Joe Rogan's eerie July prediction comes true: Fires ravage Southern California

A recently resurfaced clip from Joe Rogan's podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, has drawn attention due to its eerie relevance to the catastrophic wildfires currently devastating Southern California. The clip, originally from July, features Rogan discussing a firefighter's grim warning about the region's vulnerability to uncontrollable fires.

Speaking with comedian Sam Morril, Rogan recounted the firefighter's chilling prediction: "One day, it's going to be the right wind and fire is going to start in the right place and it's going to burn through LA all the way to the ocean and there's not a f****** thing we can do about it."

Rogan, wearing a Los Angeles Fire Department shirt during the conversation, elaborated on the firefighter's explanation of how such fires could spiral beyond control. "These fires are so big, you're talking about thousands of acres burning simultaneously with 40mph winds," he said.

"Once it happens, it's so spread out that there's nothing they can do." Rogan also revealed that his decision to leave Los Angeles in 2020 after 25 years was influenced by the constant threat of wildfires. "I was evacuated three times from my house from fires," he shared. "Last one, two houses in front of my house burned to the ground."

These warnings now resonate deeply as Southern California faces its most destructive wildfires in history. The Palisades Fire, burning between Santa Monica and Malibu, and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena have collectively scorched over 11,300 hectares-an area larger than Disney World.

The most destructive wildfires in LA history

Entire neighborhoods have been reduced to ash, with at least six fatalities reported and thousands of homes and businesses destroyed. Nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, while another 200,000 remain under evacuation warnings.

The situation remains dire as firefighting teams battle unrelenting wind and dry conditions that continue to fuel the flames. Don Fregulia, operations section chief with the California Interagency Management Team 5, stated that these conditions are expected to complicate containment efforts well into next week.

Images from the fires paint a harrowing picture of destruction. Flames from the Palisades Fire were seen engulfing homes during powerful windstorms in Pacific Palisades, while embers from the Eaton Fire ignited structures in Altadena. These scenes underscore the devastating reality that Rogan and his guest discussed long before this disaster unfolded.