The California wildfires are hitting too close to home for a woman who used to live in New Orleans. She was forced to evacuate during Hurricane Katrina, and now she's evacuating once again.

For five consecutive days, wildfires fanned by strong winds have ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, destroying more than 12,300 homes and buildings and leaving at least 11 dead. Fresh evacuations were ordered from Mandeville Canyon to the Interstate 405 freeway on Friday evening because of a flare up of the massive Palisades Fire.

The Sunset fire has grown rapidly and is threatening a swath of Los Angeles that contains the Hollywood Bowl and the Chinese Theater.

For those watching the L.A. wildfires from a distance, seeing famous faces made the tragedy even more surreal.