You’d think that with all the technology out there these days, that we’d somehow have more control of the natural elements, but sadly, we humans are just as vulnerable as ever when it comes to Mother Nature.
I remember last year when Houston was flooding and Los Angeles was on fire, it seemed like some cosmic joke that one area needed rain so badly and the other had way too much. There’s a similar scenario happening in California now. Fires raged for two weeks, destroying thousands of homes, displacing thousands of people and killing nearly 90 people (and possibly more). Now that the fires are finally contained, the rain shows up. Not a refreshing rain that clears up the air, but A LOT of rain, causing people in certain areas (including Malibu, where Rick Springfield lives) to have to evacuate due to mudslides because so much vegetation was destroyed during the fires earlier in the month.
It’s such a mess. These flooding evacuations are in both places affected by the fires, in Northern California and Southern California. I can’t even imagine what all these people are going through. There was an article about the people who lost their homes in the Camp Fire who were living in a Walmart parking lot because they liked those conditions better than the shelters. And now they have to leave the parking lot because of the rain. How does one even recover from all of this?
Fortunately there are a lot of generous people out there and these tragedies have led to to good people helping others. (Unfortunately there are also scams out there, because there are not so good people taking advantage of tragedy.)
Check out this One Love Malibu Festival concert to raise funds, organized by the Malibu Foundation:
Honored to be supporting The #MalibuFoundation on Dec 2nd at the #OneLoveMalibu Fundraiser. You can purchase tickets (while supply lasts!) or donate at https://t.co/oTdejzsLxp to help those in immediate need after the Woosley Fires. pic.twitter.com/dN9E8kEv83
— Rick Springfield (@rickspringfield) November 28, 2018
It’s great to see all these artists, including my favorite rock star before he goes out on tour for a few Stripped Down shows a few days later, come together to raise funds for those affected by the fires. According to an article about the show, “100 percent of the proceeds from the event will go to The Malibu Foundation and One Love Malibu relief efforts. The funds will go to those who are uninsured or living paycheck to paycheck with limited resources, to help with animal refuge and care, to rebuild and regenerate Malibu and support proper Wildfire Prevention and Land Stewardship initiatives.”
(Interesting note: According to the article, the venue where the festival will be held was called One Gun Ranch and the name was changed to One Love Ranch for the event.)
What a great lineup! (I wonder if Katy Perry knows that RS sometimes sings “Roar” at his concerts – would be fun to hear a duet of that!)
The tickets for the music festival are already sold out (even the $35,000 packages), which hopefully means that lots of people will receive the support they need. Hopefully those affected will get to attend the concert for free, too, and feel the healing power of music, if only to bring some light into their life for a few hours to help them deal with their new reality.
If you’re able to help, click here for the donation page for the Malibu Foundation.
My Rick Springfield crush 