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Dawn's avatar

Sorry to hear of you & your wife's loss... I have a feeling I share a loss with you too.

Should you feel a little cramped on your friend's couch and have a desire to go back for more photos, perhaps you could shoot mid-to-upper Lachman Lane-ish area. I personally have been searching for photos for the end of Duende Lane (1366 specifically).

So many fires, lack of fire folk, and expansion of fires.... I have yet to see anything on TV or here online show that area yet. It's all mostly the village.

Only if, and just saying 😉.

I grew up in the Palisades, thank you for your pictures Peter... many childhood friends down there and good times spent. It's all just so sad.

Thank you for your share Peter. May God bless you, your wife, and all your loved ones 🙏

Please don't hate me for my post, I think we're all desperate today for some kind of knowledge/pictures. And good luck to us all in the future... Perhaps to bump into you one day far from now sipping on a coffee in the Palisades. Cheers fellow Palisadian! ☕

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Dawn's avatar

Hey y'all...

I finally found an interactive actual photo/map that was posted online yesterday (1-10-2025). It most likely may very well show if your home still stands or is gone.

The link:

https://wilg.github.io/la-fire-maps/images/1050010040277500.html?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaavGOTO09BYBcQu5LAXYXo5X7PkOH-_Dcili941xkBV2mqVWgwU66g9EGw_aem_-jdyB4SfxycL3xZOJGB5sA

... thoughts and prayers to you all 🙏

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Sharon's avatar

I live in Murrieta. The power was turned off for 3 days, so I have seen no pictures. Your pictures are devastating. I am really out of the loop, trying to understand how much of Pacific Palisades is gone. I do know my aunt and uncle's home of 57 (!) years is gone. A modest house, with spectacular views (Bollinger Drive). I assume that whole neighborhood is gone.😔 Can you refer me to any sites that is documenting the disaster by address, if any? Thank you for your photos. I hope you were able to save a few important items, and you got out safely. (I have a cousin who lived in Paradise during the Paradise Fire, and she got out by the skin of her teeth.)

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R!CKYRANTS's avatar

The missing hood and engine block is all you need to know. Something is amiss. Very sorry to hear about your situation. Thank you for sharing.

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Decode the World's avatar

Toyota made it because it was BLUE. Like the roofs in Lahaina that didn't burn.

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Paol Agostino's avatar

Wow! Thanks for sharing, hopefully you guys will be ok.

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Prague's avatar

DEW strike again. They will burn down whatever they want burned down.

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The Duke Report's avatar

The only directed energy they needed was arsons on e-bikes. Quit falling for the epistemologically weakest argument.

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Protect And Alert's avatar

It’s not a weak argument at all all you need is fifth grade earth science for Pete sakes, palm trees should be completely gone. There should be no lawns no trees no bushes, but there should be wood stoves left and furnaces and stainless steel appliances and porcelain toilets and glass and steel, and black carbon ash, not white silver dust! Obviously . Direct energy weapons are very very common now they can run on batteries. They’re easy to transport and cheaper than bullets you better wake up and fast because what’s going on is an attack just like President Trump said when he was in Los Angeles, he said “something hit here” . Those were his words and he’s correct.. go look up Robert Brame the California forensic arborist. He’s gone on over 125 investigations to more than 39 different fire aftermath sites. He has photographic evidence go to protect and alert Substack and read the articles. See the research report on the current Direct energy, laser weapons they mount on pick up trucks , the Athena can mount on anything Australia made one that’s the most powerful portable laser in the world. It runs on batteries and is as small as a camera tripod.. very common now. Radiation weapons of light..

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Prague's avatar

https://rumble.com/v69w31p-directed-energy-weapons-burning-homes-to-ash.html

I can only trust my eyes. The evidence seems overwhelming in Maui, Paradise, LA...melted cars and green grass. There are literally hundreds of videos like this.

Per 1984: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

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The Duke Report's avatar

Have you ever been in or around a fire? I have. There is nothing special about these fires except the things I eye witnessed: 1. The fire department "ran out of water." 2. They DID NOT FIGHT THE FIRE. The fire department let my entire neighborhood burn. They are blaming "climate change." Quoting Orwell doesn't make your words any truer, it's baseless rhetoric. Distracting people from the obvious is probably ignorance, but if it's malicious, might as well be considered counterintelligence. Why should anyone believe some nameless anon on the interwebs? My name is PETER DUKE, and your ideas are baseless conjecture that distract from the obvious. Level up or GTFO.

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Kathleen Taylor's avatar

Well done documenting the devastation. So sorry for your great loss.

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KT-SunWillShineAgain's avatar

OMG a zillion times

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Isabel Gerhardt's avatar

These photos are shocking. The street I grew up on. Do you happen to know if 604 Swarthmore is still standing? I assume it’s gone but figured I’d ask.

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The Duke Report's avatar

Swarthmore looks like Hiroshima

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Isabel Gerhardt's avatar

It’s devastating. Thank you for these photos. Trying to wrap my brain around it.

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The Duke Report's avatar

There was one house from the 1940s that didn't burn… I will post a picture of it in the next round of pictures, it's hard posting pictures and finding a place to sleep at at the same time… Eating for the first time in 24 hours

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Isabel Gerhardt's avatar

Thanks. 604 is (or was) a two story 1960’s Dutch style home. It’s my 83 year old Aunts house and we assume it’s gone but still holding some hope. Take care of yourself.

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Bassehound's avatar

A new fire in Hollywood area About a mile north of Hollywood Blvd, Nichols Cyn area, not good.

West of 101 Freeway, north of Hollywood Blvd headed towards Mulholland.

Runyon Canyon area.

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Toni Williams's avatar

Well, how is that "Trump thing going of making America great again?" By the time he takes the reigns again there won't be anything left of America. Damage done. How is burning up one of the largest states waking the people up? Is Trump going to use his billions, and the billions more he will make on new vaccine stocks, or the Seal Badges being sold to Americans with promises of becoming rich when the Trump swears in on the 20th of this month? I am so over the sh't show and the circus full of clowns.

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PostPlandemicChronicles's avatar

Yeah, this is a parting gift from the Biden administration.🤣🤣

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Perot Conservative's avatar

This is Governor Newsom, who several years ago overstated their forest clearing / maintenance by 600%. This one, they had weeks to prepare - no controlled burns, vegetation removal, fire breaks, fire trails. This ain't Global Cooling.

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Protect And Alert's avatar

Dry brush is definitely not the reason for the fire. It was January Santa Ana wins are in September and October not January. It was not dry conditions and that’s not the reason for the fire. It’s an attack by very very common now direct energy weapons after the skies were sprayed with flammable chemicals for days on end Then Geo engineered winds are whipped up, created to be fast shifting to blow the radiation flames around and spread them and fuel them. You’ll notice the fire hydrants were dry. If you put water on a radiation flame, it arcs it and makes it worse. There should be not one tree left in any of those yards, but there should be porcelain toilets there should be metal appliances, rubber trash cans should be melted and they weren’t.

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Daphne's avatar

I’m so very sorry…My cousin lost his house today too…praying for you and your family 🙏🏻

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Chronicles of Retardia's avatar

Absolutely devastated for you and your wife, and all those affected by this horrific attack 🙏

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Nick Lovell's avatar

Look at the sky in the photos, see anything not so unusual these days?

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Michael Ginsburg's avatar

Shocking photos Peter! Happy to hear you and your wife are safe.

Do you think there is anything unnatural about how these fires started, especially given the time of year (i.e. middle of winter)?

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Anne England's avatar

Of course! Just like Maui. Land grab for 15 minute cities. No one will live here again. Government pays pennies on the dollar. Building Back Better. And do you know the amount of valuable minerals, like lithium, are there? yup

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Andrea's avatar

No. High winds did it.

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Protect And Alert's avatar

The winds were Geo engineered same as Lahaina same as the storm that hit North Carolina Santa Ana winds are in September and October never January and it had rained. It was not dry conditions. It was an attack and about 40th such attack in California..

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Kathleen Taylor's avatar

And the source of ignition was ____?

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Kayla Wildman's avatar

Maybe a blue beam fired from a low-flying aircraft. That's how homes have been "blown up" during California wildfires before -- why wouldn't they use the same method to start a fire in a handy windstorm?

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Decode the World's avatar

Blue Toyota land cruiser made it through, along with plastic trash can.

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Áine's avatar

Absolutely devastating. May God bless and protect you and your family Peter.

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