Babs’ House In Flames. I’m Bringing Marshmallows

Barbra Streisand’s expansive Malibu Beachfront Home is being menaced by the infernos sweeping California. One stray spark and this stupid bitch is homeless.

Here’s to hoping that environmentalists in California get what they always wanted: A return to a pristine environment. Mother Nature is a bitch sometimes, huh?

As a reminder, Barbra caused a huge uproar on the Internet when she sued a private citizen for photographing her house from a helicopter. He was doing a study on beach erosion and Barbra sued him because she claimed he violated her privacy. Meanwhile Google was busy buying and sharing all of the satellite snapshots of the world.

Other celebs are in peril of losing their homes too. Notably, Britney Spears had to evacuate, and embarrassingly, had to go back hours later as flames closed in to retrieve her two kids. She had forgotten them. One had been taking a bath, and the other was desperately trying to figure out how to operate a can opener.

From DailyIndia here:

Among those packing up and leaving are former Friends star Courtney Cox and her hubby David Arquette, best friend Jennifer Aniston, Britney Spears, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand, Pierce Brosnan.

Also moving out of their homes are Pamela Anderson, Olivia Newton-John, Goldie Hawn, Sting, Jim Carrey, Diana Ross, Bill Murray, Cindy Crawford and Jane Seymour.

The fires, which followed a record summer heat wave, have been raging for three days, and have left 1,300 homes gutted, and destroyed nearly 300,000 acres.

Singer Britney Spears said: “I don’t think it touched my house. I’m real scared.”

And check out the picture of the West Coast from space.

Isn’t California a non-smoking state?

I wonder if this smoke affects the Governor’s plans of caps and trades of carbon emissions? Will California be buying carbon credits from states that aren’t burning to the ground?

If burning carbon is so bad for the environment, would investing in more firefighting equipment and better land management be a wiser move than regulating energy and carbon from cars? I think it would be cheaper in the long run. And lots more people would still have their homes.