A clip of podcast host Joe Rogan warning final summer time of an imminent wildfire devastating Los Angeles has resurfaced now that one is burning 1000’s of acres throughout L.A. County.
During a July podcast episode with comedian Sam Morril, Rogan talked about how an L.A. firefighter as soon as advised him that sooner or later – below the suitable circumstances – a wildfire would decimate the realm.
“He goes, ‘One day, it’s simply going to be the suitable wind, and fireplace’s going to begin in the suitable place, and it’s going to burn by way of L.A. all the best way to the ocean, and there’s not a f—ing factor we will do about it,’” the host said, whereas additionally sporting a t-shirt with a “Los Angeles City Fire Department” emblem on it.
A clip of podcaster Joe Rogan from the summer time predicting a wildfire decimating Los Angeles has resurfaced in mild of the fires at present burning by way of the realm and forcing 1000’s of residents to flee. (“The Joe Rogan Experience”)
Firefighters within the nation’s second-largest metropolis and surrounding areas have been combating multiple devastating wildfires in current days which have killed 5 folks, destroyed 1000’s of houses and different buildings, and compelled greater than 100,000 folks to evacuate.
Los Angeles Fire Department captain Sheila Kelliher spoke to Fox News on Wednesday, describing the scenes of scorched hillsides as “dramatic and apocalyptic.”
Kelliher talked about that she noticed winds “as much as 70, 80, even 100 miles an hour” fan the flames all through the area.
As Rogan famous in his July video, his fireplace division supply confused {that a} city-destroying inferno occurring is dependent upon the wind. He famous that residents to this point had been “fortunate.”
“He goes, ‘Yeah, we simply get fortunate.’ He goes, ‘We get fortunate with the wind… But if the wind hits the unsuitable approach, it’s simply going to burn straight by way of L.A,'” he stated.
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A house is engulfed in flames throughout the Eaton fireplace within the Altadena space of Los Angeles County, California on January 8, 2025 (JOSH EDELSON/AFP by way of Getty Images)
Rogan reiterated the firefighter’s level that they wouldn’t be capable of forestall it. “’And there’s not going to be a factor we will do about it,’” he stated, quoting the primary responder.
“Because these fires are so large, dude, whenever you’re speaking about like thousands of acres which are burning concurrently, with like 40 mile-an-hour winds,” the host added.
Elsewhere throughout the July episode, Rogan said that the specter of “the subsequent fireplace” was one of many the explanation why he left California for Texas in 2020.
“I used to be evacuated 3 times from my home from fires,” Rogan advised Morril. “Last one, two homes in entrance of my home burnt to the bottom.”
