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67rustavenger
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 Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:08 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Two different angles of the same Bay,
This one is from WSOC News,
In the upper image, you can see a pretty clean C10 in the lower right corner.
It's hard to tell if these are AI or legit news photo's. I'm leaning toward legit. 
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RoryGirl
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 12:01 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| Xevin wrote: |
I don’t have social media besides the Samba. My bros said they saw it and it was fake. This looked faked to me too. Can anyone confirm the authenticity?
Referring to the picture of the Bay Window above |
Dude seems legit - https://www.portfolio.edelsonphotography.com/wildfires
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Sodo
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| Sodo wrote: |
| Probably moved up the road, parked safely in an area that was already burned. |
And the race car on the trailer too.
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E1
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 9:49 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Good spot, Tom.
Porsche GT3… I think (viewing on phone).
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Steve M.
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E1
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Thanks Steve… good to see *anything* good out of all this.
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Xevin 
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Nice!!!
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Sodo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| The blue Bus made the news. |
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes again
Can you picture what will be?
So limitless and free
Desperately in need
Of some stranger's hand
In a desperate land
Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah
There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's Highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby
Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake, he's long, seven miles
Ride the snake
He's old and his skin is cold
The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here and we'll do the rest
The blue bus is calling us
The blue bus is calling us
Driver, where you taking us?
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Xevin
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Horrible for so many people.
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| GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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| Damn that Xevin... |
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| I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
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| My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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wbailey2112
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:32 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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If it is not a fake image it is at least a staged photo.
That bus was nowhere near that area when the fire was raging through that neighborhood.
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Mateo83
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:39 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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I would have died in the van waiting for it to start or warm up. 1000% would have left it in the garage.
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vanis13
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Instagram
naming the custom surf board companies they work at.
The cynic in my sees it as an influencer move - and if its not, thanks for the other staged influencers that degraded miracles to staged scenes for eyeballs.
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danfromsyr
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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not sure anyone said it was there the whole time of the fire...
| wbailey2112 wrote: |
If it is not a fake image it is at least a staged photo.
That bus was nowhere near that area when the fire was raging through that neighborhood. |
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Abscate
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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They claimed that. It was a total douche stage job
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kamzcab86
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| wbailey2112 wrote: |
If it is not a fake image it is at least a staged photo.
That bus was nowhere near that area when the fire was raging through that neighborhood. |
Still think it's staged?
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Kdj
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| kamzcab86 wrote: |
| wbailey2112 wrote: |
If it is not a fake image it is at least a staged photo.
That bus was nowhere near that area when the fire was raging through that neighborhood. |
Still think it's staged? |
That seems pretty conclusive evidence |
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E1
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fires |
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Yeah, that ain’t fake.
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jlrftype7
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fires |
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I wonder how 'smoky' the interior smells like after that Inferno.
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Klister
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fires |
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Nothing but grim. My niece and her husband's house burnt to the ground. They have their 2 cars and the clothes on their backs. His mom's house - gone. Another friend and his dad's house - gone.
Just crazy. |
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wbailey2112
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| kamzcab86 wrote: |
| wbailey2112 wrote: |
If it is not a fake image it is at least a staged photo.
That bus was nowhere near that area when the fire was raging through that neighborhood. |
Still think it's staged? |
Yeah I'm sure that Bay Window would still look that pristine after being that close to the fires. Just another faked photo to justify the original fake.
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