SoCal in disaster. Ellen DeGeneres has supplied an replace about her property and the extreme climate scenario amid unprecedented rainfall within the higher Los Angeles and Santa Barbara County areas. The prosperous group of Montecito – the place Ellen lives alongside the likes of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Rob Lowe and extra Hollywood A-listers – is beneath mandatory evacuation as of Monday, January 9. The former discuss present host took to social media with a stark report of the situations.
“This creek subsequent to our home by no means flows. It’s most likely about 9 toes up,” Ellen stated on-camera as she panned to the now-rushing river of water. “Montecito is beneath full evacuation, your complete city.”
The Finding Dory expertise – sporting a hooded rain jacket over a sweatshirt within the video – additional mirrored on the realm’s historical past with pure disasters, noting that it’s the “five-year anniversary from the fireplace and mudslides that killed so many individuals.”
On January 9, 2018, mudslides ravaged the Montecito space after a very intense fireplace season the earlier summer time. The destruction killed 23 folks, injured dozens and induced hundreds of {dollars}’ value of harm. To make issues worse, the 101 freeway – which is the one freeway main out and in of Santa Barbara County – was buried in a number of toes of mud, trapping town’s residents in a state of weather-related purgatory.
“This is loopy – on the five-year anniversary, we’re having unprecedented rain,” Ellen continued in her 2023 replace. “We must be nicer to mom nature. … Stay protected all people,” she concluded.
At about 3:20 p.m. EST on January 9, the Montecito Fire Department took to Twitter with a stark warning. “LEAVE NOW!” the put up learn, itemizing your complete communities within the sleepy Southern Californian city that wanted to get out whereas they nonetheless might. The tweet was stuffed with supportive feedback from neighbors, with some even noting the excessive profile celebrities that decision the realm house.
Not solely are the properties in Montecito house to among the most recognized names in leisure, however the huge dimension of the estates might equal hundreds of {dollars}’ value of harm amid such unparalleled rainfall. Rob Lowe’s Montecito mansion, for instance, sits on 6.7 acres of land and set him again about $13 million. Ariana Grande lives within the space in a $6.7 million mansion after having bought a house as soon as belonging to Ellen herself, and Harry and Meghan’s California abode is value roughly $14.7 million.
As for Ellen, she and spouse Portia de Rossi bought their third home in Montecito in September 2022 earlier than flipping it to make a revenue – they bought it to none apart from famed music supervisor Scooter Braun. The well-known pair proceed to reside of their $14 million ranch within the space.
