Residents of the Los Angeles suburb of Altadena look at the remains of their houses destroyed by wind-whipped fires. "This looks like the apocalypse," shares Oren Waters, who is seeing the devastation for the first time after evacuating. "This is obvious that stuff like this is happening because of global warming," says Kalen Astoor, who came to check on her mother's house after the neigborhood was hit by blazes. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES