Joe Rogan’s prediction about the wildfire that has spread through California and is now affecting Los Angeles has ended up being accurate.
Granted, this is a prediction he’s made several times throughout the years on his podcast and has some first-hand experience with since he lived in California for years and was evacuated from his home multiple times.
The fires that have spread across the US state this week have resulted in thousands of people being evacuated from their homes, and many of those homes have been burned to the ground by the rampaging inferno.
Strong winds have carried the fire across great distances and caused it to spread quickly, and a state of emergency has been declared in California.
The notorious podcaster used to live in California, but in 2020 moved out to Texas citing a number of concerns including the stricter Covid-19 restrictions that California had during the pandemic, and he has since claimed that it has gone ‘full communist’.
The podcaster has said the wildfires are among his reasons for leaving California, along with the state’s lockdown rules during the pandemic (YouTube/The Joe Rogan Experience)
Apart from that, Rogan also regularly brought up the wildfires that regularly plague California, having said that he was evacuated from his home three times and was ‘always waiting for the next fire’.
In one of his episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, he said that the last time he’d been evacuated ‘two houses in front of my house burnt to the ground’.
Rogan also recounted a conversation he had with a firefighter who told him that LA had been ‘lucky’ with the wind and said that if it was blowing in the wrong direction it’d be devastating for the city.
“He goes, ‘One day, it’s just going to be the right wind, and fire’s gonna start in the right place, and it’s going to burn through LA all the way to the ocean, and there’s not a f**king thing we can do about it’,” Rogan said of the firefighter’s warning.
In a 2018 episode back when Rogan was still living in California, Derren Brown went on the podcast and said he’d had to avoid the fires to make it in.
Thousands have been evacuated from their homes due to wildfires rampaging across California (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
In that episode Rogan echoed the firefighter’s warning that the wind could spread the fire across LA, and in a 2019 episode with David Wallace-Wells, the podcaster was told that because of climate change, the California wildfires could get up to ’64 times worse’ by the end of this century.
It’s something Rogan brings up a lot on his show, and with the frequency of wildfires in Californi, it was bound to happen.
Some months before the latest devastating fires one of California’s biggest insurers, State Farm, cancelled a plethora of insurance policies on houses in Pacific Palisades according to Newsweek.
Pacific Palisades is one of the areas that has been devastated by the fires, and the company cancelled insurance policies to avoid ‘financial failure’.People living in areas prone to being scorched by wildfire are finding it increasingly difficult to get their houses insured, meaning that if they lose their home to the flames they won’t be covered for their loss.
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Topics: Celebrity, Joe Rogan, US News
Wildfires across California have forced over 100,000 people to evacuate their homes, including some of Hollywood’s biggest names.
A state of emergency was declared by the governor of the American state after a wildfire went out of control, spreading across Los Angeles
The flames have destroyed houses and scorched the land, as strong winds helped the fire progress.
There are now at least six wildfires, the BBC reports, including one that made its way through the Pacific Palisades area of LA.
This area is known for being the home of many celebrities, who were forced away from their homes after the area was ablaze on Tuesday night (7 January).
Wildfires in California continue to rage on (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
At least five people have been killed and over 1,000 structures have been destroyed so far, officials have said, as per AP.
Residents in the area were made to flee the apocalyptic conditions that arrived in their aesthetic neighbourhoods, as the fires were helped along by wind gusts up to 70 mph.
This made it too difficult for aircraft to combat the fire from above, though this began on Wednesday morning (8 January).
Now, several A-listers have been left without a home after their property was devastated by the conditions, which firefighters continue to combat.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal and his wife had lived in the home since 1979 (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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The When Harry Met Sally actor’s home has nothing remaining, except for the tennis courts.
Crystal and his wife, Janice, have since shared a heartbreaking statement with fans, confirming the demise of their family home.
He wrote: “Janice and I lived in our home since 1979.
“We raised our children and grandchildren here. Every inch of our house was filled with love. Beautiful memories that can’t be taken away.
“We are heartbroken of course but with the love of our children and friends we will get through this.”
Mark Hamill
Star Wars star Mark Hamill shared a statement with fans (Rich Fury/Getty Images)
The actor behind Luke Skywalker shared that a ‘last-minute’ evacuation forced him to flee his Malibu home, confirming that he saw ‘small fires’ on ‘both sides of the road’.
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He noted as he reached the Pacific Coast Highway that it was the ‘most horrific fire’ in over 30 years.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis shared a video of the devastation in her neighbourhood (Instagram/@jamieleecurtis)
The Freaky Friday star evacuated her home for her own safety.
She took to Instagram, writing: “My community and possibly my home is on fire.”
Curtis added: “My family is safe. Many of my friends will lose their homes. Many other communities as well.
“There are so many conflicting reports. With all the technology there seems to be very little information. PLEASE POST FACTS! IT WILL HELP THOSE WONDERING!”
In an update, she shared that her home was safe.
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton shared a news report of her destroyed home (ABC)
Hilton took to Twitter mourn the loss of her Malibu home, writing: “Heartbroken beyond words. Sitting with my family, watching the news, and seeing our home in Malibu burn to the ground on live TV is something no one should ever have to experience.
“This home was where we built so many precious memories. It’s where Phoenix took his first steps and where we dreamed of building a lifetime of memories with London.
“While the loss is overwhelming, I’m holding onto gratitude that my family is safe. My heart and prayers are going out to every family affected by these fires.
“To all the people who have lost their homes, their memories, and their beloved pets. My heartaches for those still in harm’s way or mourning greater losses.
“The devastation is unimaginable. To know so many are waking up today without the place they called home is truly heartbreaking.”
Celebrities that have confirmed the devastation of their homes
- Maria Shriver
- Cameron Mathison
- James Woods
- Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag
- Ricki Lake
- Sandra Lee
- Eugene Levy
- John Goodman
