Days taping today (not suspended due to fires)

I knew Burbank wasn't in the main area of the fires, but Warner Bros. shut down its studios in Burbank today, so I thought maybe Days might too. I'm sure some of the cast & crew live in the evacuation zones and are probably worried about losing their homes, so I wasn't sure if they'd be taping today but they are.

Jimmy Kimmel, After Midnight have cancelled their shows tonight. Many other shows from NCIS/NCIS Origins to Abbott Elementary and Georgie and Mandy have paused production.
 
Sounds like Days is staffed with professionals like my former Overlord who told workers to show up the day after Katrina hit, their building stood, no electricity, no A/C and no concern for any damage done to the workers' houses. He was upset that he couldn't FedEx power bricks to them so they could plug in their laptops to continue working. Mind you, the schools weren't in session and I was handling the help desk alone from California.

I hope those taping today are safe and they get home safely to houses not threatened.
 
Burbank conditions update

Via: https://outlooknewspapers.com/burba...cle_dabb044e-cdfd-11ef-8b2e-3b3a8d55a245.html

There are currently no evacuation orders or warnings in effect in Burbank after a fast-moving brush fire in the Eaton Canyon area exploded in size today, topping 13,000 acres, claiming five lives, destroying hundreds of structures and prompting school closures through Jan. 10. The fire was 0% contained as of 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Burbank fire officials said that wind conditions will continue through the evening, and there is still an increased risk of wildfire in Burbank, both from the ongoing Eaton Fire or from fast blowing Santa Ana winds.

According to Eric Baumgardner, Burbank Fire Department's Emergency Management Coordinator, residents should be prepared with supplies and an evacuation plan.

"Any time that we have fires around the area, people should be vigilant. Don't wait. If you feel that the fire is coming, evacuate on your own," Baumgardner told the Leader. "If you feel that you're gonna be threatened, don't wait for us to tell you to evacuate. If you know there's fire in the area, like if there are residents in the Burbank, Glendale area that feel uncomfortable with the proximity of the Eaton Fire, then they should start packing up stuff now and have it ready."

Baumgardner gave an assessment of Burbank's fire risks and overnight weather conditions in an interview with the Leader.

"Right now, observed winds are actually lower than what the National Weather Service forecast predicted," he said. "We're actively monitoring the Eaton Fire. Of course, that is of concern to us with the direction of where we are in comparison to the Eaton Fire. The smoke isn't going directly over Burbank, but it is going pretty close to Burbank, over Glendale near our southern border. So that is a concern, because the direction that the smoke is traveling is the direction the fire is traveling at this time."

Baumgardner said that the fire is currently holding its position in the Angeles National Forest and the surrounding foothills, in Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge.

"For it to travel to us — not that it's not a possibility — it would have to cross the 210 freeway and then potentially from where it's at right now, the 2 Freeway and then get embedded in the Verdugo's moving toward us," he said. "If it continues laterally along the face of the Angeles Forest there, and it gets further into the area above Glendale, then if it jumps the 210 freeway on the back side of the Verdugo's, it would be entrenched on our side."

The city is prepared with "trigger points" or locations that — if reached by an active fire — would prompt fire officials to begin evacuations within the city of Burbank.

"We are monitoring. We have put in contingencies," he said. "The faster and higher the wind speeds, the shorter that contingency is going to be."
 
Hope I can post this because it's not Days, but I've read that some actors on the 3 network soaps have lost their homes due to the fire. Kate Mansi (former Abigail DiMera) has stated that she and her dog are in a shelter. General Hospital is currently having a storyline featuring a major fire. They were showing reruns for a few days in respect to the people affected by the fire.
 
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The insurance companies are probably in turmoil.......and this is undoubtedly going to eventually affect us all financially.........

The TV & movie industry will change a lot.....perhaps move headquarters (speculation) but who knows. People have lost everything they owned, recovering will not be easy, and will take a very long time.
 
Poirot said:
The insurance companies are probably in turmoil.
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Not really, State Farm among others, dropped all fire policies in California at the start of the new year.

The others have tripled or quadrupled their fire policies in the past two years. Or left the state.

The fire insurance on our cabin, a 750 square foot cabin, is over $6k a year. We have no idea what it will be next year, after the park fire.
 
www.soapoperadigest.com

GH's Cameron Mathison Speaks Out After Losing 'Everything I Own'

In a heartfelt interview with his former colleagues on Good Morning America, where he used to serve as a contributor, Cameron Mathison (Drew, General Hospital) shared the harrowing story of losing his home in the Eaton fire, one of several deadly wildfires currently burning in California’s Los...
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Heck, even before this happened, I got notice of a huge raise in my insurance premium......and not near water, danger of fire, etc. Just the rates going up, up, up...........and with this happening in CA......all the ins. companies will be raising even more.
 
It's happened here in Alberta too. With the fires and hail capital, insurance companies have increased rates, denied claims and dropped customers as they are pulling out of our province. It seems to be brutal everywhere no matter where you live now. Not a lot is affordable.
 
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