{"id":2389040,"date":"2025-01-10T19:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T00:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-officials-send-fake-evacuation-alert-to-entire-county-nearly-flood-streets-with-10-million-panicking-residents\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T19:41:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T00:41:15","slug":"la-officials-send-fake-evacuation-alert-to-entire-county-nearly-flood-streets-with-10-million-panicking-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-officials-send-fake-evacuation-alert-to-entire-county-nearly-flood-streets-with-10-million-panicking-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Officials Send Fake Evacuation Alert to Entire County, Nearly Flood Streets with 10 Million Panicking Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fla-officials-send-fake-evacuation-alert-to-entire-county-nearly-flood-streets-with-10-million-panicking-residents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Los Angeles County recently caused panic among residents when officials mistakenly issued a countywide evacuation alert due to wildfires. The alert, sent as a \u2064text message from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, instructed residents\u200d to evacuate immediately. However, the Los Angeles City Emergency Management Department later clarified that the alert was sent &#8220;in error,&#8221; and evacuation orders had not changed. Local leaders, including County Supervisor\u2064 Janice Hahn and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governors-in-northeast-states-battered-by-ida-take-emergency-action\/\" title=\"Governors in Northeast states battered by Ida take emergency action\">emergency management officials<\/a>, apologized for the confusion and \u2064reassured the public that\u200c they are investigating the \u2064technical issues that led to this\u2063 mistake. This incident reflects ongoing challenges faced by Los Angeles officials in managing wildfires,accompanied by criticism regarding thier response strategies and resource allocation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles officials mistakenly sent out an evacuation alert to the entirety of Los Angeles County on Thursday evening as wildfires continued to destroy homes and other properties.<\/p>\n<p>Residents received a text &ldquo;from the Los Angeles County Fire Department&rdquo; informing them that an &ldquo;EVACUATION WARNING&rdquo; was &ldquo;issued in your area,&rdquo; meaning they had to immediately evacuate with their family, pets, and supplies, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-01-09\/emergency-alert-text-message-los-angeles-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p>But the Los Angeles City Emergency Management Department was forced to admit that the mass text was sent &ldquo;in error.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Evacuation orders have not changed,&rdquo; the agency said on social media, adding that residents should visit an official <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/fedf0447f6c9485e804d1ac9b993632e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> to view actual &ldquo;evacuation orders for some selected areas, ONLY!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReadyLACounty?\">@ReadyLACounty<\/a> alert to evacuate was sent in ERROR. Evacuation orders have not changed. See map for actual <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LACity?\">@LACity<\/a> evacuation orders for some selected areas, ONLY! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qRYmG0qWS7\">https:\/\/t.co\/qRYmG0qWS7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LA City Emergency Management Department (@ReadyLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReadyLA\/status\/1877508206148112750?\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn also clarified on social media that &ldquo;the evacuation warning that many of us just received on our phones was mistakenly issued countywide due to a technical error.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have been informed the evacuation warning that many of us just received on our phones was mistakenly issued countywide due to a technical error.<\/p>\n<p>A correction will be issued shortly.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Janice Hahn (@SupJaniceHahn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SupJaniceHahn\/status\/1877507489819709661?\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Other officials likewise apologized for the mistake, which provoked panic among some residents living close to the fires, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t express enough how sorry I am for this experience,&rdquo; Kevin McGowan, the director of the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, remarked&nbsp; Friday during a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As these alerts are being issued, they are not being activated or initiated by a person,&rdquo; he added, vowing to resolve the error.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Right now, our No. 1 priority is to establish how we can work, in coordination with our federal and state partners, how we can stop the messages that are going out right now that are not being initiated by human action,&rdquo; McGowan continued.<\/p>\n<p>This mistaken emergency alert is only the latest in an extended series of errors from Los Angeles officials as they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/footage-california-wildfire-shows-entire-neighborhoods-completely-wiped-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scramble to put out<\/a> the blazes.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond a failure to proactively conduct <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/billessayli\/status\/1877080451267047740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controlled burns<\/a> and implement other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reasonable land management practices<\/a> well before the current round of wildfires, the Los Angeles County Fire Department previously sent a bunch of firefighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cant-make-stuff-la-actually-sent-surplus-fire-fighting-equipment-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">equipment<\/a> to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also had a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-fire-departments-dei-obsession-comes-to-light-as-devastating-wildfire-rages\/\" title=\"LA Fire Department&#039;s DEI Obsession Comes to Light as Devastating Wildfire Rages\">racial equity plan&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-fire-departments-dei-obsession-comes-light-devastating-wildfire-rages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assist<\/a> with diversity efforts and carefully monitored the racial identities of their employees to ensure hiring practices were inclusive enough.<\/p>\n<p>LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley has also been touted as the &ldquo;first female and LGBTQ Fire Chief&rdquo; in department history.<\/p>\n<p>The entire fiasco in Los Angeles proves that deprioritizing merit and elevating identity markers in jobs that require the handling of complex systems will always result in disaster.<\/p>\n<p>As if we did not already have ample proof of that.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Residents received a text from the Los Angeles County Fire Department stating that an &#8220;EVACUATION WARNING&#8221; had been &#8220;issued in your area,&#8221; requiring immediate evacuation with family, pets, and supplies, according to the Los Angeles Times. However, the Los Angeles City Emergency Management Department later clarified that the mass text was sent &#8220;in error.&#8221; They stated on social media that &#8220;Evacuation orders have not changed,&#8221; urging residents to check an official website for actual evacuation orders for specific areas only. <\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn also confirmed via social media that the countywide evacuation warning was mistakenly issued due to a technical glitch and promised a correction would follow. Other officials expressed their apologies for causing panic among residents near the fires. Kevin McGowan, director of the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, emphasized his regret during a news conference on Friday and noted that these alerts are not initiated by individuals but rather by automated systems. He pledged to address this issue promptly.<\/p>\n<p>This incident is part of a series of missteps by Los Angeles officials amid ongoing firefighting efforts. In addition to failing to conduct controlled burns or implement effective land management practices before this wildfire season, the fire department previously sent firefighting equipment overseas to Ukraine and focused on diversity initiatives instead of operational readiness.<\/p>\n<p>LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley has been recognized as both the first female and LGBTQ Fire Chief in department history. 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