The warnings were dire and blaring - but the Santa Ana winds didn't show up. After two full days of anxiously fighting fires as if 70 mph gusts could descend at any moment, white-knuckling firefighters battling the Los Angeles wildfires got some good news Wednesday as most red flag warnings expired at 6 p.

As the catastrophic wildfires continue to rage in Southern California, some Los Angeles residents are not waiting around to see if their city survives. Instead, they are packing up and moving across the country to the relative safety of the Northeast.