Fearsome winds forced crews to ground firefighting aircraft in the battle against the Palisades fire on Tuesday night, making it even more challenging for firefighters to get a handle on the fast-growing blaze.

As of yesterday, the new year of 2025 was officially one week old and yet has so far managed to pack about 3 months worth of news into that 7-day period. Donald Trump is still 12 days away from being sworn in, and the Palisades fire is an excellent type picture of what it feels like in this new year. It feels like everything all around us is literally on fire like the fire ravaging the Palisades right now.

“Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.” Isaiah 50:11 (KJB)

Another problem they are having in California right now is they are running out of water, and because of that, efforts are now focused more on evacuation than they are on putting the fire out. Amid the hellish backdrop of the apocalyptic inferno, evacuation notices were placed along the affluent coastal region, with a chilling warning which read: ‘Immediate threat to life.’ Pray for the people in California, pray for a quick end to these fires, pray for the Lord to use you in these end times. That’s the memo.

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Palisades fire: Worst is ‘yet to come’ as winds gain speed, ground aircraft

FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES: The use of aircraft was halted shortly before 8 p.m., and Los Angeles fire officials said they would continually reassess weather conditions to determine when they might be used again, said Margaret Stewart with the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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The fire remained 0% contained at 11 p.m. Tuesday as “extreme fire behavior” continued to challenge firefighters, according to the L.A. County Fire Department. Wind gusts up to 60 mph were expected to continue through Thursday. The fire ignited at Piedra Morada Drive at 10:30 a.m. and had scorched 2,921 acres by early evening, forcing more than 30,000 residents to flee their homes. The extreme wind event blasting Southern California was forecast to peak between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 5 a.m. Wednesday, posing a serious challenge to overnight efforts to combat the growing blaze.

“This event is not only not over, but it is just getting started and will get significantly worse before it gets better,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said in a briefing just after 4 p.m. Tuesday.

The strongest and most widespread winds are “yet to come,” Swain said, as is the lowest humidity. L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone had warned around 4 p.m. Tuesday that increasing winds could make an air attack unfeasible. Although it might be frustrating for residents to see firefighting aircraft grounded, extreme winds can make those efforts less effective, as water or retardant that is dropped is immediately dispersed by the wind, said Gov. Gavin Newsom, who visited the site of the Palisades fire Tuesday.

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“We can be up there all day, making people feel good,” he said, “but we’re not doing any good.”

The combination of extreme winds and critically low humidity created a dangerous recipe for new fires to break out overnight.

“We are anticipating — hopefully we’re wrong — but we’re anticipating other fires happening,” Newsom said at 4 p.m, adding that the state had strategically positioned resources in areas of high fire risk.

By around 6:30 p.m., that prediction had come true as the Eaton fire broke out in the hills above Altadena near Eaton Canyon. It had burned about 1,000 acres by late Tuesday night, prompting evacuations in the area west of the Eaton Canyon Golf Course, according to the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Foresty and Fire Protection. The strong winds led officials to suspend air coverage of the Eaton fire for the evening, Derderian said at 8:45 p.m.

Around 10:10 p.m., a brush fire, dubbed the Hurst fire, ignited in Sylmar and quickly spread to 100 acres, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Meanwhile, the Palisades fire continued to charge forward, threatening thousands of homes and scores of businesses. READ MORE

Pacific Palisades fire in Los Angeles explodes to nearly 3,000 acres

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Joseph Dulmage writes about the Days of Noah, Artificial Intelligence, Giants and everything related to the coming end times from the King James Bible

We were thrilled when we added the excellent end times works of author and Bible teacher Jeffrey Mardis, and what a blessing those books have been for our readers and students. If you’ve never read any of his work, you are absolutely missing out. Click here to order books by Jeffrey Mardis. Now we are excited to add the works of author and former prison chaplain Joseph Dulmage, and man, it’s some exciting stuff. All scripture, and plenty of it, from the King James Holy Bible, of course.

“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” Genesis 6:4 (KJB)

Joseph Dulmage born 1955, in Detroit Michigan: As a Christian chaplain in The Life Connections Program, he has worked in several federal prisons including USP Leavenworth, and USP Terre Haute. He served as the Director of Prisoner Aftercare with Volunteers of America, National Office. Previously, Chaplain Dulmage worked as the Facilitator of the Life Connections Program in FCI Milan. He has been a Freelance writer, and contributing writer for Truthought Corrective Thinking, LLC. Graduated from Eastern Michigan University, B.S., Secondary Education, History/ Social Studies. Most importantly, Joseph Dulmage was forgiven of his sins when he believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and was born again in 1975.

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A Louisiana man has become the first person in the United States to die of avian influenza, Bird Flu, the CDC reported on Monday.

Just in time for Donald Trump to be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States, the first person to die from Bird Flu has now been recorded. Are we at the beginning of another pandemic? It sure seems that way, and it sure feels a lot like it did back in January of 2020. Welcome to 2025, new year is officially one week old today. Feels like a month though, doesn’t it?

“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9 (KJB)

The coming events they’ve prepared for us in 2025 may be shocking, but they won’t be too surprising if you’ve been paying even the least bit of attention these past 1,758 Days of 15 Days To Flatten The Curve. What would a bird flu pandemic look like? A whole like like the COVID pandemic, and how much you want to bet they’ve already created the mRNA vaccines? Just as we told you last time, the vaccines will be deadly and you’ll be very sorry you took them, so don’t. Funny thing, the last pandemic happened when Trump was president, and the last vaccine came through the Trump presidency. Now it would appear that, as COVID was a hallmark of his first term, so bird flu will be in his second term. Oh, how the Deep State loves irony. You better stay ‘safe, sane and sanitized’, the Songbird is getting ready to sing.

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First H5 Bird Flu Death Reported in United States

FROM THE CDC: CDC is saddened by Louisiana’s report that a person previously hospitalized with severe avian influenza A(H5N1) illness (“H5N1 bird flu”) has passed away. While tragic, a death from H5N1 bird flu in the United States is not unexpected because of the known potential for infection with these viruses to cause severe illness and death. As of January 6, 2025, there have been 66 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu in the United States since 2024 and 67 since 2022.

This is the first person in the United States who has died as a result of an H5 infection. Outside the United States, more than 950 cases of H5N1 bird flu have been reported to the World Health Organization; about half of those have resulted in death.

CDC has carefully studied the available information about the person who died in Louisiana and continues to assess that the risk to the general public remains low. Most importantly, no person-to-person transmission spread has been identified. As with the case in Louisiana, most H5 bird flu infections are related to animal-to-human exposures. Additionally, there are no concerning virologic changes actively spreading in wild birds, poultry, or cows that would raise the risk to human health. (CDC reported previously on its analysis of the viruses isolated from the patient in Louisiana.) However, people with job-related or recreational exposures to infected birds or other animals are at greater risk of infection. For these and others, CDC has developed prevention resources about how to protect yourself. READ MORE

First bird flu death in U.S. reported in Louisiana

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