒,这凸显了
strong that Clash is and is also just
冲突的强烈程度,也
令人悲伤地看到这件事变得如此政治化,而
实际上应该关注的是
如何共同努力
save lives and
拯救生命和
homes in America today everything is
家园 今天的美国一切都被
politicized and there are ious political
政治化,存在许多政治
issues the president-elect will do
问题,当选总统将尽
everything possible to deflect from any
一切可能回避
conversation regarding climate
有关气候
change Nome himself has tried to rally
变化的任何对话,诺姆本人也试图团结起来
and remain
,保持
objective what's your message to the
客观,你对
incoming Administration well we're all
即将上任的政府有什么寄语,我们都
in this
参与其中
together um none of us are asking for
嗯,我们都没有要求
respective political identities around
各自的政治身份,在
here everybody's rolling in the same
这里每个人都朝着同一个
direction because everyone gives a damn
方向前进,因为每个人都关心
my message to the incoming
我对新
Administration and I'm not here to play
政府的信息,我在这里不是为了玩弄
any politics is please don't play any
政治,请不要玩弄
politics uh there's not there's a time
政治,呃 没有时间
and place for
但对于官员来说,也
that but there are legitimate questions
存在一些合理的问题,
for officials like why did LA mayor
比如为什么洛杉矶市长
Karen bass cut the fire department
凯伦·贝斯去年削减了消防部门
budget by more than4 Million last
400 多万美元的预算,
year a question she refused to answer in
在与天空新闻记者的这次非同寻常的互动中,她拒绝回答这个问题,
this extraordinary interaction with a
sky news
reporter do you regret cutting the fire
你后悔削减消防部门的预算吗
department budget by millions of dollars
部门预算数百万美元
Madam
mayor have you nothing to say today back
市长女士今天您没有什么可说的
upate it have you absolutely nothing to
备份它您今天
say to the citizens
对公民没有什么可说的
today Elon Musk says that you're utterly
埃隆马斯克说你完全
incompetent are you considering your
无能你考虑过你的
position Madame mayor have you
职位市长女士您
absolutely nothing to say to the
没有什么可说的
citizens today who are dealing with this
今天正在应对这场
disaster on one hand you read that there
灾难的公民,一方面你读到
was an almost $18 million budget cut
from the fire department to go to the
消防部门削减了近1800万美元的预算,用于
police department then you read
警察局,另一方面你在
somewhere else no that's absolutely not
其他地方读到,这绝对不是
true I I don't think any of those facts
真的,我不认为任何人 这些事实
are clear right now as as in any any
现在很清楚,就像在任何类似
situation like this everybody's just you
情况下一样,每个人
know everybody's on
都在
Twitter although Fire Chiefs warned this
推特上,虽然消防局长警告说,这次
cut would affect Wildfire response the
削减将影响野火响应,但
Los Angeles Fire Department's overall
洛杉矶消防局的整体
budget is670
预算是 6.7
million when there's a budget cut it
亿美元,当预算削减时,说
makes a
difference truthfully though even if we
实话,情况就会有所不同 即使我们
had a th000 engines to put on the
有 1000 台发动机 在
Palisades fire it would not have stopped
帕利塞兹大火中,它无法阻止
Flames Mother Nature at 100 mph wind
火焰大自然母亲以每小时 100 英里的阵风
gusts is
Unstoppable whether politicians deserve
势不可挡,政治家是否应该受到
the blame is a matter for debate but in
指责是一个有争议的问题,但在
one area many are agreed
一个地区,许多人都同意
climate change has had an impact in
气候变化对野火产生了影响,
Wildland fires because the fires are
因为火灾
more intense they're more volatile um
火势更猛烈,更不稳定,
when they're wind driven they travel
当它们被风吹动时,它们会传播得
faster and they're more
更快,而且
destructive fire regimes which is the
破坏力更强。火灾模式是
typical pattern of fire in a given
特定地点火灾的典型模式,这种模式正在
location are being transformed across
the world so we have fires occurring in
世界各地发生转变,所以我们会在
new places at unexpected times and with
新的地方发生火灾 在意想不到的时候,而且
greater severity and frequency than ever
比以往任何时候都更加严重和频繁
before and climate change has a huge
,气候变化
role in driving this
在推动这一
change the additional fact that we have
变化方面发挥了巨大作用,目前我们面临的另一个事实
at the moment is that the winter
是,
rainfalls uh that would normally occur
this time of the year in in sou
在南方,通常每年这个时候都会出现冬季降雨。
California have not occurred yet so we
加州还没有发生火灾,所以我们
have drought conditions that made these
有干旱的条件,使这些
fires extremely
火灾变得非常
severe when in America we've just seen a
严重,而在美国,我们刚刚看到
population elect a new president whose
人民选出了一位新总统,他的
mantra was drill baby drill surely
口头禅是“钻吧宝贝钻吧”,
they've got to be asking questions now
他们现在肯定会问
about further fossil fuel exploitation
有关进一步化石燃料的问题
given that you know a significant part
鉴于你知道
of one of their most prosperous States
他们最繁荣的州之一的很大一部分
has been plunged into economic
已经陷入了经济、
ecological and environmental
生态和环境
disaster but will these wildfires spark
灾难,但这些野火会引发
change across the
us or will the incoming Trump
美国各地的变化吗?或者即将上任的特朗普
Administration be a for in the side of
政府会成为
heavily Democratic states such as
加州等民主党占多数州的支持者吗?
California everyone in La is going to
洛杉矶的每个人都会
have a direct impact like this it's too
受到直接影响 就像这样,影响太
widespread to not be affected in some
广泛了,不可能不受到影响,
way it just looks like an absolute war
看起来就像一个绝对的
zone and how does La begin to rebuild
战区,在如此大的破坏之后,洛杉矶是如何开始重建的,
after such
Devastation it just doesn't feel real
这感觉不真实,
you guys it hasn't quite hit reality yet
伙计们,这还没有完全变成现实,
that it's all gone like everything is
这一切都 一切都消失了,就像
like dust everything's turned to
尘埃一样,一切都变成了
dust La is still
尘埃,拉仍然在
burning and strong winds forecast for
燃烧,预计
the coming days could spread the fire
未来几天会有强风,火势可能会
further the cities of enino you could
进一步蔓延,在埃尼诺的城市,你可以
see the Flames from the balcony and in
从阳台上看到火焰,在
them and Tarzana are now at risk and see
火焰中,塔扎纳现在在 风险,
like they just plumes just keep starting
就像它们不断重新开始燃烧一样
up again and starting up again this is
,这太
wild and the fires are also heading for
疯狂了,大火也正向
the upcal city of Brentwood home to US
美国
vice president Cala
副总统卡拉
Harris firefighters had hoped a recent
哈里斯的家乡布伦特伍德蔓延,消防队员原本希望最近
lull in wind speeds would help them to
风速的减缓能帮助他们
contain the Flames but they might not
遏制火焰,但他们可能
only only be battling Mother
不仅仅是 与大自然作斗争,
Nature it's suspected that the Kenneth
怀疑
fire in the West Hills area of La was
洛杉矶西山地区的肯尼斯大火是
started
deliberately curfews are now in effect
故意引发的,宵禁现已生效,
as authorities try to prevent the
当局试图防止
situation from escalating even
局势进一步升级,
further we don't want anyone taking
我们不希望任何人利用
advantage of our residents that have
已经受到伤害的居民
already been uh
呃,
victimized but we wildfires or Arsen for
受害者,但我们的野火或阿森纳对
vast waves of the city it's too
城市的大浪来说已经
late all the things that you attend to
太晚了,你
in your everyday life your coffee shop
在日常生活中处理的所有事情,你的咖啡店,
the streets that you walk doing
你走的街道,做
errands it's just
差事,它只是夷为
leveled everyone in La is going to have
平地,洛杉矶的每个人都会受到
a direct impact it's too widespread to
直接影响 火势蔓延范围太广,不可能
not be affected in some way it just
不受到影响,
looks like an absolute war zone
in the Palisades area Alana Hunter's
帕利塞兹地区看起来就像一个绝对的战区,阿拉娜·亨特的
childood home was burnt to the
童年家园被
ground the Flames moved so fast that her
烧毁,火势蔓延得如此之快,她的
mother only just had time to
母亲才刚刚有时间
flee now Lana has returned to see what
逃离拉娜 已经回去看看
is left of her mom's
她妈妈的
home everything's gone look at the cars
家剩下的东西一切都消失了看看汽车
this is
这太
unreal the whole street is gone their
不真实了整条街都消失了他们的
houses went first their houses were
房子先烧毁了他们的房子
fully engulfed in flames when she was
完全被火焰吞没了当她
walking
走出
out there just wasn't enough help the
去根本得不到足够的帮助,
hydrants weren't working there wasn't
消防栓坏了,没有
enough firemen to put out the
足够的消防员来灭火,
fires things spread so fast I mean my
火势蔓延得太快了,我
mom literally had 15 minutes to get out
妈妈真的有 15 分钟的时间逃出去,
this would be the front
这是
door and this would be the living room
前门,这将是 是客厅
this was the living
room this is a binder to our photo album
客厅 这是我们相册的活页夹 相册 其中
albums one of the albums it's really hot
一张相册 真的很热
guys it's still hot but that's my photo
伙计们 现在还很热 但那是我的照片
photos Family Photos that's all that's
照片 家庭照片 这就是
left Alana's family later found more
剩下的一切 阿拉娜的家人后来在灰烬中发现了更多的
keepsakes in the
纪念品
ashes a locket that belonged to her
她祖母的挂坠盒
grandmother and a torn Bible page with
和一页撕破的圣经,上面写着“
the words do not be afraid still
不要害怕”,仍然
legible but everything else is
清晰可辨,但其他一切都
gone alara's stories echoed in Malibu
消失了,阿拉拉的故事在马里布引起了回响,
where many more lost
everything on Monday afternoon I've got
周一下午,更多的人失去了一切,我收到了
the evacuation notice and then I didn't
疏散通知,然后我没有
come here I looked it up on the security
来这里我查看了监控
cameras and I could see things were
摄像头,发现情况
going to go south so couldn't come and
正在恶化,所以我不能
get anything cuz by then it was too late
来拿任何东西,因为那时已经太晚了,
yeah and we had just moved in in uh July
是的,我们刚刚在七月
uh on Independence Day no less and uh it
独立日搬进来 不 更少,
took us about 2 years to
我们花了大约 2 年的时间来
build what stage is the house in may I
建造房子,请问现在处于哪个阶段,
ask it is uh totally gone as of January
截至 1 月
7th about 7:30 p.m. we had video of it
7 日晚上 7 点 30 分,它已经完全消失了。 我们有视频记录
it hung in there we had two fires raging
它挂在那里,我们有两场大火肆虐
both neighbors and we had watered it
邻居,我们
down beforehand but no water pressure no
事先用水浇灭了,但没有水压,没有
firefighters the firefighters showed up
消防员,消防员
about midnight so uh the house couldn't
在午夜左右出现,所以呃房子无法
hold on that
支撑那么
long it was his 69th birthday the day
久,这是他第 69 次 生日那天
the fire broke out and we literally by
火灾发生了,
noon we're like ordering dinner to have
我们中午就订了晚餐,
dinner at the house and have a birthday
在家里吃生日
dinner and by 2 hours later we were
晚餐,2 小时后我们就
evacuating
撤离了,
how will the whole of Los Angeles
整个洛杉矶将如何
rebound from
从这场灾难中恢复过来,
this and how will they rebuild the city
他们重建城市是
for the longterm against future infernos
为了长期应对未来的火灾,
because whatever they do this time it
因为无论他们这次做什么,都
needs to be
需要有所
different state city and federal policy
不同,州、市和联邦的政策
makers are going to have to take a look
制定者将不得不研究
at how to rebuild in a way that is more
如何重建城市,使其更能
resilient against these
抵御这些
wildfires I'm a firm Bel believer that
野火。 我坚信
defensible space is huge in preventing
防御空间对于防止
these mega fires fire break lines and
这些特大火灾非常重要,防火线和
what have you Fire's Pathways can be
你所拥有的火灾路径可以被
predicted and disrupted to slow the
预测和破坏,以减缓
fire's entry into the community to get
火势进入社区,从而
more time for resources to get in front
为资源争取更多的时间用于扑灭
of the
火灾
fire and the major thing that would make
火灾和主要的事情 会产生
a big difference is for the vegetation
很大影响的是,我们喜爱的房屋周围的植被、
the bushes and the beautiful gardens
灌木丛和美丽花园
that we love right around the house to
not be there anymore to not have
不再存在,不再有
anything that would
任何东西会
burn no matter what is rebuilt and put
燃烧,无论重建和采取什么措施
in place to protect the city stream
来保护城市溪流
fires are likely to increase with global
火灾 当然,随着全球
warming in the backdrop of course the
变暖,在
climate crisis continues greenhouse gas
气候危机持续的背景下,温室气体
emissions are going up every single year
排放量每年都在增加,
you know that is part of the reason why
这也是
Southern California was an extreme
南加州极端
drought the vegetation there is bone dry
干旱的原因之一,那里的植被非常干燥
and very flammable so the perfect fuel
,非常易燃,所以 野火的完美燃料,
for
Wildfire add in the strong seasonal
加上
winds that blow across LA and you have a
吹过洛杉矶的强劲季节性风,你会面临
lethal cocktail of
致命的混合
conditions our fire seasons are hotter
条件,我们的火灾季节更热、
longer and drier which all feed more
更长、更干燥,所有这些都会助长更多的
fire fires can exacerbate climate change
火灾,火灾会加剧气候变化,
because fires release huge amounts of
因为火灾会释放出大量的
carbon which then contribute to global
碳,进而导致 导致全球
warming and so we get this positive
变暖,所以我们得到了一个正
feedback loop where fire drives climate
反馈循环,火灾导致气候
change and then climate change drives
变化,然后气候变化导致
more fire this is a foraste of what
更多的火灾,这是
we're going to see all over the world
我们将在世界各地看到的前兆,
the severity of these types of events
这类事件的严重性
will increase and they will have
将会增加,而且它们 将产生
significant impacts activists like
重大影响,像我这样的活动家
myself are currently quaking in fear
目前正在恐惧中颤抖,
because America has a Ed a climate
因为美国有一个气候
change denier and whether we like it or
变革否认者,无论我们喜欢
not he and his government will be in a
与否,他和他的政府都将处于
very powerful
非常强大的
position I tend to be optimistic I think
地位,我倾向于乐观,我认为
California is too big to fail I think
加州太大而不能倒,我认为
the political will will be there to do
政治意愿将去做
things that we couldn't do
我们做不到的事情
before La May Rise From the Ashes but it
在 La May Rise From the Ashes 之前,情况
will never be the same
again we got the call we need to
再也不会一样了,我们接到电话,需要
evacuate we are not prepared for
撤离,我们没有做好准备,
this I think how this event in Los
我认为洛杉矶此次事件的
Angeles has been handled will be under a
处理方式将在
magnifying glass for a long time the
很长一段时间内受到关注
focus now turns to whether any of these
现在的焦点转向这些
fires could have been
火灾是否可以
prevented energy firm Southern
预防。能源公司南
California Edison experienced a failure
加州爱迪生
on its grid around a Time fire erupted
在大约 15 年前后经历了一次电网故障。火灾爆发后,该公司
and launched an
展开了
investigation so far no evidence has
调查,但到目前为止,没有发现任何证据
been found to suggest they were a
表明它们是
contributing
造成火灾的
factor I think there'll be plenty of
因素。我认为 以后会有足够的
time for the political arguments and
时间进行政治辩论,
people to score political points if they
人们如果愿意的话可以去获取政治分数,
want later I think at the moment it's
我认为目前这
still about the community we just have
仍然关乎社区,我们只需要
to look after each
互相照顾,
other the beauty of the ocean outweighs
海洋的美丽胜过
the risk of the fire and it's already
火灾的风险 而且已经
burned so there's nothing else to burn
烧完了,所以很长一段时间内没有别的东西可以烧了,抱
for a long time hope for the best and
最好的希望,做
plan for the
worst if anything good comes out of it
最坏的打算 如果有什么好处的话,那
is that you're better prepared or you
就是你准备得更充分了,或者你
should be I think we get very
应该准备充分,我认为我们
comfortable in our day-to-day
在日常生活中会感到很舒服,
life we know that we have a lot of hard
我们知道我们在
work ahead of us for many more
未来的许多
weeks and there will forever be a scar
周里还有很多艰苦的工作要做, 这件事情将会永远留
on the history of Los Angeles after
在洛杉矶的历史上,
this I was a resident for over 20
我在这里住了 20
years it's a very dark
多年,那是一段非常黑暗的
time but I do know that dark times don't
时期,但我知道黑暗不会
last forever
永远持续下去