Video is coming down in 48 hours, and yet here i am watching it 2 years later in 2024....
@TheRetNetwork17 күн бұрын
You're mistaken, must've been another channel.
@anndoupont947911 ай бұрын
After living in Oakland where I was raised, for 43 years, I moved to Hayward in December 1990. I'm about to watch this movie. Guess I moved just in time.
@ChibiHoshiDragon9 ай бұрын
I may not be that old but I also moved just in time (To NV) My father and my grandparents lost their houses, though
@user-ht4pp6ly1v4 ай бұрын
I was born in Hayward and moved to Oakland and love it.😅
@stevengill17362 ай бұрын
You both got to experience the earthquake too... I almost lost a friend in that freeway collapse....
@willaknotts129825 күн бұрын
I lived on Harbor Bay Island aka Bay Farm Island in the 80s. We had moved out to Colorado in June 88 just before the big earthquake and the fire later on. So very very sad for all. But now look at Oakland...lost to the homeless and govt of any kind. America in decline. Thanks Newsome and Dems!
@silviajones238311 ай бұрын
Just imagine what the people of Maui are going through. What a horrible tragedy 😢
@cybercat2911 ай бұрын
Yeah 😭💔
@thatguysstuff1511 ай бұрын
It looks like the government set fire to Oakland before Maui .... they have had harrp for over 50 years now .... they used the same lasers that took down the towers too😢 ... Wake up yall . The truth is stranger then fiction ......
@michellereed563810 ай бұрын
I have family living in Hawaii. My cousin and his wife recently moved to another one of the islands just a few months before the fire on Maui. So they missed the fire. Otherwise they would have been in the targeted area of the fire. I praise God that they are okay. I prayed for those who lost their lives.
@birdlynn41710 ай бұрын
Each and everyone is terrifying to all living beings, people, animals, birds...big and small. The pets trapped in burned homes are the worst.
@shorty736310 ай бұрын
And just like in Maui, one lone house is saved amid all the burnt down houses.
@keithseadler36832 ай бұрын
I remember that fire. At the time this was as good as movies got to showing things like this
@johnwalker94772 жыл бұрын
What a sad situation that turned out to be. I lost my former boss in that fire. Her named was Lucy manta and she use to own a AM PM mini market in West Oakland. I worked their in 1984,85
@dianemedina58142 жыл бұрын
My condolences.
@robincarneyoakland2 жыл бұрын
Sorry you lost your boss. But did you lose your job as well?
@RebekkaRN196211 ай бұрын
😢😢😢
@mikkikas682111 ай бұрын
Myson turned 10 just the other day, He said thanks for the ball dad, come on let's play. Can you teach me to throw? I said not today, got a lot to do, he said "thats ok." As he walked away his smile never dimmed,, " I'm going to be just like you, yeh, I'm going to be just like you." When you coming home, dad? I don't know when but we'll have a good time then, you know we'll have a good time then.😢.😢
@cybercat2911 ай бұрын
Please accept my deepest condolences.
@janblackman620410 ай бұрын
When I was a child I helped put out fires on our land. The whole community would gather to help put out the fires. We lost a shed one time but saved our barn and house
@rosemaryherrera747510 ай бұрын
Baffling how some of those people are standing watching the fire destroy the houses & not trying to leave. Everyone reacts differently but first sign of fire & im gone ..
@shaundgb73672 ай бұрын
If it over 38 degrees C and is a forecast very windy day and you live in fire risky area with lots of trees near your home, being gone is almost always the go. If you not a firefighter it simply best to spend that day away from your home and that area and not risk your life. There are not many days where the conditions fit that description so if I lived in such an area there no way I staying in that area on that one day.
@stevengill17362 ай бұрын
Except that up north, as in 2020 they (rightly) evacuated large areas, which for some of us was an incredible hardship... Hope we don't have to go through that again this year! And every year I sweat out the fire season: keep an eye out especially when it's windy, monitor public safety on the scanner, and so on, but this film has me stressed!
@suebl403724 күн бұрын
Me Too! Same with hurricanes ! Ppl watch the news til last minute, then sit in traffic 6 hours or more with the others that waited til last minute! First sign, I pack food, then clothes...
@gailmuir79924 күн бұрын
Why it's important to have a all important things ,in a go to bag and prepare...forget about possessions lives of yourself,family,and animals come first...😮
@debbiemcclure287411 ай бұрын
What a sad horrific catastrophe those poor people endured. Great movie... tyfs God bless you
@TheRetNetwork10 ай бұрын
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@juliec343710 ай бұрын
I covered this story for my college newspaper. Now im in my 50s. Can't believe its been so long. And still wonder what caused it.
@stevenavery629711 ай бұрын
I lived about 20 minutes away from Oakland when this happened. I was 4 years old.
@SarahWRah11 ай бұрын
I've lived in a fire prone area in the Central Sierras near Bass Lake CA. Thankfully we have much better evacuation alert systems today than they did in the 1990s.
@birdlynn41710 ай бұрын
I hate that people can be so careless with their cigarettes and matches....the devastation is horrendous. A match, a cigarette, a candle, each and everyone HAS to be taken so seriously to make sure they are put out correctly, everytime.
@thaismatsumoto10 ай бұрын
Yeah.. or Mother Nature.. they still haven’t ever figured out what started the fire.
@ulpuniemi727610 ай бұрын
Any broken glass and sun together can start fires.
@nowhining9 ай бұрын
Smokers don't give a sh**. I was walking behind a woman into Walmart one day and she flicked her lit cig behind her..right onto my shirt. I gave her every swear word I had in my vocabulary.
@yoelfischel632710 ай бұрын
I did deliveries in those hills in the 70s. Beautiful up there.
@leattaleake8756Ай бұрын
How devastating, any catastrophe is bad but I don’t know there’s something about fire. And isn’t it weird how everything can burn and then there’s one thing that survived or two things. I live in British Columbia. We are in the middle of a drought right now and have been for the last few years and we’ve had devastating forest fires, and there was a really bad one a couple years ago about an hour down the road that involved friends and neighbors. And as you drive through the area, you can see all the trees burned and then you can see partial trees that are burned on one side and there’s houses that survived and houses that burned it’s crazy. Such a good movie. So realistic, good acting thanks for sharing.
@WendysCove11 күн бұрын
The fires in British Columbia have been nlon our news in Queensland Australia 🇦🇺. Heartbreaking. There is a dvd called over beautiful British Columbia. So incredibly sad that so much 😢 of that beauty could be gone.
@jeanneewaseck663511 ай бұрын
Gripping movie - thank you for posting this true story! The entire movie is about Decisions, Decisions!
@TheRetNetwork10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@judyboast402011 ай бұрын
Some of those people are so casual about getting out. Fire is so quick. About 4 years ago we had such a bad fire season in Australia. I think if we had it here I would be prepared to get out quick . We only have one road out of our area
@jacquelinebell62019 ай бұрын
We're going to have a bad season this year too it seems. Already had huge fire out west of Queensland Oct/Nov.
@birdlynn41710 ай бұрын
First thing to get is the cat!
@llamalady87002 ай бұрын
Any and ALL animals!
@Jens-Viper-Nobel2 ай бұрын
Oh no. NO NO NO NO NO: The house and the car and the boat and the motorcycle and my dolls collection and my photo album and my favorite suit and dress and play station is MUCH MUCH more important than the lives of both me and my relatives and everybody else.. I'm NOT leaving without them. And the worst thing is that people are really that stupid.
@lisareed13742 ай бұрын
Animals first everything else is replaceable
@sophirichmanfletcher46579 ай бұрын
I had literally moved to Napa from Lake County just days before this. I remember standing at the window at 9:00 that Sunday morning, thinking it was strangely warm and still. I was like the Chief, completely unfamiliar with the Oakland region, and without benefit of maps or Google in those days. I remember being horrified but not necessarily surprised as the news played out later that day. It truly was a "perfect storm" of the worst conditions. I later met a cousin who lost his home in the fire. This movie was well done and illustrated the events more than anything I saw or heard about it then. Hard to believe it's been 32 years this month.
@briankistner433111 ай бұрын
At 45:00. Living in Colorado, I'm reminded of the Marshall Fire and Waldo Canyon. Marshall was less than 2 miles South of me growing up. A bit too close to home even though I have lived in Ft. Collins for 22 years.
@AdelWilliams-sz7ntАй бұрын
My brother fought in the fire and is unable to fight fire anymore because of what smoke did to his lungs.God protect us all
@laankebygg368511 ай бұрын
Fire is a wonderful thing, but it can also be a beast and destroy property and lives. This was a wonderful movie showing the dangers of fire and how communities can come together to help each other in times of need. I am not a firefighter, but I have been trained to fight fires. I fought my first one at the age of 9, by helping the fire brigade fight a grass fire that we won. It took a couple of hours to beat. I was not the only child helping; two of my mates were with me, and I believe we learned a lot about fires that day by helping put this so-called minor fire out. Being young, we of course did not look upon it as a minor fire as it was also close to houses. I have also fought a couple of house fires as well as bushfires and one on an aircraft carrier. All were won, I will add. I have a lot of respect for those who do this job on a daily basis.
@llamalady87002 ай бұрын
Both my nephews, Steven and Jay Cwiak, are firefighters in Reno, Nevada.
@GuttenfraVrnes-mo9uv2 ай бұрын
@@llamalady8700 I congratulate your nephews and would like to add that firefighters are so very underrated and should be put into a category of heroes. That is what they are because they put their lives on the line every time, they go to fight the monster called fire.
@llamalady87002 ай бұрын
@@GuttenfraVrnes-mo9uv Thank you, I'm proud of both of them. They are also first responders at fatal traffic accidents. They're the ones that are responsible for pulling deceased bodies out of vehicles. I cannot begin to imagine the things they've both seen.
@michellereed563810 ай бұрын
I remember when this happened and was horrified at the time and remember praying for all of those people and the fire fighters. To see this now in 2023 reminds me of the stories several of my friends at church told me about the fire in Paradise CA. WE sent people from our Church in Oregon with a caravan of trucks containing all kinds of supplies, not once but several times. WE sent furniture, building supplies, appliances, clothing, food, water generators, first aid supplies, even brought RV's for people to live in. OUR missionary people helped to frame up houses after helping to clean out the burned out areas too. WE have had many more "wild fires" here in Oregon than we have ever had in the State's history. Also, Canada has suffered greatly too. However, we have had the same amount of lightening strikes now as when I was a kid, and yet not as many fires. So many of these fires today are being caused by humans carelessness with cigarettes, campfires, and yes, even illegal fireworks. There has been cases of pure arson. It has zero to do with climate change and everything to do with humankind becoming more wicked, deceitful and just plain selfish. I find that very, very sad. One of our worst fires that wiped out a town, a lake and reservoir are, including beautiful forest and campgrounds was started by ARSON. I find that to be very very sad indeed. Thanks for the film! It was very informative.
@rm-gh1co7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comments and the actions by your church. I did a lot for the fire victims in the Mackenzie. I knew there would be problems before the high winds with down power lines and was incredulous they were not turned off. I've done a lot of camping in Oregon through nights of lightning and helped spot fires in the Cascades. But I mainly want to comment on the problem with arsonists in Oregon. There's a lot more than people realize and I wonder how Oregon police caught arsonists and they were released only to start new fires. I live near a neighborhood park on the west side of Eugene and when it's dry and the winds come up and arsonist has been setting grass fires next to the trees but luckily fireman put them out. This has happened for several summers. One in June was 121st arson fire in Oregon for the season. If they catch the arsonists those sick people need to be put away forever. No release into society.
@lauranowak363216 күн бұрын
When Oakland was still halfway decent. Now it’s downright petrifying. In 1992 I was 3 years away from becoming a 911 dispatcher for 24 years. I cannot fathom working a wildfire. I worked for 3 agencies in 3 counties just outside of Chicago, and only experienced 1 brush fire from a controlled burn that became out of control. That was the worst, and hardest call I experienced only because I had nothing to work off of, and was all alone as the only fire dispatcher in the room. Forty three pieces of equipment, I shut down an expressway whose next exit was O’Hare Airport. Kudos to all of California’s Emergency Services Division…Forestry, Fire, Police, Dispatchers!!! Retired Illinois Dispatcher *836
@lynnhollins38207 ай бұрын
❤ i couldn't imagine going thru that 😢. Not knowing if your family got taken away by the fire. God bless all u fire fighter's 🙏 . Franklin nh 🔥 1-12-24 .happy new year everyone ✨️ 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@TheRetNetwork6 ай бұрын
Amen to that. Happy 2024!
@lisalavence70392 ай бұрын
Fantastic movie. Thank you. Awful awful devastation though. God Bless all affected ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@jetplane1011 ай бұрын
I love a good TV movie, and disaster movies too Cheers buddy 🙋♂️
@TheRetNetwork11 ай бұрын
Ditto, so glad you enjoyed!
@shorty736310 ай бұрын
I do too, but it's sad when it's based on a true story!❤️🩹💔
@ladycharsw9 ай бұрын
I was living in Madera California. Ma lived there and a sister. Remember this tragedy Sorry for the victims. 😪🙏❤️💓God Bless
@borountree4539Ай бұрын
Seems a small thing but it broke my heart when they failed to put moms wheelchair in the back of the station wagon. 😪
@suebl403724 күн бұрын
Really! They stood there talking and arguing and didn't put the chair in the car! That's kinda like cutting her legs off, or locking her in a closet.
@DRIVER50L11 ай бұрын
So here I am watching as bushfire season is here in Australia
@Kolokea11 ай бұрын
Praying the fires stay away 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@angelswalking383910 ай бұрын
Yup 24th September here in Australia and they say we’re going to have a hot summet
@shorty736310 ай бұрын
I like to watch tornado movies when under a tornado watch.🌪️😂 Anyway I hope everyone stays safe and well!💜
@traceymenadue64943 ай бұрын
Hope that we don’t get a repeat of 2019-2020 and I hope that history Doesn’t repeat itself 🇦🇺
@michelleshelley99510 ай бұрын
Very good movie and real it happened to places this year😢😢😢😢
@georginawilson926811 ай бұрын
Hopefully we learn that we have all we need with family and stop building bigger homes etc. Excellent movie to see the reality of fire outcomes
@mhick3333Ай бұрын
I had a friend who tried to retrieve some things from his parents house he rode his bike because the road was closed on the way down the hurricane force wind was blowing him back uphill into the fire he had to peddle downhill for his life
@grahamoneill368511 ай бұрын
That movie is amazing that a community can work together after a fire storm to rebuild there lives that is beautiful graham oneill ps to the firemen and police thats the heroes well done to all i was driving a taxi in auckland new zealand in the 90 s that court fire i got out ok but the fire men and police were amazing
@GloriaSchneider-rw4ef10 ай бұрын
Such a devastating time for so many people. The value of working together in sure was experienced I'm sure. I lived through a flood and remember much of the feelings of community that came during it and with all the devastation after. That part would make for a good movie also. Everyone is in the same boat, rich or poor, it made no difference. It was very realistic. Thank you.
@mhick3333Ай бұрын
Great presentation thanks !!
@TheRetNetworkАй бұрын
You are welcome!
@geoffwrigley149410 ай бұрын
As a Rural Fire Fighter in Queensland Australia, all I can say is the USA could use some of our instructors. I have instructed several wildland fire-fighters who have said our training packages are first rate. (Plus I wouldn't mind a trip to the US).
@hlowrylong6 ай бұрын
California has no interest … they fail in forestry management because they are brainwashed by the environmentalist hoax … a lot of the world holds the same destructive hoax beliefs … so they won’t use the important resources we have available. Evil.
@hlowrylong6 ай бұрын
And technically, this event happened in 1991, more than 30 years ago. You’d think they had learned a tad since this happened.
@barbsheehan79674 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this great movie. Thank you.
@TheRetNetwork4 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@pennyparham4123Ай бұрын
The lady upset with the Chief about losing her house. Lady, you're lucky to be alive. Things can be replaced. Lives can't
@nancylenau899723 күн бұрын
It’s ok to be upset to loose your house, just don’t dwell on it for long, like you said being alive is what is inportant.
@rockinrobin100723 күн бұрын
How horribly tragic fire is. My friend lived in Oakland til he graduated high school. He was 21 when this fire occurred. He still had family in the area. 1.5 billion in damages. I wonder how much that would be today? Probably 100 times that at least. They do have a memorial park named after the fire. My family could have moved to Palo Alto in the 70s for my dad’s job. But my grandmother was sick and my mom was taking care of her so we stayed on the other coast. I think about how I would have been able to see the smoke from this fire from my parents house had we moved to Ca. I’m glad I wasn’t there to see it. I’ve only seen small wildfires up close here. Nothing even close to the magnitude of this fire. I feel for those who lost loved ones and their homes and businesses.
@TheRetNetwork17 күн бұрын
😔❤️
@murraybocas124311 ай бұрын
Sad to see people losing their homes
@marjorieperry3745Ай бұрын
People get so careless and just don't care about dropping cigarette butts on the ground, May GOD help them realize that is just plain HATEFUL 😢!!!!
@debracarrabba16569 ай бұрын
Thank you, it was a good movie.
@TripleG6910 ай бұрын
Sad but very good movie.
@gloriouse44586 ай бұрын
EXCELLENT MOVIE 🎥 🍿 💕
@TheRetNetwork6 ай бұрын
Agreed. Thanks for watching!
@vickibwarren972210 ай бұрын
Great Movie heroics of all the police and the fire stations is obvious in this movie!
@annchovies574711 ай бұрын
Geordi! ❤
@jimteng282911 ай бұрын
Lucky I stay at the place no bush fire , no earthquake, typhoon , no natural disaster
@neferbey990211 ай бұрын
where?
@semoneg28266 ай бұрын
Ok...are you out of space??? Just joking😅
@christinaphillips593310 ай бұрын
I think 🤔 there are lots of very green trees 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 no dry brush !!🎄🎄
@user-br5gn8mb7c6 ай бұрын
former reading rainbow host LeVar Burton played fire chief Mather in the ABC TV movie firestorm 72 hours in oakland.
@TheRetNetwork6 ай бұрын
Indeed. Love LeVar Burton. Thanks for sharing. Please keep in touch and stay tuned!
@jaggg.382111 ай бұрын
I was born and raised in Oakland, CA this was after our major earthquake October 17, 1989. We lived in West Oakland, and When this all happened I began having an allergy attack so bad I gave myself an Concussion I sneezed really hard in the bathroom and slammed my head into the marble sink. My doctor said I couldn't go out in that Air because it was going to kill Me. Someone got me my allergy med's and brought them to our house; and this dude people knew as The Mountain Man he brought a can of straight up Coke Cola and said the Cola formal can help with my breathing. I thought it was odd till I saw the Michael J. Fox movie Doc Hollywood he was about too do routine surgery on a kid and when the town main doctor arrived he popped open a can of coke cola for the kids Asthma attack. I guess Mountain man wasn't wrong. The most poignant thing other than my concussion having too stay home from school because it still wasn't safe Berkeley, CA. was having it's Firestorm along with ours at the same time and of course A famous Oakland Hotel in that area the Fire burned all around the Hotel but, the hotel itself never burned down. During this Fire however it jumped The Freeway which then freaked a lot of people out. I had once attended a school in that area for 3 year's before this Fire a serious situation came up with the school an so I transferred too another school. Coincidentally my new school, I could look up at a specific road actually that took people to that old school of mine. Going back too School after the Fire it was all hazy and the road couldn't be seen from my position. I just marveled if I hadn't transferred what might have happened but, hey after The Big Quake October 17, 1989 my family lived 5 minutes away from The Cypress Freeway that collapsed and we had just gotten off of it right before the Earthquake. An Yes just like the woman said here in the movie my cat went crazy too before The Big Quake Hit. Since my allergies were everywhere my cousins had too take my cat mouthpiece who luckily lived North Oakland going towards Berkeley.
@thaismatsumoto10 ай бұрын
Yeah.. I live in Massachusetts now, but we lived in Southern California in the eighties. And were staying in a hotel for a few months before our place here was ready. We felt the earthquake down where we were. The people in the next room were from Oakland on their way home. So we shared stories about earthquakes with them. They left the next day. I’ve always wondered if the fires burned their home down.
@johnboys46979 ай бұрын
😂😂
@jennypalmer33110 ай бұрын
I shouldnt have watched this as it reminds me of our bush fires in Australia. They are truly frightening and I remember seeing these fires on our TV. Condolences to those who lost loved ones or even neighbours. Homes and stuff can be replaced but family or friend loss is horrific
@pintobeans297311 ай бұрын
One of the many reasons Why I would never live in Calif.
@RebekkaRN196211 ай бұрын
Amen to that & other things 🤭🤫😉
@jaggg.382111 ай бұрын
I did forget one thing the Firestorm occurred in October wow same month as The Earthquake. Sorry Fire did jump the Freeway and got to another section in the Oakland, Hill's. An yep it traveled into Berkeley Hills and other place's in Oakland it never reached West, Oakland the Fire but, The Smoke and Ash sure Did.
@winkieblink762518 күн бұрын
Being from that area my whole life & NEVER experiencing an environmental trauma, THIS tragedy was as if a whole area was incinerated from a bomb explosion. I’ll never forget.
@kidmack355611 ай бұрын
I remember the huge hunks of fureled ashen eucalyptus bark that traveled all the way over bay into San Francisco.
@misssophie771721 күн бұрын
2 years later, your pirated movie is still available. I have to give you credit for your creative click bait though.
@TheRetNetwork17 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment! We understand your concern, but we assure you this isn't click bait. The "48-hour" title is only 2 weeks old, and due to increased views, we've decided to keep the film up a bit longer for everyone to enjoy.
@fhuber750711 ай бұрын
I lived near the area at the time of the fire. Thankfully, not in the area directly involved.
@fhuber750711 ай бұрын
They missed an iconic occurrance of a house standing surrounded in flame for nearly 2 days before the interior gor so hot it spontaneously combusted. Like a symbol of difiance against the fire. The home was recently built with the most advanced fire resistant construction of the time.
@vanessaswift382620 күн бұрын
This is a really good film to watch 😢😮
@noahahlstrom38342 жыл бұрын
LeVar Burton has brought so much needed goodness into the world
@leelarson10710 ай бұрын
@carlaaxelson633810 ай бұрын
I get so irritated with people that want to grab dumb things before leaving
@americanakita5 ай бұрын
I agree. Grab the pet(s), your laptop and your wallet and get the hell out of there. (I have all my imported documents and pictures stored on the laptop and a backup on the cloud.)
@Jens-Viper-Nobel2 ай бұрын
@@americanakita Well, if you have cloud back up. Don't bother with the lab top unless you routinely store it in a bag with stuff that you may need if your home disappears when not in use, and which you can just grab as you run out of the house to get away. I live in little peaceful Denmark, and we have no quakes worth mentioning at all, but occasionally a wildfire or flooding even if it is way less severe than the ones you get in United States, Canada and Australia. But just in case it should happen in our nearby wood, I always have a bag with some clothes and my personal papers (copies) such as birth certificate and insurance policies and other important documents and extra toilet things and towels and then some emergency stuff like a torch/flashlight, a bit of dried/canned foot for a couple of days and containers that I can fill with water. And it's always in the trunk of my car along with a good sleeping bag. So, if something happens and my home disappears while I',m away, I have the means to cope until insurance and community can set me up in temporary housing or find me a permanent home. I am also a naval Home Guard sailor, and for that purpose have a backpack with all my uniform stuff and gear in case of an alarm for a rescue or environment or block ship emergency. So, I'm pretty well covered no matter what happens. It also means that I don't have to fuss or panic or rush things, but can just grab my car keys and get going without all the stress you always see many Americans dealing with when a quake or a wildfire happens. And I have tried a wildfire (and some floodings) as the Home Guard will help out in such cases, and even tried clearing an area and holding a line against fire, only to suddenly realize that the fire have jumped us and is now also behind us, so I know only too well how fast and unpredictable they can be.
@RosieZephierАй бұрын
I know right the foolishness belongings can be replaced if I was in a wildfire's and had to Evacuate I'd take my medications pillows my phone tablet and a few stuff and I'll leave the rest of my belongings behind
@JuneLundie15 күн бұрын
😢😢😢 so heartbreaking to watch. That poor people I am lost for words. Must have been beyond terrifying. 😢😢😢
@jason1980198011 ай бұрын
not a bad movie, but some of the acting, good god, where do they find these people
@erynlasgalen194910 ай бұрын
The scriptwriting was very amateurish. I'm not sure what to make of this movie.
@shaundgb73672 ай бұрын
Yeah, the script and acting were really bad. But still watched as it was about a real fire. Only used to fires in Australia so curious how the conditions might be a different for a fire in California area. Only about three actors I seen before. One guy from Star Trek Next Generations series. The Dad from Family Ties and not sure whom woman in wheel chair was, but seen her before, probably in similar average tv movies of similar time period.
@margm410 ай бұрын
Her in Australia, this year is predicted to have so many more fires…praying for all. 🇦🇺
@janetthetonia792210 ай бұрын
Thank You!!
@TheRetNetwork10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed Janet! Thank YOU!
@carleenjohnson906322 күн бұрын
A great depiction of that devestating fire. Will be sad to see this movie go, Ive enjoyed watching it a few times. Thanks so much for posting it.
@TheRetNetwork17 күн бұрын
We're glad you enjoyed it, and because we don't want to take it away from you, we've uploaded this film to our vault. Please see the description for a direct free link, as well as other selections you might enjoy.
@user-ku2um1oh3r3 ай бұрын
Forst 🔥 are bad exspley when it takes out homes and people we must be careful i feelt sorry those who lost everything i pary that we dont have to go through a bad fire sesion😢
@robbiestewart19842 ай бұрын
This fire could be compared to Ash Wednesday 1983,Black Tuesday 2005,Black Saturday 2009 and Black Summer 2019/2020 in terms of property loss, area burnt and injuries only fire that could eclipse the Oakland fire with lives lost is Black Saturday when 173 lives were claimed As an undergraduate in emergency management I know sooner rather than later special conditions conducive to these kinds of fires will happen again and that I'll be right on the front lines either helping save lives or deciding where resources go
@donnamitchell770712 күн бұрын
This was a fantastic movie. 🙂⚘️.
@carlaaxelson633810 ай бұрын
Minnesota here. No hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires, volcanoes. Just the occasional tornado and blizzards galore
@TheRetNetwork10 ай бұрын
Sounds like a great place to live. Have heard good things!
@semoneg28266 ай бұрын
. Humm tornadoes are equally bad...still scary
@user-id5vm3cm7oАй бұрын
Butterfly in the sky I can go twice as high.....sorry got reading rainbow iny head now.
@lisareed13742 ай бұрын
I was caught in a forest fire in 1976 new forest fire im terrified of fire 😢
@raydemos118110 ай бұрын
Just build houses out of concrete and clay tile roofs and brush management
@jackielemoine563310 ай бұрын
Love this movie it had my heart racing ❤
@TheRetNetwork10 ай бұрын
❤
@tabbycat645810 ай бұрын
I was 23yrs old when it happened, see back then people had values. Everyone knew their neighbors and everyone in town knew everybody. It was devastating. Nature can be beautiful and it can be deadly. Wind is fires fuel. Thats now it jumps from one side of the road to the other. Evacuation is key
@sandramiller717314 күн бұрын
It's so sad to look at that footage. Mother Nature isn't very kind at times. God bless 🙏
@user-un9oj1si3y7 ай бұрын
firestorms great natura disaster 1993 the house was damage and car burning in oakland
@ml5048696511 ай бұрын
A tiny tree drops on his hood, and he abandons his car without an effort to break free! What a lousy script!
@shorty736310 ай бұрын
I know.😂 I thought they were going to get out and push the tree off the car, not abandon the car. The tree was pretty small and not that engulfed in fire. They could have done it.😂
@Jens-Viper-Nobel2 ай бұрын
@@shorty7363 It's very easy to sit and watch and be all cool about it, but if you are in the situation, see the tree falling and the hood catch fire very rapidly while you are also bumper to bumper both ahead and behind, while the houses in the street around you are also on fire, maybe, just maybe, it isn't that easy to keep a cool head if you are not a trained emergency worker.
@annaking921310 ай бұрын
Good movie, but a sad time.
@Bluebelle51 Жыл бұрын
I survived it
@TheRetNetwork Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that! Blessings to you!
@cybercat2911 ай бұрын
Good to hear 🤗💖🇨🇦
@fredericklmeade294724 күн бұрын
“Coming down in 48 hours” … FOR OVER TWO YEARS! Boy, do I smell a lot of nearby cow pies. 🐄💩 😂
@TheRetNetwork17 күн бұрын
Believe you're mistaken, the 48 hour title was changed, approximately 2 weeks ago. Where'd you get 2 years?
@flasneygomesdesouza9458 Жыл бұрын
Me lembro deste filme desde pequeno pena que não tem a versão em português
@duhpsycho Жыл бұрын
Eu também, passava no SBT no cinema em casa
@TheRetNetwork10 ай бұрын
tentaremos fazer isso para você em breve, obrigado por comentar. nós apreciamos você.
@benancegeorge548010 ай бұрын
Great
@fairmaiden647211 ай бұрын
Australia every summer
@katrinajones881911 ай бұрын
I know right. Expecting dry, storm conditions this summer too. Lighting strikes can start fires as well. Just another cycle of weather in Australia
@kylieharrison378211 ай бұрын
Queensland and NSW already suffering fire season 😢
@angelswalking383910 ай бұрын
I remember black Saturday…l lived in South Australia l remember the day so so hot like 48 .
@shaundgb73672 ай бұрын
@@angelswalking3839 I got home from work that day and at that point, I thought, wow, we escaped the most dangerous fire risk day without a massive disaster, this was probably around 5:30 pm in the afternoon. I was in Melbourne. I actually had not caught up with all the news and the wind direction of fires had changed. I was too early with my sense of relief. I think there was over 100 lives lost that day. I wish the day before many more people leave their home for that one day in two decades type weather conditions that forecast. 46 to 48 degrees C maybe only experienced a few times in a lifetime so why risk your life on such a day if you live close to trees and bushland.
@Bettina89872 ай бұрын
and yet these fires continue around the globe and the sad part is most are lit deliberately. here in Australia these fires just spike up in summer
@Norfolk25011 ай бұрын
From the notes: "... destroying countless homes and communities. Hope you guys enjoy this!!" And, at the end credits, I snickered that they named the 'angry woman'. HA! Her name should have been Karen.
@shorty736310 ай бұрын
I laughed at that part of the description too!😂
@ashleypallis3522Ай бұрын
Thank you for this
@TheRetNetwork29 күн бұрын
You are welcome, thanks for watching!
@MariaIsabelGonzales-ut7xn6 ай бұрын
I remember the Rodeo Chuski fire in Show low and that was devesting also a long with the fire in Yarnell that was also dangerous because lives were also lost😢
@thaismatsumoto10 ай бұрын
Why would the dad have them leave their stuff behind? I don’t care if you’re coming back. It’s not like they had so much stuff that there wouldn’t be room.
@shorty736310 ай бұрын
I said the same thing when watching that scene. Also, why did the dad make them drop everything and hurry up and leave, yet he kept dawdling around!!?🤦
@jacquelinebell62019 ай бұрын
I agree. A backpack is a good idea if you're leaving.
@KarenLee-bs5ms2 ай бұрын
In every single one of these disaster films there has to be that one stupid person
@nenedingle610010 ай бұрын
It just baffles me how fire cheif was not able to connect with his wife and kids ..yet he remained loyal to the suffering citizens and on his job ..yet not knowing if his wife and kids were alive😒
@mikephalen31629 ай бұрын
What about some sympathy for the guys actually manning the hoses? They had no access to phones and couldn't try to contact their families. And they would have been reamed if they had tried. The fire chief had the privilege of phone access and no one to yell at him for using them to phone home.
@paulsinclair34012 ай бұрын
and still they rebuilt timber houses with timber frames and wood surrounds! I'll never understand that with the Americans! Build a slightly smaller house using 'Light Gauge Steel Frame' on a concrete base, with MgO (or other fireproof) panelling and you'll have yourself a house which will stand while all other burn.
@daddydancer155510 ай бұрын
And what people dont often think about is that these fires are increasing worldwide and another feedback loop is happening, the more fires the more CO2 goes into atmosphere which only feeds back into more fires. In australia we are already into fire threats well before time and that window between sessional fire threats is now sept thru to potentially april 7 months....and we too often forget the wildlife lost that impact upon local ecosystems. rarely do we give that much attention. we lost millions of animal in our last major fires.
@kittygonzalez282710 ай бұрын
They sing the same old song and dance to this day! Drought and wind.
@stevengill17362 ай бұрын
Friends lost their houses but most had insurance - for those that lost loved ones, condolences....then came the Loma Prieta earthquake!! (Oh, that was before, sorry!) But I've personally witnessed campfres in forested areas that lit roots which smoldered underground invisibly and then flared into open flame a few yards away over 24 hours later.....
@TeresaDebuskАй бұрын
I recommend!!! This movie to everyone! It was the best movie !! Extremely!! Life's are soo precious!! Everything else can be replace!! Thank you!!!
@TheRetNetworkАй бұрын
Couldn't agree more!
@1951RKP10 ай бұрын
Fires , floods , tornadoes , earthquakes , blizzards and hurricanes are all scary. I live in a area of the country that gets a lot of rain so we don’t have much worries about fire like this. But , seems all areas have some kind of natural disasters. Tornadoes and flooding in my area are the biggest concerns.
@donnagrunsell504321 күн бұрын
Good movie
@doreen010 ай бұрын
It takes a bit of intelligence. Do you know to cover your face with your T-shirt?…. It be wise to takeoff your T-shirt and find water to breathe into it. Good grief there, inhaling all the smoke without thinking with their head.
@precioustabbycat10 ай бұрын
I don't really remember anything about the fire😮
@shorty736310 ай бұрын
I'm sorry for everyone that experienced losses from that fire!💔 I have a few complaints about the movie though. Why weren't the firefighters aiming at the base of the flames!!? I thought that was the first thing they're taught in training! What really bothers me is that this movie was not made by CGI, meaning they really set (controlled) fire to all those trees, destroying not only the trees, but also all the wildlife that makes those trees their homes, and why? Just so they could make a movie!😡 Anyway, rant over. Thanks for the upload.❤
@thaismatsumoto9 ай бұрын
A lot of the footage if the fire is from the real fire. I remember watching the news about it. And seeing that same footage.
@shorty73639 ай бұрын
@@thaismatsumoto I know a lot of it is, but not ALL of it is. That's the sad part.