Let Pacific Palisades go back to being palisades. Please.

When you rebuild, don't rebuild there PLEASE

  

Who thought building a suburb on a rugged pile of rocks and cliffs by the beach was a good idea to begin with? Photo above is pre fire: "One of the most exclusive and sought-after neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, draws affluent professionals -- many from the entertainment industry -- looking for a quiet retreat with easy access to the beach and mountains. It can be challenging..." (Source: Living in Pacific Palisades [Insider's Guide] linked at end of post)

Yesterday when I saw the burned out remains of Pacific Palisades, I was shocked. As a teenager in the 1960s we’d drive down Sunset to the beach often. From Beverly Hills onward, it was rugged canyon terrain, a jumble of rocks trees and hills so iconic of west coast beauty. 

Especially at the ocean, the cliffs and canyons of the Palisades. You stood still there and felt the power of the planet, you became humbled. It was a place where development could never happen. A few mansions here and there yes, but those hills were Dominant.

Yesterday, when I saw the result of the Palisades fire with everything burned to the ground I was shocked, not just by the damage; my first thought was how did they turn those cliffside canyons into orderly suburban streets? They must have bulldozed down all the glorious natural beauty to build orderly rows of high priced mansions, made the land flat and bland in one of our planet's most beautiful natural wonders.

Now that Earth has responded with Fire, let the planet have her wilderness. Put the Pacific Palisades mansions in Highland Park, or downtown L.A. has plenty of developable space.

Let the Palisades go back to being Palisades, steep cliffs and rock formations, backed up by rugged canyons that respond to Pacific Coastal natural powers. Please.

By Kay Ebeling getting my fingers back

Post Note: Summer 2017 I rented a car and drove to Canada to see if I could move there because I knew back then USA is heading for disaster under Donald Trump.

Along the way I stopped in Oregon rest stops.

Everything was brown and dry where in earlier years it had always been green. If you stood still and listened, you could hear the wind whipping through the brush.

It sounded like thousands of matches being struck.

It was like the wind was rubbing sticks together to create fire all through the brittle meadows That is what the Pacific Coast is like now, after decades of drought and misguided development. Expect more disastrous fires... sorry to say. 

PS I decided I was too grimy to be a Canadian and came home to ride it out. 

*PHOTO CREDIT: 

Living in Pacific Palisades [Insider's Guide] https://www.rubyhome.com/blog/living-in-pacific-palisades/ 

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