L.A. Wildfires: ABC7’s Dallas Raines On How We Got Here, What’s Coming Next, & What We Can Do For Each Other To Help Stop It Next Time

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EXCLUSIVE: Dallas Raines wasn’t born in the City of Angels, but few Angelenos exemplify Southern California like the Georgia-bred ABC 7 News chief meteorologist, especially in times of extreme weather like the hurricane force winds and raging wildfires that have cut a seemingly unprecedented destructive swath through the region this past week. “This is one of the most beautiful places in the world, but these winds and fires are things that we are going to have to deal with forever,” the 40-year resident of LA says bluntly Monday, as he prepares to go on-air for the West Coast flagship of Disney-owned ABC.

Since winds started gusting last week, LA County has seen fires scorch tens of thousands of acres, decimated thousands of homes and other buildings and leave over two dozen people dead, that we know so far.

The fire that roared up Hollywood’s Runyon Canyon on January 8 was put out fairly quickly, but flames are still with blazing and residents still under mandatory evacuations with the Palisades Fire, the Eaton Fire, and the Hurst Fire.

And, with another red-flag warning in effect, more looks likely to come – soon. The National Weather Service has issued a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” warning across most of the county with winds that could reach up to 70 mph anticipated from 4 a.m.