Joe Rogan’s grim warning about LA wildfires in resurfaced clip horrifies Internet: 'What a nightmare'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: It seems Joe Rogan’s eerie prediction about California wildfires has come tragically true.

Resurfaced clips from Rogan’s wildly popular 'Joe Rogan Experience' podcast show the UFC commentator and comedian warning of a fire fueled by the “right wind” that could tear through Los Angeles, burning everything in its path until it reached the ocean.

The recent wildfires raging across Pacific Palisades and other parts of Los Angeles have left at least five people dead, thousands of structures destroyed, and 100,000 residents forced to flee their homes. In the wake of this devastation, many are revisiting Rogan’s repeated warnings—and finding them hauntingly accurate.

Joe Rogan's chilling prediction

In an episode of his podcast recorded in July last year, Joe Rogan, 57, spoke with fellow comedian Sam Morril about the dangers of living in Los Angeles — revealing that one of the reasons he left the city was the ever-present threat of wildfires.

Rogan shared a harrowing experience, recalling how his family evacuated their Bell Canyon home in Ventura County ahead of a fire that eventually destroyed 40 houses in his neighborhood.

“I was evacuated three times from my house from fires,” Rogan said. “Last one, two houses in front of my house burnt to the ground.”

He then recounted a conversation with a firefighter who offered a grim prophecy.

“He goes, ‘One day, it’s just going to be the right wind, and fire’s gonna 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*****g thing we can do about it,’” Rogan recalled.

The firefighter had warned that Los Angeles’ dry conditions and the unpredictable Santa Ana winds made it a matter of time before such a catastrophic event occurred.

"If the wind hits the wrong way, it's just going to burn through LA and there's not a thing we can do about it," Rogan said, "These fires are so big... once it happens, it happens in a way that it's so spread out that there's nothing they can do."

Social media reacts to prophecy

The clip resurfaced on social media this week as the California wildfires escalated, with many pointing to Rogan’s grim foresight.

"The California fires were perfectly predicted with insane accuracy by a firefighter that spoke to Joe Rogan," one posted on X.

"That is scary how true this is," another wrote.

"Wow that is wild," someone else chimed in.

"He's been talking about how bad the LA fires are since he started the show but everyone who hates him wouldn't know this because they don't actually listen Why did nobody prepare for this scenario," another offered.

A person wrote, "What a nightmare."

Repeated warnings as wildfires rage across Los Angeles

This wasn’t the first time Rogan shared the firefighter’s ominous prediction.

During a 2018 episode with English mentalist Derren Brown, Rogan told a similar story while fires were raging near his home. Brown had mentioned how fortunate he was to make it to the interview despite the wildfires, prompting Rogan to recount the warning about the “right wind.”

In 2019, Rogan discussed California wildfires with journalist David Wallace-Wells, pointing out how climate experts predicted that wildfires could become “64 times worse by the end of the century.” During this conversation, Rogan once again repeated the firefighter’s chilling words.

Even as recently as last month, Rogan brought up the story during an interview with directors Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.

Avary — who couldn’t get wildfire insurance for his home — and Tarantino — who admitted he was “afraid” to even talk about wildfires — listened as Rogan reiterated the warning he first heard while hosting Fear Factor. “He goes, ‘When those big fires get going, there’s not a damn thing we can do,’” Rogan recounted.

As of Thursday morning, nearly 27,000 acres had burned across Los Angeles, fueled by wind gusts reaching 100 miles per hour. Several fires grew from minor blazes to uncontrollable infernos in a matter of minutes, leaving firefighters struggling to contain them.

The Pacific Palisades fire alone has destroyed thousands of structures, forcing mass evacuations and leaving entire neighborhoods unrecognizable, the New York Post reported.

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