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MAN (over radio):
What you can expect if you
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want to get outdoors and take
advantage of some things today,
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today might not
be the best day.
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Red flag warning for
extreme fire danger due
to gusty north winds
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and extremely dry conditions.
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It will not take much
to spark a fire today.
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And once one is sparked,
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it will spread rapidly
due to the strong winds.
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Meanwhile,
satellite and radar,
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we're not going to see any
clouds overhead for today.
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Sunny skies expected.
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WOMAN (over radio):
That's right, PG&E says it
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will decide within the
next hour if it's going to
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be shutting off power
preemptively anywhere
in the north state.
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(barking).
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WOMAN 2 (over radio): Already.
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We've just learned that
firefighters in Butte County
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are working on a fire in
the Feather River Canyon.
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Now, it's burning
about ten acres so far.
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It just broke out
a few minutes ago.
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This is in the
Camp Creek Road area.
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And looking it up on the map,
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this is just northeast
of the Pulga area.
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MAN: Honey, there's,
there's all kinds of
stuff falling out of the sky.
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DISPATCHER (over phone):
Fire rescue.
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What is the address
of the emergency?
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WOMAN (over phone):
I don't have an address.
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I'm in Chico on the Skyway,
headed up to Paradise.
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Should I turn around, or?
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DISPATCHER (over phone):
There's nothing
going on in Paradise.
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We do have a fire in
the Jarbo Gap area.
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DISPATCHER 2 (over phone):
So once we get the
Forest Service resources
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coming down from...
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(voice trails off).
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(phone ringing).
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DISPATCHER 3 (over phone):
Fire rescue.
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What is the address
of the emergency?
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DISPATCHER 3 (over phone):
I want you to go ahead and
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evacuate immediately.
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We do have the fire
department in the area, okay?
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(explosions)
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ROB: I've
got one involved structure,
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two others imminent
involvement.
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(siren)
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DISPATCHER 2 (over phone):
All units be advised,
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the town of Paradise is
under mandatory evacuation.
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The town of Paradise is
under mandatory evacuation.
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(horn honking).
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PERRY (over speaker):
Mandatory evacuation!
Mandatory evacuation!
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(horn honking)
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WOMAN:
Lord, pray for our house.
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Please pray for us.
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Please, we need
your help, Lord.
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MAN: Nope. Lori?
Time to abandon ship.
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(car engine)
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REPORTER (over radio):
Ordering an evacuation order
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now due to
the fire for areas of
Pentz Road in Paradise.
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MAN: Bye, house.
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REPORTER (over radio):
Through Highway 70.
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Last check, the
fire over 1,000 acres.
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KPBY News Time.
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It's 8:42.
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MAN: Oh my God.
The fire is at the hospital.
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The hospital is
right here on the left.
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MAN: My wife was,
uh, she was in her surgery.
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PARAMEDIC: Okay.
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MAN: She was still doing
surgery when they were in there.
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ROB: What?
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ROB: It's everywhere.
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We are 100%
surrounded by fire.
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(flames crackle)
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(wind)
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DISPATCHER (over phone):
14, go ahead.
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ROB: Got a
little bit of a firestorm.
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We have fires threatening
all around all of the buildings,
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to include near a
gas tank and an oxygen.
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(sirens).
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MAN: It's 11:38
in the morning in Paradise,
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and this is what it looks like.
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WOMAN: Oh my God.
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MAN:
Oh my God. How?
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WOMAN:
Like, we can't hardly breathe.
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We have to get out of here.
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DISPATCHER (over phone): Do
you have something to report?
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WOMAN (over phone): I need
an ambulance immediately,
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emergency to my
grandfather's house.
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He's in a wheelchair.
We need him evacuated now!
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DISPATCHER (over phone):
Can you guys get him out
with, without assistance?
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I, I don't have a lot
of resources to send.
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WOMAN (over phone): No...
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(cries).
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PERRY: Evacuate on foot!
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Evacuate on foot!
Get out of your cars!
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MAN: We're in a bad spot.
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(woman groans).
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MAN:
The window is so hot.
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I can't even touch
the window right now.
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(explosions)
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WOMAN: There's,
like, explosions everywhere.
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Oh my God, people's
tires are popping.
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MAN 2:
Holy shit, dude.
Just be safe.
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Fly, fly, fly! Fly, dude.
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WOMAN: I'm scared,
I'm scared, I'm scared.
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MAN: All these
buildings are gone.
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All these homes are gone.
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My hometown has burned today.
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(flames crackle).
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CHILD:
Uh oh. I can't see.
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So why aren't the
firefighters up here?
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MAN:
They're, this, I think, Bud
how can they be everywhere?
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Holy moly.
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WOMAN:
That's Laura's house.
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MAN: Yep.
That's Laura's house.
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CHILD:
Are we going to make
it alive to Chico?
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MAN:
Oh, hold on. Hold on.
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(gasps)
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WOMAN:
Look, there's clear sky!
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There's clear sky!
There's clear sky!
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MAN:
Hey, clear sky, guys!
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Clear sky, guys.
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(crying).
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WOMAN: The sky.
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MAN:
All right, guys.
Clear sky. All right. Okay.
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We made it through it, guys.
Made it through.
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I just have to check on
Sweetheart and Granddad,
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but we're, we're through guys.
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We are through.
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WOMAN:
Can we get away, far away
from away from Paradise?
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MAN: Yep, we are.
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MAN (over TV): Is in Paradise,
what was Paradise,
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where one fire official says
everything is destroyed.
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WOMAN (over TV): In Paradise,
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about two hours
north of Sacramento,
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after the
Camp Fire just exploded here
early yesterday morning,
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prompting a massive evacuation.
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MAN (over TV):
The inferno exploding
in size from 200 acres to
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18,000 in a matter of hours.
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Its dramatic growth.
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WOMAN (over TV):
Terrifying speed.
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We have now learned that at
least five people died while
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trapped in their cars trying
to escape that fire in
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Paradise, California.
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Um, that one is
called the Camp Fire,
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burning in that
part of the state.
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MAN (over TV):
This is a community
of about 27,000 people,
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and it is completely paralyzed.
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It's going to be weeks before
residents are allowed back in.
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And that's just to go
through the rubble.
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Who knows when people
will actually be allowed
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to live here again.
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In the meantime,
you can see this is
one of the neighborhoods
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that has been
completely decimated by...
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(theme music plays).
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WOODY:
God. Oh my God, look at this.
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RICK:
This is the devastation,
it's still recording.
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WOODY: This is why
there not putting people in.
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This is the reason why.
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RICK:
Yeah, because there's
a lot of hazards in the area.
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So, we can't go
down every road,
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but we can give
you what we have.
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WOODY: Oh, God.
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WOODY: I wasn't born
and raised here,
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but I've been here since 1981.
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I arrived here on
a Greyhound bus.
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I was the town drunk
and living in a camper
shell in a guy's backyard.
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RICK: Oh, we
were hoping that we weren't
going to have to see that,
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Ridgeview High School is gone.
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WOODY:
I sobered up in 1984.
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I became an elected
official in 2004,
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then I became the mayor.
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I went from being the town drunk
to being the town mayor.
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WOODY:
And I met my wife here.
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This is a place where
everything came together for me.
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And within a day, it was gone.
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You know, I'm
grateful that I'm alive,
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but I'm 74 years old.
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Change is difficult.
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I'm going to die here.
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You know, not in Chico.
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I'm not going to go back
down to the Bay Area where
I was raised.
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This is my home.
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RICK:
Oh, look at this.
This is what's so crazy.
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All this burnt,
these homes are here.
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How crazy is this?
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RICK: Yeah.
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WOODY: See that?
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RICK:
He's stuck here, huh?
Is that a real deer?
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WOODY: Yeah,
that's a real deer.
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Hey, buddy.
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(whistles).
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(police radio chatter).
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MATT: Things have changed,
indefinitely.
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Just everything is...
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Decimated.
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My wife and I,
we loved living here.
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And my boys, they
were born in Paradise.
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Their whole
world was Paradise.
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That is all they ever knew.
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Where we lived can't
really be replaced.
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When you realized that
everything was burning,
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you just basically,
kind of come to terms with,
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there's a lot of things
that could go wrong.
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During the evacuations,
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there was a gentleman who
came up to me and he said,
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“My family is trying
to get out of town going
down Circle Drive.”
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And I was like,
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“They need to
not go that way.”
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But there was no cell service.
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In the morning, I went down
there and sure enough did find
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a, uh, vehicle that
had burned and looked for
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any remains that may
have been around there,
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but didn't find anything.
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A little bit later
I saw a lady.
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She talked about going
down Circle Drive and her
vehicle catching on fire,
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and her son being there
and getting her out of there.
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And she had burns up her arms.
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And, uh, I knew
it was her, so.
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I went and gave her a hug,
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because I had been
looking for her body.
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So...
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I'm sorry.
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WOMAN (over radio):
We've been getting a lot
of phone calls and emails
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about people who
are still missing.
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MAN (over radio): Nearly
1,300 still unaccounted for.
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The search for the missing
happening in shelters.
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KORY (over TV): It is
my sad duty to report,
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we now can confirm a
total of 9 fatalities.
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WOMAN (over TV): We're
learning that the death toll
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now stands at staggering 23.
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MAN (over TV):
48 people are now
confirmed dead in the states...
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WOMAN (over radio): The fire
killed at last 85 people and
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destroyed more than
18,000 structures,
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including homes
and businesses.
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WOMAN:
The whole town is gone.
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I, I still don't know
how to process that.
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WOMAN: We were pretty sure
our house burned down.
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And this is basically
what we got.
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GIRL: So, yeah,
this is our area.
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This is, um, our beds.
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It's not much, but
we have what we have.
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So...
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WOMAN: How's that, good?
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FRANK:
After they come here,
people think that they're
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going to have their house
back the way, it was,
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they're going to have their
furniture back the way it was,
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that they're going to have
life before fire and they're
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not going to.
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VOLUNTEER (over speaker): 060.
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BROWN: We are in the
midst of a catastrophe.
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The state of California, uh,
will do everything we can.
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NEWSOM: And we
need to, I think,
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make sure we are prepared.
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TRUMP: But what,
what we just saw,
we just left Pleasure.
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MAN: Paradise.
TRUMP: Or Paradise.
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And what we just saw at,
at Paradise is just, you know,
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it's just not acceptable.
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WOMAN: There's been
such an outpouring of help and
support and food,
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people bringing
coats and umbrellas.
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And, and all those
things are so helpful.
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But at the end of the day,
I have nowhere to go.
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MAN: As hard as it to say,
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I don't see the
town coming back.
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I just don't.
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MARCUS: We have two bags worth
of my children's clothes,
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that were in their dressers.
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And the clothes that
are on our back.
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And we got in our
car and we left.
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It's crazy.
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I never thought I would be a
part of a, a natural disaster.
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And I was so hurt and sad for
the people like in New Orleans
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on the Hurricane Katrina,
but it doesn't really hit you
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until you actually affects
you and hits your backyard.
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My wife's been in
Paradise all her life.
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Her parents has been up there
since they were children.
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Our families were affected
by the situation, too.
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We don't have grandmas and
grandpas that we can go to.
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KRYSTLE: I, honestly, I want
to get the hell out of here,
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but we have nowhere to go.
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I'm getting really
anxious to want to know
what's still standing.
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MAN (over radio):
Paradise Police
Chief announced that
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plans would begin for
the residents to reenter
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into the town of Paradise.
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WOMAN (over radio):
For many people,
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it's been more than
30 days since they last saw
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their homes standing
in the city of Paradise.
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(metal clang)
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MATT: Have you
been up here yet?
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ANNA: No, this
is my first time.
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MATT: I lost my house,
too and I'll tell you what,
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it's not easy.
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ANNA: No, it's not.
But we're alive.
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MATT: Yeah, we are.
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And what, what's important,
we still have it, right?
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ANNA: Yeah.
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MICHELLE: Back there,
this is all ours,
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and you can see the
buildings that burnt.
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And that's where
all the buses burnt.
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MAN:
School garden over here.
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MICHELLE:
Yeah, all of our garden.
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In our district we
have nine schools.
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And eight of the
nine are damaged.
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And four are destroyed.
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That was the fifth grade wing.
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MICHELLE:
All the planning we've done,
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still we never thought
it would be this bad.
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Yep.
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(sighs).
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Okay, it's so hard to
walk down here.
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Don't touch any of this,
it's asbestos.
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(sighs).
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If the school doesn't go back,
there will be no town.
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And part of the problem
is‐is, there's nobody up here
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to come back to.
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BRANDON: A little sun that
I made for my mom when,
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I think, I was in preschool.
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(laughs).
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ZACH: This is his
transmission, so made of,
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like, a really
low‐grade aluminum.
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Some, just as
light as it can be.
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It's pieces of gravel.
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I mean, it really just goes
to show how hot the fire was.
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Isn't that your bed‐frame?
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BRANDON:
Yeah, that's my bed‐frame.
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That's my old gas tank.
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ZACH: I mean it's just
piecing stuff back together.
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Trying to figure out like,
what happened up here.
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If I still had a house,
if they still had a house,
you know.
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BRANDON: No, I already knew.
ZACH: Yeah, so...
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BRANDON: As soon as I
left my house, I was like,
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“I'm not coming back to this.”
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MASON:
I watched mine burn.
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BRANDON:
Even though I lost my house,
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I have all the stuff that
survived, all the memories,
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because I wasn't able to
find my parent's wedding album,
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I found all of my baby
pictures and my brother,
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for my mom.
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Some one‐of‐a‐kind pictures
that don't exist anywhere.
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I left almost way too late.
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I'd say about ten
minutes later,
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the fire would
have been right there,
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just down the street,
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and I might not have
been able to get out.
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BRANDON:
I was running back and
forth through the house
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to grab everything
that I possibly could.
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(explosions)
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As the propane tanks were
just getting louder and louder.
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That's when we
knew we had to go.
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BRANDON:
I drove out of the fire
with almost no gas,
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I had my dog up in front and
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I saw the
blacked‐out sky with,
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like, the red on the horizon.
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This entire area
was on fire and no one
could really do anything.
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JOHN:
The, the reality is‐is
that it was November 8th and
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we hadn't had any kind
of significant rain.
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It had always rained before
trick or treating, right?
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SEAN: Right. Right.
JOHN: You know what I mean?
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And now, and now we're in
these patterns here where we
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don't see rain until,
you know, end of November.
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SEAN: That morning,
the wind cranked up.
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And you know, you're
kind of waiting, like,
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what's coming next?
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JOHN:
In this particular case,
it was a fire eight miles away,
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throwing up a column
full of embers and ash.
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SEAN:
The darkest, blackest
column of smoke I've ever seen.
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JOHN:
And then a
40‐mile‐an‐hour wind taking
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that over the top of Paradise
in perfect alignment,
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and dropping it on
the town of Paradise.
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And so it really was
the perfect storm.
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FIREFIGHTER:
We lost a hundred and
some thousand acres of land.
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FIREFIGHTER 2:
There was multiple fires burning
for at least a week?
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Probably more.
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ALEJANDRO:
We just tried to save
what we could save.
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And help people
along that way.
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That's about all we could do.
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SEAN: It didn't
matter if we had 1,000 fire
engines lined up
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on the ridge that day.
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This was going to happen.
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Everything lined up perfectly
that day for this to happen.
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KEN:
Things are changing.
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Firefighters are living
climate change, they're,
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it's staring them in
the face every day.
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It's not that California
hasn't had bad fires and
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horrible conditions over time,
but they're lasting longer and
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they're becoming more extreme.
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Going into the
Camp Fire in Paradise,
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we had 5 years of a drought
that we hadn't recovered from.
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KEN: When you
see temperatures increase,
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literally one degree
in temperature change,
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changes what's growing
on the landscape,
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or what isn't growing.
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WOMAN (over phone):
November 8th, 2018
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from Pacific Gas
& Electric Company.
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High fire danger
are forecasted in...
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MIKE: PG&E had alerted the
Paradise area the power would
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be shut off as a
preventative thing.
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It was not.
And then we had a fire.
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WOMAN (over TV): We have
confirmed PG&E experienced a
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problem minutes before
the blaze broke out.
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An electrical transmission
line near the site of the
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massive fire was
causing sparks.
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MIKE: And it's no
real secret that the equipment
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we're looking at was built,
I believe it was 1921.
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WOODY: I want to write a
formal letter to the PG&E
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board of directors.
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I should make these into
thank you cards and make one
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for each one of them.
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I just wanted to show them
and say, hey, here's my house.
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That's my home on
November 10th, you know?
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Where are you
sleeping tonight?
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REPORTER: If somebody from
PG&E was over my shoulder,
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what is it that you would
want to say to them?
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KAYLA: I was born in Paradise.
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I have lived there
my whole life.
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So that's a really big deal.
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But I want them to know
really how hard it is.
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It's not just that
I lost my house.
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It's not that I lost my
memories or anything like that.
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It's that they, it was
my entire way of life.
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Not just a portion of it.
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It was literally every
single moment of my life and
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how I did stuff and
how my daughter did stuff
that is completely gone.
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After the fire, I went back
and digging through our place.
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This is all the stuff
that survived the fire.
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My John Wayne shot glass,
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I probably had 70 different
unique shot glasses.
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And only one survived,
and it was John Wayne,
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which makes me happy,
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because I just think
that he should have
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been the one to survive.
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I miss my family.
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And I miss my home.
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My entire family
lived in Paradise.
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34 people.
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Aunts, uncles, cousins.
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Brothers, mom,
dad, grandparents.
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Every single one of
them lost their home.
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We rented and we did not
have renter's insurance.
447
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There's no rental anywhere
because all of Butte County
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was filled right after the fire.
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JUSTIN: I knew I had
to get back to work,
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and so a trailer seemed like it
was going to be the best option.
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So I just went and
took out a loan.
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It's more expensive for
me to live in this tiny box
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than it was for me to live in
a two‐bedroom, two‐bath house.
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I'm done with California.
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If it wasn't for
Kayla and her family,
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we'd probably be gone.
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MAN: There's temporary
facilities in Texas and Mexico.
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JAMES: Right.
People need a place to live.
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And probably there will be a
significant number of people
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who don't rebuild in Paradise.
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You know, it's hard not to
take it personally, right?
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Because I represent the
community and I know the
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people that have
been effected.
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JAMES (over PA):
In my district right now,
with the Camp Fire
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50,000 people
have been displaced.
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And you know, one of the most
immediate things is how do we
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get housing delivered as
expeditiously as possible?
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WOMAN (over PA): You know,
don't we have a responsibility
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to just sort of stop
building if it's going to be
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in areas that
are not defensible?
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Is there a point
at which we say,
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“You know what,
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00:27:55.966 --> 00:27:57.551
these areas are
just going to be off
limits to development,
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because it's just going
to be too dangerous?”
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00:27:59.678 --> 00:28:01.597
Have you thought about that?
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JAMES (over PA): Should
we deprioritize places that
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00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:05.434
have earthquake risk?
478
00:28:05.434 --> 00:28:08.645
Should we deprioritize
places that have flood risk?
479
00:28:08.645 --> 00:28:10.689
Uh, we're going to start
running out of places that we
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can build in this state.
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Understand this
about Paradise,
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the overwhelming majority of
people moved there because
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they wanted to, not
because they had to.
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If you know this community,
it has a very strong sense of
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place and it's been
there for over 100 years.
486
00:28:32.461 --> 00:28:35.672
ROB:
Its heritage was, you know,
Gold Rush days.
487
00:28:36.048 --> 00:28:38.091
It really is a, a
pioneering spirit.
488
00:28:41.386 --> 00:28:44.181
LEW: I can
remember when I was young.
489
00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:48.310
No restrictions to speak of.
No ordinances. No laws.
490
00:28:49.686 --> 00:28:53.690
It was a great contributor
to moving people to Paradise.
491
00:29:02.449 --> 00:29:05.452
MELISSA:
It was always surprising
to learn that Paradise
492
00:29:05.452 --> 00:29:09.289
was a city of 26,500, because
it never felt like that.
493
00:29:10.207 --> 00:29:12.084
Ever.
494
00:29:12.501 --> 00:29:14.211
ZUCCOLILLO:
It was like quintessential
small‐town America.
495
00:29:14.211 --> 00:29:16.088
It's kind of the other
part of California you never
496
00:29:16.088 --> 00:29:18.215
knew was here.
497
00:29:19.633 --> 00:29:22.344
DAVE:
Some of the nicest
people you'd ever want to meet.
498
00:29:25.430 --> 00:29:27.891
KAYLA: Anything
that's a lifetime first,
499
00:29:27.891 --> 00:29:29.434
I did in Paradise.
500
00:29:32.062 --> 00:29:36.733
(laughter)
501
00:29:36.733 --> 00:29:38.276
WOMAN: Yummy!
502
00:29:39.361 --> 00:29:41.530
MATT: Where we lived,
it was a good spot.
503
00:29:42.364 --> 00:29:45.450
I could hear the school
bell ring and then it
was time to go to class.
504
00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.370
On the weekends,
505
00:29:48.370 --> 00:29:50.330
there was the little
league softball fields.
506
00:29:50.330 --> 00:29:52.499
You could hear the crack of
the bat and parents cheering
507
00:29:52.499 --> 00:29:54.084
and stuff like that.
508
00:29:54.751 --> 00:29:56.086
MAN:
Who do you see in there?
509
00:29:56.086 --> 00:29:58.463
CHILD:
Mommy! Hi, Mom!
510
00:29:59.172 --> 00:30:01.049
MOTHER: Hi (inaudible).
511
00:30:01.383 --> 00:30:02.884
SINDI: There's no
place like Paradise.
512
00:30:02.884 --> 00:30:05.345
That'll always be home to me.
513
00:30:05.804 --> 00:30:07.180
You can't replace that.
514
00:30:12.269 --> 00:30:14.521
MICHELLE: I lived there for
30 years and I love that town.
515
00:30:17.315 --> 00:30:19.651
And I'm not going
to bail on it now.
516
00:30:20.277 --> 00:30:22.195
I'm not going to bail on it.
517
00:30:23.572 --> 00:30:27.409
Tom are we set up for people
at the bus stops on Monday?
518
00:30:27.409 --> 00:30:28.493
TOM: We will be.
519
00:30:28.493 --> 00:30:29.703
MICHELLE: Okay.
520
00:30:29.703 --> 00:30:30.787
TOM:
Two people for each bus.
521
00:30:31.496 --> 00:30:33.790
MICHELLE: Okay,
well we'll be here too, in
the morning and then...
522
00:30:34.207 --> 00:30:35.459
TOM: Are you going over
there in the morning?
523
00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:37.419
MICHELLE: Yeah, I'll be
there too, in the morning.
524
00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:39.296
Okay, alright.
525
00:30:39.755 --> 00:30:41.757
Um. What a mess.
526
00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.425
WOMAN:
We haven't eaten.
527
00:30:43.425 --> 00:30:45.469
PHIL: Well,
that's not very intelligent.
528
00:30:45.469 --> 00:30:47.512
WOMAN: There are
some things that take priority.
529
00:30:47.512 --> 00:30:50.265
PHIL: Over food?
And health?
530
00:30:50.265 --> 00:30:52.309
No, because if you're not
healthy and you don't eat,
531
00:30:52.309 --> 00:30:53.977
then you can't do your job.
532
00:30:53.977 --> 00:30:56.563
You know, in combat,
I learned that if you don't
533
00:30:56.563 --> 00:30:58.398
feed yourself and
take care of your men,
534
00:30:58.398 --> 00:30:59.524
and you don't feed them,
535
00:30:59.524 --> 00:31:01.026
then you can't fight.
536
00:31:01.026 --> 00:31:02.819
Well you can't fight if you
don't take care of yourself.
537
00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:05.113
MICHELLE: We're going to fight!
538
00:31:09.910 --> 00:31:13.080
MICHELLE:
We are renting sites for
kids that are displaced.
539
00:31:13.622 --> 00:31:16.166
So we rented mall space.
540
00:31:16.625 --> 00:31:19.252
No I prefer not to bring
them down the hill.
541
00:31:19.961 --> 00:31:23.381
We're asking our fellow
schools if they have
any extra classrooms.
542
00:31:24.382 --> 00:31:26.968
This is little
Durham Elementary.
543
00:31:26.968 --> 00:31:29.221
They've been so
nice to take us in.
544
00:31:31.765 --> 00:31:34.893
There's too many kids
depending on their schools and
545
00:31:34.893 --> 00:31:38.396
their teachers and
the friends they have,
546
00:31:38.396 --> 00:31:40.857
to just let everybody scatter.
547
00:31:43.193 --> 00:31:45.487
Hi! How are you?
548
00:31:46.363 --> 00:31:48.490
CHILD: I'm doing good!
I haven't seen you in a while.
549
00:31:48.490 --> 00:31:49.491
MICHELLE: Oh, I know.
550
00:31:49.491 --> 00:31:52.119
Because we haven't
been together, huh?
551
00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.411
You okay?
552
00:31:53.411 --> 00:31:54.704
CHILD: Yeah.
553
00:31:54.704 --> 00:31:56.414
MICHELLE: Okay.
So how do you guys like this,
554
00:31:56.414 --> 00:32:00.085
versus being at the
mall or in a classroom?
555
00:32:00.627 --> 00:32:02.462
CHILD: Well, I happen
to like being in class.
556
00:32:02.462 --> 00:32:05.465
MICHELLE: I know you do.
You always have.
557
00:32:05.465 --> 00:32:07.801
Well, where do you guys want
to go to school after this?
558
00:32:07.801 --> 00:32:09.386
CHILD 2: I kind of want
to stay in Evergreen.
559
00:32:09.386 --> 00:32:11.346
Because, like,
Evergreen is my school.
560
00:32:11.346 --> 00:32:13.598
MICHELLE: You know there's
no Evergreen right now.
561
00:32:13.598 --> 00:32:15.725
Yeah. I'm going to
find you another place.
562
00:32:15.725 --> 00:32:18.228
CHILD: So let's try this now.
563
00:32:19.187 --> 00:32:20.981
CHILD 2: Yeah, let's
see if this one work.
564
00:32:21.273 --> 00:32:24.359
MICHELLE: There you go!
Bingo. It's getting me cold.
565
00:32:26.736 --> 00:32:28.572
How many 6th
graders do you have?
566
00:32:28.572 --> 00:32:30.407
TEACHER: Actually showing up?
567
00:32:30.407 --> 00:32:31.616
Our, our biggest day was 33.
568
00:32:31.616 --> 00:32:32.909
Today we have 24.
569
00:32:32.909 --> 00:32:34.828
So, um, that's, that's
roughly a third of,
570
00:32:34.828 --> 00:32:37.038
of the 6th Grade population.
571
00:32:37.038 --> 00:32:38.623
MICHELLE: Where are they,
because we're missing like
572
00:32:38.623 --> 00:32:40.625
1,000 kids right now
that we haven't found.
573
00:32:40.625 --> 00:32:43.420
TEACHER: It's crazy.
MICHELLE: Yeah. It is. It is.
574
00:32:45.130 --> 00:32:46.423
Parents who are saying,
575
00:32:46.423 --> 00:32:47.841
“I need some
normalcy for my kids,
576
00:32:47.841 --> 00:32:51.636
I'm going to put them in
another district or something,”
577
00:32:51.636 --> 00:32:55.473
without students,
or teachers and our classified
578
00:32:55.473 --> 00:32:58.435
and food service
and custodians and bus
drivers and everybody.
579
00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:00.896
Nobody will have jobs.
580
00:33:00.896 --> 00:33:04.816
We just can't ever
let up right now.
581
00:33:05.442 --> 00:33:06.860
KRYSTLE: Come on!
582
00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:09.696
I need to think about
what's best for my kids.
583
00:33:09.696 --> 00:33:12.782
And right now is
to find a place and go
back up to Paradise.
584
00:33:14.409 --> 00:33:17.287
Arabella do you have anything
to say about Paradise?
585
00:33:17.954 --> 00:33:20.332
You don't have anything
to say about Paradise?
586
00:33:28.506 --> 00:33:30.258
WOMAN (over radio):
All of the evacuation orders
587
00:33:30.258 --> 00:33:31.843
were lifted in Paradise.
588
00:33:31.843 --> 00:33:34.387
People are starting to return.
589
00:33:34.888 --> 00:33:36.514
WOMAN 2 (over radio):
Most are in trailers thanks
590
00:33:36.514 --> 00:33:38.183
to an ordinance
passed by the town.
591
00:33:38.183 --> 00:33:40.310
WOMAN: She's been
living in her car.
592
00:33:40.310 --> 00:33:42.687
WOMAN: She will have a
place to call home finally.
593
00:33:48.485 --> 00:33:50.946
CARLY: The kids, a lot
of them are in trailers.
594
00:33:51.363 --> 00:33:53.573
A lot of them are doubled up,
tripled up, you know,
595
00:33:53.573 --> 00:33:55.909
living with family members,
nine people to a room.
596
00:33:55.909 --> 00:33:59.412
Um, they're,
they're struggling.
597
00:34:01.248 --> 00:34:03.041
This is not a typical
high school thing,
598
00:34:03.625 --> 00:34:06.086
to lose your town and to
not have a place to live,
599
00:34:06.086 --> 00:34:08.964
or to worry about
their friends moving.
600
00:34:09.673 --> 00:34:11.883
What kind of things
can you do to try to
release that anxiety?
601
00:34:11.883 --> 00:34:12.968
TRYSTIN: I listen to music.
602
00:34:12.968 --> 00:34:15.637
Um, and I'm trying to share
with people so they know
603
00:34:15.637 --> 00:34:16.888
they're not alone
in this world.
604
00:34:16.888 --> 00:34:18.348
CARLY: Exactly.
605
00:34:18.348 --> 00:34:20.100
TRYSTIN: They're not the only
ones that lost their mother.
606
00:34:20.100 --> 00:34:21.434
They're not the only ones
that lost their house.
607
00:34:21.434 --> 00:34:23.144
They're not the only ones that
lost something in their life.
608
00:34:23.144 --> 00:34:24.604
They're not...
609
00:34:24.604 --> 00:34:27.148
CARLY:
For me, right now,
it's just brand new, like,
610
00:34:27.148 --> 00:34:30.485
what to do,
how to support my kids.
611
00:34:30.485 --> 00:34:33.029
They're amazing,
but it's also, you know,
612
00:34:33.029 --> 00:34:36.533
shows you what, how hard
this really is for everybody.
613
00:34:38.243 --> 00:34:41.830
I work with some kids
on trauma counseling,
614
00:34:41.830 --> 00:34:43.915
which has been tough for me,
615
00:34:44.708 --> 00:34:47.002
since I almost died
in the fire myself.
616
00:34:48.044 --> 00:34:50.046
Um, so it's kind of hard
not to get triggered.
617
00:34:53.883 --> 00:34:57.512
November 8th, I got in my
car and started driving.
618
00:34:58.263 --> 00:35:00.932
And we go into
this black cloud.
619
00:35:02.809 --> 00:35:04.936
And then the flames
were everywhere.
620
00:35:06.021 --> 00:35:09.107
I'm worried that the
engine is going to explode.
621
00:35:09.107 --> 00:35:11.651
I'm dead‐stopped and I can't
go right or left because the
622
00:35:11.651 --> 00:35:14.571
flames are on both sides,
and I can't go back.
623
00:35:16.448 --> 00:35:18.408
I try to call my
mom to say goodbye,
624
00:35:18.408 --> 00:35:20.952
because I thought this is it.
625
00:35:23.163 --> 00:35:24.664
Yeah.
626
00:35:29.044 --> 00:35:31.046
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Thank you, Paradise Ice,
627
00:35:31.046 --> 00:35:32.881
for giving us a
place to come out.
628
00:35:32.881 --> 00:35:36.009
And please do
not drink the water out
of the water fountain.
629
00:35:36.843 --> 00:35:38.511
The water is not safe yet.
630
00:35:38.511 --> 00:35:40.597
They have free bottled water.
631
00:35:41.014 --> 00:35:42.724
REPORTER: Tell me a little bit
about putting on this event.
632
00:35:42.724 --> 00:35:44.434
Why'd you do it?
633
00:35:44.434 --> 00:35:47.020
MATT: Well, I can't
take full credit for
pretty much any of it.
634
00:35:47.020 --> 00:35:51.775
Um, the thought of
doing a tree lighting
ceremony was tossed out there.
635
00:35:52.817 --> 00:35:55.070
We saw that the skating
rink was still intact.
636
00:35:55.070 --> 00:35:56.905
The tree was donated.
637
00:35:56.905 --> 00:35:59.240
And everybody knew somebody
and pulled it together.
638
00:36:00.533 --> 00:36:03.203
WOMAN: Hi.
How are you guys doing?
639
00:36:03.203 --> 00:36:05.372
TENILLE: Oh, good, it's
great to see all these faces.
640
00:36:05.372 --> 00:36:07.666
WOMAN: I know, huh?
Isn't it nice?
641
00:36:08.124 --> 00:36:11.211
It's like, oh, let's just
get back, let's have our...
642
00:36:11.586 --> 00:36:13.046
TENILLE:
These are our people.
643
00:36:13.046 --> 00:36:14.756
EASTON:
Hi, little puppy.
644
00:36:16.549 --> 00:36:18.134
MATT: I'm glad you came.
MAN: Yeah.
645
00:36:18.134 --> 00:36:19.928
MATT: It's awesome
seeing people here.
646
00:36:19.928 --> 00:36:21.596
MAN: I just came to say
thank you to you man,
647
00:36:21.596 --> 00:36:23.056
you guys did a wonderful job.
648
00:36:23.056 --> 00:36:24.557
MATT: Thank you.
I appreciate that.
649
00:36:24.557 --> 00:36:27.352
TENILLE: They haven't been
able to see their dad very much.
650
00:36:27.352 --> 00:36:30.563
He's been working so
hard and being so brave,
651
00:36:30.563 --> 00:36:34.734
but I wish he was able to have
a little more time with us.
652
00:36:34.734 --> 00:36:37.821
Because we need him right now.
653
00:36:39.155 --> 00:36:40.782
Like, emotionally.
654
00:36:40.782 --> 00:36:43.785
And the boys, this is
a big deal for them.
655
00:36:44.536 --> 00:36:46.162
It's going to change their life,
656
00:36:46.162 --> 00:36:49.124
and we have to
lean on each other.
657
00:36:49.124 --> 00:36:53.128
My two boys,
they've been my crutches
through this whole thing.
658
00:37:01.052 --> 00:37:04.055
MATT: Hello.
TENILLE: Hey.
659
00:37:04.055 --> 00:37:07.475
MATT: So, I can't do
two things at once.
660
00:37:07.475 --> 00:37:09.978
Do you want to light
the tree with Easton?
661
00:37:09.978 --> 00:37:11.396
TENILLE: Sure.
662
00:37:11.396 --> 00:37:13.481
MATT: Like, when they
count down 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
just plug it in?
663
00:37:13.481 --> 00:37:15.316
TENILLE: Yeah.
MATT: I'll show you where.
664
00:37:15.316 --> 00:37:17.902
Easton, did he get
his shoes back on?
665
00:37:17.902 --> 00:37:19.279
TENILLE: I took his skates off.
666
00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:24.159
MATT: Okay. Alright.
Here you go, dude.
667
00:37:27.287 --> 00:37:28.496
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Thank you for coming.
668
00:37:28.496 --> 00:37:30.331
And what a
great time to be here.
669
00:37:30.331 --> 00:37:32.667
It's so fun to see people.
670
00:37:32.667 --> 00:37:35.587
And I don't know, I don't
shake hands much anymore.
671
00:37:35.587 --> 00:37:38.840
It seems like we hug each
other more than anything else.
672
00:37:39.632 --> 00:37:41.301
This tree, it's small now,
673
00:37:41.301 --> 00:37:43.845
but it's going to grow
with us and get stronger and
674
00:37:43.845 --> 00:37:46.014
taller as we get
stronger and taller as a,
675
00:37:46.014 --> 00:37:47.390
as a community, right?
676
00:37:47.390 --> 00:37:49.267
(applause, cheers).
677
00:37:49.267 --> 00:37:53.188
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
So, if you'd help me, 5.
678
00:37:53.188 --> 00:37:58.193
TENILLE: 4, 3, 2, 1.
679
00:37:58.193 --> 00:38:00.653
Wooo!
680
00:38:01.863 --> 00:38:04.199
(applause)
681
00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:06.618
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Thanks very much.
It's a beautiful tree.
682
00:38:11.998 --> 00:38:13.374
MAN (over TV): A new set
of problems arising for
683
00:38:13.374 --> 00:38:15.710
Camp Fire victims in Paradise.
684
00:38:16.169 --> 00:38:18.338
FEMA now says that fire
debris must be removed before
685
00:38:18.338 --> 00:38:20.924
a property can be reoccupied.
686
00:38:21.382 --> 00:38:23.635
WOMAN (over radio):
Paradise residents living
on their destroyed properties
687
00:38:23.635 --> 00:38:25.595
are getting word
they'll have to leave.
688
00:38:26.221 --> 00:38:32.268
JODY (over PA): If we do
not do this FEMA will not
pay for the debris removal.
689
00:38:32.852 --> 00:38:34.813
WOMAN (over PA): This is BS.
This whole thing.
690
00:38:34.813 --> 00:38:37.982
We are struggling to come out
of a very, very bad situation.
691
00:38:38.650 --> 00:38:40.235
(applause).
692
00:38:40.235 --> 00:38:43.404
MAN 2 (over PA):
I lost my wife.
I lost everything else.
693
00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:46.282
I just got back my property.
694
00:38:46.282 --> 00:38:50.203
This is too much.
I, I can't do it.
695
00:38:50.829 --> 00:38:53.665
I'm going to
just leave Paradise.
696
00:38:53.665 --> 00:38:55.542
I'm sorry.
697
00:38:55.542 --> 00:38:57.877
ZUCCOLILLO (over PA): We have
a financial gun to our head.
698
00:38:57.877 --> 00:39:00.505
I hate making this decision.
699
00:39:00.505 --> 00:39:04.551
MAN: Don't do it.
CROWD: Don't do it.
700
00:39:04.551 --> 00:39:06.511
JODY (over PA):
If we don't do it,
701
00:39:06.511 --> 00:39:09.973
our town will look like a
warzone for the next 20 years,
702
00:39:09.973 --> 00:39:12.433
because we are broke.
703
00:39:12.433 --> 00:39:16.437
We're relying on others to
help us and those resources...
704
00:39:33.121 --> 00:39:39.294
♪ ♪
705
00:39:49.888 --> 00:39:51.180
WOODY: My
house burned down in the fire.
706
00:39:51.180 --> 00:39:53.308
And I'm here because
we just want to build back
707
00:39:53.308 --> 00:39:54.893
as quickly as we can.
708
00:39:54.893 --> 00:39:56.769
I've got my lot cleared.
709
00:39:56.769 --> 00:39:58.271
I've got clearance.
710
00:39:58.271 --> 00:40:00.356
I've got my plans drawn.
711
00:40:00.356 --> 00:40:03.860
I want to get a
permit and dig footings
and begin and we can't.
712
00:40:05.278 --> 00:40:06.863
There's big delays.
713
00:40:06.863 --> 00:40:08.907
MELISSA: Let's back up a
little bit and recognize that
714
00:40:08.907 --> 00:40:12.285
Paradise, in a good year,
built about eight homes.
715
00:40:13.494 --> 00:40:15.872
Now we're looking at
about 800 a year, right?
716
00:40:15.872 --> 00:40:18.374
So that is an action that's
not going to happen tomorrow.
717
00:40:18.374 --> 00:40:20.168
WOODY:
But again, Melissa,
you're missing the point.
718
00:40:20.168 --> 00:40:24.422
A lot of people are not
coming back because on top
of losing everything we own,
719
00:40:24.422 --> 00:40:27.050
it's becoming onerous
to deal with the town to
720
00:40:27.050 --> 00:40:28.509
get anything done.
721
00:40:28.509 --> 00:40:30.386
So you're the council members,
722
00:40:30.386 --> 00:40:33.014
so you guys take
control of this town and
723
00:40:33.014 --> 00:40:35.850
direct the staff to
do what we, the citizens,
724
00:40:35.850 --> 00:40:37.977
need to do to save our town.
725
00:40:43.733 --> 00:40:49.113
(barking)
726
00:40:49.113 --> 00:40:50.949
MATT: Hi, Looter.
Well, come here.
727
00:40:50.949 --> 00:40:54.369
VOICE: Her name's Looter.
MATT: Looter. No, come here.
728
00:40:56.245 --> 00:40:59.207
We, um, found her with a guy
who we'd arrested for looting,
729
00:41:00.041 --> 00:41:01.292
like, three times.
730
00:41:01.292 --> 00:41:03.127
And she just kind
of stayed here.
731
00:41:03.127 --> 00:41:05.505
We, it was like
our therapy dog.
732
00:41:05.505 --> 00:41:07.256
Then there was the
issue of, well,
733
00:41:07.256 --> 00:41:08.549
when that
guy gets out of jail,
734
00:41:08.549 --> 00:41:09.842
what are we going to do?
735
00:41:09.842 --> 00:41:11.844
It turns out it's not his dog.
736
00:41:11.844 --> 00:41:14.973
She's basically, uh, owned
by the police department now.
737
00:41:26.693 --> 00:41:29.153
MAN: When I first came here,
I noticed the door was ajar,
738
00:41:29.153 --> 00:41:30.738
and you, someone kicked it in.
739
00:41:30.738 --> 00:41:33.074
MATT: Can you tell what,
uh, has been missing, or?
740
00:41:33.074 --> 00:41:36.995
MAN: Yeah. They've taken lot
of tools that I had in there.
741
00:41:38.663 --> 00:41:40.039
MAN: This thing doesn't burn,
742
00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:42.000
but my house walls
completely burned down.
743
00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:43.918
And then this happens.
744
00:41:43.918 --> 00:41:46.045
MATT: Yeah. The job
has completely changed.
745
00:41:48.089 --> 00:41:49.757
People are frustrated.
746
00:41:49.757 --> 00:41:50.925
Let me get you
the case number.
747
00:41:50.925 --> 00:41:52.260
MAN: Okay.
748
00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:53.928
MATT: Trying to maintain
control over what,
749
00:41:53.928 --> 00:41:56.889
what little is left.
750
00:41:57.265 --> 00:42:00.143
A lot of people have
left and are leaving.
751
00:42:00.143 --> 00:42:02.979
The hospital is gone.
752
00:42:02.979 --> 00:42:05.106
Most of the doctors
are somewhere else.
753
00:42:07.066 --> 00:42:10.194
The elementary school is gone.
754
00:42:10.194 --> 00:42:12.030
It's where my kids
went to school.
755
00:42:14.157 --> 00:42:16.534
I know it's cliché,
but the donut shop was
756
00:42:16.534 --> 00:42:18.494
right back there.
757
00:42:20.747 --> 00:42:24.083
It's not the same Paradise
that existed pre‐fire.
758
00:42:25.918 --> 00:42:28.212
Most people up in Paradise
right now are just there for
759
00:42:28.212 --> 00:42:30.423
the construction,
the cleanup effort.
760
00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:36.512
There are dump
trucks everywhere.
761
00:42:47.982 --> 00:42:53.946
♪ ♪
762
00:42:55.782 --> 00:42:58.201
MAN (over TV): PG&E's board
of directors voted tonight
763
00:42:58.201 --> 00:43:00.244
to file for Chapter 11
Bankruptcy protection.
764
00:43:01.412 --> 00:43:03.498
MAN 2 (over TV): For the
utility's 16 million customers,
765
00:43:03.498 --> 00:43:06.209
experts warn rates
could go up in the wake of
766
00:43:06.209 --> 00:43:08.211
destructive fires,
and now bankruptcy.
767
00:43:09.504 --> 00:43:12.757
JUSTIN:
If I was the spark
that started this fire,
768
00:43:13.257 --> 00:43:15.218
I would be responsible.
769
00:43:15.218 --> 00:43:16.636
PG&E's not being
held responsible.
770
00:43:16.636 --> 00:43:18.096
In fact, we're being
held responsible,
771
00:43:18.096 --> 00:43:20.014
and all of California,
it's not just us.
772
00:43:20.014 --> 00:43:22.225
TERRY: We're being
held responsible.
773
00:43:22.225 --> 00:43:24.310
You burned our town to a crisp.
774
00:43:24.310 --> 00:43:25.645
You've raised our rates.
775
00:43:25.645 --> 00:43:27.480
We've lost everything.
776
00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:29.649
And we're paying
for you to ... up.
777
00:43:30.691 --> 00:43:32.819
How is that right?
778
00:43:34.195 --> 00:43:36.114
JOE: I'm Joe Earley.
779
00:43:36.114 --> 00:43:38.991
Like many of you, my home and
business were lost in this
780
00:43:38.991 --> 00:43:40.118
devastating wildfire.
781
00:43:40.118 --> 00:43:41.911
ERIN:
I'm Erin Brockovich.
782
00:43:41.911 --> 00:43:44.288
For 27 years, I
have been dealing with
Pacific Gas & Electric
783
00:43:44.288 --> 00:43:45.998
across California.
784
00:43:46.457 --> 00:43:51.045
ERIN (over PA): And
this company has been
a runaway monopoly in
785
00:43:51.045 --> 00:43:55.049
this state for a
very, very long time.
786
00:43:56.342 --> 00:43:59.011
I've seen them
blow up San Bruno.
787
00:43:59.011 --> 00:44:02.974
I've seen them burn down a
good portion of this state.
788
00:44:02.974 --> 00:44:06.269
I've seen them
devastate your town.
789
00:44:06.269 --> 00:44:09.230
MAN 2 (over PA): I worked for
PG&E when I was 18 years old.
790
00:44:10.189 --> 00:44:11.774
They did not care
about maintenance.
791
00:44:11.774 --> 00:44:13.401
It was about the dividend.
792
00:44:13.401 --> 00:44:17.238
And that's how
that company's been since
1972 when I worked there.
793
00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:20.366
So when you want to
get angry, get angry.
794
00:44:21.617 --> 00:44:25.163
MAN (over PA):
We need to show these
bastards that we mean business.
795
00:44:25.163 --> 00:44:31.085
They destroyed one of
the most historic towns
in California.
796
00:44:31.085 --> 00:44:33.129
And we need to hold
them accountable.
797
00:44:34.005 --> 00:44:35.339
(applause).
798
00:44:35.339 --> 00:44:37.884
WOMAN (over PA):
We've lost everything.
799
00:44:37.884 --> 00:44:40.261
And how do you put a price
on that kind of trauma
800
00:44:40.261 --> 00:44:42.138
that you live through
day in and day out?
801
00:44:43.347 --> 00:44:46.934
JOE (over PA):
As a team, we have to
make them pay for everything.
802
00:44:47.810 --> 00:44:51.189
Because it's going to
happen again if we don't.
803
00:44:52.231 --> 00:44:57.653
JOE: So Tammy,
I hope that all the losses
put together will effect
804
00:44:57.653 --> 00:44:59.363
some meaningful change,
805
00:44:59.363 --> 00:45:01.991
so that no lawyer ever
has to sit across a desk
806
00:45:01.991 --> 00:45:03.951
with someone who
suffered what you suffered.
807
00:45:05.161 --> 00:45:07.455
TAMMY: They had an
opportunity to do something,
808
00:45:07.914 --> 00:45:11.000
and PG&E chose not
to do anything,
809
00:45:11.959 --> 00:45:15.046
and murdered my father.
810
00:45:15.671 --> 00:45:17.757
And that's how I feel.
811
00:45:17.757 --> 00:45:21.052
After Mom's death
three months before,
812
00:45:21.052 --> 00:45:23.888
he promised he wasn't
going anywhere,
813
00:45:23.888 --> 00:45:26.140
because we needed him.
814
00:45:27.516 --> 00:45:30.144
(cries).
815
00:45:31.395 --> 00:45:37.193
And, oh, gosh, for him to
die the way he did was just,
816
00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:45.326
I could not think of a
worse nightmare to be in.
817
00:45:49.580 --> 00:45:54.085
TAMMY: We thought
Dad had died in the house.
818
00:45:54.752 --> 00:45:59.215
But when they finally
let us go back out there,
819
00:45:59.715 --> 00:46:04.595
to see his wheelchair at
the bottom of his garden,
820
00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:10.142
absolutely broke me.
821
00:46:10.601 --> 00:46:15.314
He was trying
to, to get away.
822
00:46:18.609 --> 00:46:21.696
I don't sleep because
that's when the real
823
00:46:21.696 --> 00:46:25.199
nightmares take over.
824
00:46:31.038 --> 00:46:34.875
(bag pipes)
825
00:46:44.176 --> 00:46:50.224
♪ ♪
826
00:46:57.523 --> 00:46:59.483
WOMAN (over PA): Welcome.
827
00:46:59.483 --> 00:47:05.489
Today we're remembering and
we're celebrating the lives of
828
00:47:06.532 --> 00:47:09.785
the 85 people who
died in the Camp Fire.
829
00:47:17.752 --> 00:47:23.007
(somber music plays)
830
00:47:32.600 --> 00:47:38.731
♪ ♪
831
00:47:52.703 --> 00:47:55.873
♪ ♪
832
00:48:01.379 --> 00:48:04.131
CALLI‐JANE:
We are a broad
and diverse group of powerful
833
00:48:04.131 --> 00:48:06.300
decision‐makers/implementers.
834
00:48:06.300 --> 00:48:07.760
And I think that's
the theme today,
835
00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:11.722
is let's get
closer to making a plan for
restoration, reforestation,
836
00:48:12.598 --> 00:48:14.725
whatever that looks like.
837
00:48:15.309 --> 00:48:18.312
MAN:
It's always burned.
It's always burned.
838
00:48:18.312 --> 00:48:20.564
PETE: And that's
something we need to look at.
839
00:48:20.564 --> 00:48:24.402
Maybe we need to plant the
trees that can withstand fires.
840
00:48:25.236 --> 00:48:28.155
Trees that were here then,
but have now kind of vanished.
841
00:48:29.490 --> 00:48:31.492
ZEKE: Yeah, well, I think
just looking at the scale
842
00:48:31.492 --> 00:48:33.786
of the problem, which
is the whole West Coast.
843
00:48:33.786 --> 00:48:37.415
If we can do larger‐scale
projects like burning,
844
00:48:37.415 --> 00:48:40.543
you know, on these big,
brush‐covered slopes.
845
00:48:40.543 --> 00:48:43.212
That's still the only
tool we've really got
that's cost‐effective.
846
00:48:44.213 --> 00:48:46.882
But we can't really
vegetation manage our
way out of the problem.
847
00:48:48.384 --> 00:48:52.430
Humans alter the
landscape in ways that
make it more flammable.
848
00:48:53.514 --> 00:48:54.974
None of this stuff really
happens in a vacuum,
849
00:48:54.974 --> 00:48:58.853
there's this um, history of
land management going back
850
00:48:58.853 --> 00:49:01.605
thousands of years.
851
00:49:01.605 --> 00:49:04.275
It really affects what
is growing there now and
852
00:49:04.275 --> 00:49:06.861
why the fire burns
like it does now.
853
00:49:17.121 --> 00:49:19.373
ZEKE:
In the late 1800's,
854
00:49:19.373 --> 00:49:21.417
the timber barons
got to California before
855
00:49:21.417 --> 00:49:23.252
the Forest Service did,
and they bought all of the
856
00:49:23.252 --> 00:49:25.504
primo timber ground.
857
00:49:25.504 --> 00:49:28.299
A lot of logging happened.
858
00:49:29.049 --> 00:49:31.510
They didn't replant.
859
00:49:31.510 --> 00:49:34.472
That initiated changes
in the forest structure.
860
00:49:34.472 --> 00:49:36.182
So, because of that,
California has got these
861
00:49:36.182 --> 00:49:38.309
regulations that after logging
you have to plant a certain
862
00:49:38.309 --> 00:49:40.686
number of trees per acre.
863
00:49:40.686 --> 00:49:42.438
ZEKE:
So, it creates this perfect
landscape for this kind of
864
00:49:42.438 --> 00:49:44.440
hopscotching fire behavior,
where if you have a fire that
865
00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:46.484
starts here with the
wind blowing on it,
866
00:49:46.484 --> 00:49:49.653
it runs like it's a grass.
867
00:49:50.196 --> 00:49:52.740
All that leads us
toward where we are now.
868
00:49:53.949 --> 00:49:58.454
ZEKE:
That's why the Camp Fire ran
nine miles in the first day.
869
00:49:59.538 --> 00:50:02.041
It was just perfect
conditions for it.
870
00:50:02.666 --> 00:50:05.044
We've created this.
871
00:50:10.883 --> 00:50:12.718
ZACH: So this is
the access route for,
872
00:50:12.718 --> 00:50:14.595
for the flumes that's how
loggers used to get their
873
00:50:14.595 --> 00:50:16.514
timber down from the mountain.
874
00:50:16.514 --> 00:50:19.099
Basically, it goes
from the top, uh,
875
00:50:19.099 --> 00:50:21.310
where the Head Dam is,
all the way down.
876
00:50:21.310 --> 00:50:24.355
And the Head Dam is, like,
this old dam that was built so
877
00:50:24.355 --> 00:50:26.065
many years ago, so...
878
00:50:28.692 --> 00:50:32.321
It's hard to
communicate in words what
this town was like before.
879
00:50:34.240 --> 00:50:35.950
ZACH:
You have the mountains
where you, you know,
880
00:50:35.950 --> 00:50:37.826
a bunch of friends
spend a lot of time.
881
00:50:37.826 --> 00:50:39.286
We have the flumes.
882
00:50:39.286 --> 00:50:41.872
Like, just super
great places to swim.
883
00:50:43.624 --> 00:50:46.085
There's really,
really no other place
I'd rather grow up.
884
00:50:47.670 --> 00:50:49.338
BRANDON: It used to be
a lot more beautiful.
885
00:50:49.338 --> 00:50:51.340
ZACH: Yeah, it used to be.
886
00:50:52.591 --> 00:50:54.426
BRANDON: For us, this is
a little bit underwhelming.
887
00:50:54.426 --> 00:50:56.762
ZACH: Yeah.
888
00:50:57.930 --> 00:50:59.473
ZACH: I remember,
right before the fire,
889
00:50:59.473 --> 00:51:01.976
Burke and I went down to
the flumes had a lot of fun,
890
00:51:01.976 --> 00:51:04.270
and it's the small
stuff you miss, I guess.
891
00:51:07.815 --> 00:51:10.067
And then, you know,
my town's gone.
892
00:51:10.067 --> 00:51:12.069
A lot of my friends
are gone now.
893
00:51:13.237 --> 00:51:16.657
I feel like I got robbed
of my senior year.
894
00:51:17.575 --> 00:51:20.494
And now we don't
graduate, on the
Paradise High School field,
895
00:51:20.494 --> 00:51:23.581
I couldn't do it.
I wouldn't show up.
896
00:51:24.123 --> 00:51:27.042
I know a lot of my
friends wouldn't either.
897
00:51:28.836 --> 00:51:32.089
MICHELLE:
The high school only had
one wing that was burned,
898
00:51:32.506 --> 00:51:35.217
but there is no
water, electricity.
899
00:51:35.759 --> 00:51:37.553
The seniors said,
900
00:51:37.553 --> 00:51:40.639
“We want to graduate
on Om Wraith Field,
like we always do.”
901
00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:43.225
But we're being told
that it's not safe,
902
00:51:43.225 --> 00:51:46.020
because of the burned
trees all around the field.
903
00:51:46.020 --> 00:51:47.646
Okay, guys. Let's do it.
904
00:51:48.397 --> 00:51:51.150
So. Trees.
905
00:51:51.775 --> 00:51:54.069
We have about 1,000
trees to take down.
906
00:51:54.069 --> 00:51:56.113
WOMAN: So who's
doing it on the grounds
of the public library?
907
00:51:56.905 --> 00:51:58.365
On the grounds of Town Hall?
908
00:51:58.365 --> 00:51:59.992
MICHELLE: They're going
through the whole process,
909
00:51:59.992 --> 00:52:01.952
because they want to
be reimbursed by FEMA.
910
00:52:01.952 --> 00:52:03.662
Here's the issue.
911
00:52:04.288 --> 00:52:07.458
We don't have the
timeline to follow that
and still graduate.
912
00:52:09.043 --> 00:52:10.794
Seriously, what do we do?
913
00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:16.342
MAN (over TV): Well,
it's official tonight,
914
00:52:16.342 --> 00:52:19.178
Cal Fire has concluded that
PG&E is responsible for
915
00:52:19.178 --> 00:52:22.139
causing the deadliest fire
in California History.
916
00:52:23.557 --> 00:52:25.643
WOMAN (over TV): Rebuilding
trust and the community are
917
00:52:25.643 --> 00:52:27.436
what victims hope for.
918
00:52:29.605 --> 00:52:31.857
JODY (over PA): So, at this tim
we're going to move on to the
919
00:52:31.857 --> 00:52:35.778
presentation by Aaron Johnson
from Pacific Gas & Electric on
920
00:52:35.778 --> 00:52:39.156
their future energy plans
for the town of Paradise.
921
00:52:46.580 --> 00:52:48.499
AARON (over PA): Um,
thank you for having me.
922
00:52:48.499 --> 00:52:51.210
I'm going to admit to
being a little bit nervous.
923
00:52:55.631 --> 00:52:58.634
So as I stand in front
of you here tonight,
924
00:52:58.634 --> 00:53:00.594
on behalf of my company,
925
00:53:00.594 --> 00:53:03.764
I want to apologize for
the role our equipment
926
00:53:03.764 --> 00:53:06.475
had in this tragedy.
927
00:53:08.477 --> 00:53:12.314
We know we have a lot of
work to do to strengthen
our electrical system.
928
00:53:12.773 --> 00:53:15.734
We are taking that on with
more inspections and repairs
929
00:53:15.734 --> 00:53:18.529
of our equipment,
hardening the grid,
930
00:53:18.529 --> 00:53:20.698
and we will be
undergrounding the entire
931
00:53:20.698 --> 00:53:23.659
electrical distribution
system for the town.
932
00:53:23.659 --> 00:53:27.204
It will take us,
we estimate five years to
933
00:53:27.204 --> 00:53:29.623
fully restore your communities.
934
00:53:31.417 --> 00:53:33.585
MAN (over PA):
With the undergrounding
we're talking about,
935
00:53:33.585 --> 00:53:36.547
will that be part of a rate
raise to pay for all that?
936
00:53:36.547 --> 00:53:38.090
Who's going to pay
for all of that?
937
00:53:39.425 --> 00:53:41.343
MAN 2 (over PA): You didn't
need to cut down my trees and
938
00:53:41.343 --> 00:53:43.345
kill the value of my property,
939
00:53:43.345 --> 00:53:45.973
because you're going to
underground the power lines.
940
00:53:45.973 --> 00:53:48.809
Now that you've decided
that you're at fault.
941
00:53:48.809 --> 00:53:52.646
Get your checkbook
out and I'd love
to see a check from you.
942
00:53:53.230 --> 00:53:54.732
(applause).
943
00:53:54.732 --> 00:53:56.108
MAN 3 (over PA): I
think you missed a group.
944
00:53:56.108 --> 00:53:58.193
85 people died here and we
really want to hear that
945
00:53:58.193 --> 00:54:01.488
apology to the families
of those 85 people.
946
00:54:01.488 --> 00:54:04.283
(applause).
947
00:54:06.702 --> 00:54:08.996
AARON (over PA):
Our hearts go out to
those that lost loved ones.
948
00:54:08.996 --> 00:54:11.915
They have my apology as well
on behalf of this company.
949
00:54:11.915 --> 00:54:14.793
On behalf of this company,
and we'll be here for the
950
00:54:14.793 --> 00:54:18.714
long haul to do right by this
community and fix what we can.
951
00:54:19.089 --> 00:54:20.424
I've never been in
a situation like this,
952
00:54:20.424 --> 00:54:21.717
I can't tell you...
953
00:54:21.717 --> 00:54:24.094
MICHELLE:
I think they should
have to come live here and see
954
00:54:24.094 --> 00:54:27.139
what people are going through.
955
00:54:29.808 --> 00:54:33.187
You know, they can take
all this fricking dirt
and burned up cars way,
956
00:54:34.521 --> 00:54:37.357
but you're still left
behind with broken people.
957
00:54:39.401 --> 00:54:42.613
The absolute crippling effect
this has had on all of us.
958
00:54:43.489 --> 00:54:46.700
That our lives
will never ever be the
same because of this.
959
00:54:54.166 --> 00:54:57.544
CARLY: You ready?
Let's go, let's go, come on.
960
00:55:00.297 --> 00:55:02.424
My home doesn't necessarily
feel like home anymore.
961
00:55:03.091 --> 00:55:04.468
Can you sit?
962
00:55:04.468 --> 00:55:05.928
Good girl.
963
00:55:07.179 --> 00:55:09.181
I don't have
neighbors anymore.
964
00:55:09.932 --> 00:55:11.808
Let's go, let's go.
965
00:55:14.019 --> 00:55:19.066
My house made
it from the fire.
966
00:55:21.026 --> 00:55:23.737
A lot of people don't
want to live up here.
967
00:55:24.238 --> 00:55:26.990
The devastation is hard
to live with every day.
968
00:55:29.284 --> 00:55:31.203
MAN (over radio): When the
fire tore through Paradise,
969
00:55:31.203 --> 00:55:32.913
let me just paint
this picture for you,
970
00:55:32.913 --> 00:55:34.540
it burned all the cars,
the lawnmowers,
971
00:55:34.540 --> 00:55:36.333
the heavy equipment,
the vehicles, the buildings.
972
00:55:36.333 --> 00:55:41.129
Uh, and it released a
long list of toxic chemicals
973
00:55:41.129 --> 00:55:43.257
in the emissions.
974
00:55:45.509 --> 00:55:47.386
MAN (over radio): At the
top of the list is benzene.
975
00:55:47.386 --> 00:55:49.471
It's a chemical that
was released when, uh,
976
00:55:49.471 --> 00:55:53.684
the town's plastic
water pipes burned.
977
00:55:54.434 --> 00:55:57.688
And government agencies
warn that drinking water
978
00:55:57.688 --> 00:56:00.107
that's been contaminated
with benzene can cause cancer.
979
00:56:01.066 --> 00:56:03.110
So, you can't even
heat the water to wash.
980
00:56:03.819 --> 00:56:04.778
WOMAN (over radio):
You can't take a hot shower.
981
00:56:04.778 --> 00:56:06.071
MAN (over radio): Exactly.
982
00:56:06.071 --> 00:56:07.906
JUSTIN: Paradise water,
at one time, was like the
983
00:56:07.906 --> 00:56:09.741
second‐cleanest
water in the state.
984
00:56:09.741 --> 00:56:13.870
And now it may not be
drinkable for up to three years.
985
00:56:16.081 --> 00:56:17.666
CARLY: I want a baby.
986
00:56:17.666 --> 00:56:20.168
And my boyfriend
and I are kind of in that
place where we're ready.
987
00:56:20.168 --> 00:56:22.629
But I saw, you know, a
doctor, and they're like,
988
00:56:22.629 --> 00:56:25.841
“You should not be
having a child while you're
living in that environment,
989
00:56:26.592 --> 00:56:28.218
because there's
benzene in the water.”
990
00:56:28.218 --> 00:56:30.220
I'm taking showers
in the benzene.
991
00:56:30.220 --> 00:56:32.681
Um, it absorbs
through your skin.
992
00:56:32.681 --> 00:56:35.976
And so it's like, I had to
put off that idea for a while,
993
00:56:36.435 --> 00:56:38.979
or I have to move, and
there's nowhere to move.
994
00:56:39.354 --> 00:56:42.316
KEVIN (over radio):
We've seen this happen in one
other district in California,
995
00:56:43.025 --> 00:56:44.568
which was Santa Rosa.
996
00:56:44.568 --> 00:56:47.112
And to clear the 350
water lines from Santa Rosa,
997
00:56:47.112 --> 00:56:48.447
it took them eleven months.
998
00:56:48.447 --> 00:56:50.282
So we are developing...
999
00:56:50.282 --> 00:56:52.326
MARC (over radio):
Well, hold on Kevin.
1000
00:56:52.326 --> 00:56:55.412
So, if it took Santa Rosa
eleven months to clear
350 lines and you have.
1001
00:56:55.412 --> 00:56:58.415
KEVIN (over radio): 10,500.
MARC (over radio): 10,500.
1002
00:56:58.415 --> 00:57:01.293
At that rate, it would
take about 25 years.
1003
00:57:01.293 --> 00:57:03.920
CARLY:
So those are things I just
didn't foresee and that are
1004
00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:06.423
starting to make me
realize how big of a disaster
1005
00:57:06.423 --> 00:57:08.300
it really was.
1006
00:57:08.717 --> 00:57:10.510
It's just a lot right now.
1007
00:57:10.510 --> 00:57:12.095
It's, It's getting harder.
1008
00:57:12.095 --> 00:57:14.514
For some, I thought it would
get easier as time went on,
1009
00:57:14.514 --> 00:57:17.267
but it's actually getting
harder somehow, um,
1010
00:57:17.267 --> 00:57:19.019
which I didn't anticipate.
1011
00:57:29.154 --> 00:57:31.198
BROOKE: This one is my fish,
1012
00:57:31.198 --> 00:57:33.700
and then the
other fish is Pearl's.
1013
00:57:34.242 --> 00:57:36.745
And then Mommy and
Daddy has the birds.
1014
00:57:37.788 --> 00:57:39.373
KRYSTLE: We love our pets.
1015
00:57:39.373 --> 00:57:42.084
BROOKE: But they
keep on getting dead.
1016
00:57:43.043 --> 00:57:45.504
BROOKE:
We have to keep on
flushing them down the toilet.
1017
00:58:03.313 --> 00:58:05.232
KRYSTLE: It's hard.
1018
00:58:05.774 --> 00:58:09.319
This disaster has really
affected everybody.
1019
00:58:10.987 --> 00:58:14.199
Me and Marcus have
had a struggle.
1020
00:58:14.199 --> 00:58:16.868
There's times that
we've broken up, you know?
1021
00:58:16.868 --> 00:58:19.538
But we tend to
get back together for
the sake of the kids.
1022
00:58:20.497 --> 00:58:24.167
(laughter to crying).
1023
00:58:34.261 --> 00:58:36.221
MICHELLE: The
day of the fire, Phil said,
1024
00:58:36.221 --> 00:58:38.098
“We're going to Roni's.”
1025
00:58:38.098 --> 00:58:39.224
And I remember saying,
1026
00:58:39.224 --> 00:58:41.309
“What?” And he goes,
“They called us.”
1027
00:58:41.309 --> 00:58:42.644
And I went...
1028
00:58:42.644 --> 00:58:44.146
PHIL: Oh, on
the way home from the fire?
1029
00:58:44.146 --> 00:58:46.273
MICHELLE: Yeah.
And I went, “Oh my God.”
1030
00:58:46.773 --> 00:58:48.900
RONI: You know, we really
didn't see each other
1031
00:58:48.900 --> 00:58:51.695
for almost 20 years.
1032
00:58:51.695 --> 00:58:55.407
This whole tragedy kind of,
um, brought our family together.
1033
00:58:55.407 --> 00:58:57.075
MICHELLE: Not that we
want the fire to happen,
1034
00:58:57.075 --> 00:58:59.244
but that would have
never have happened.
1035
00:58:59.619 --> 00:59:00.746
PHIL: People are weird.
1036
00:59:00.746 --> 00:59:02.581
MICHELLE:
I don't know why
we ever let that happen.
1037
00:59:02.581 --> 00:59:06.042
You know we're here because
we can't live in our own home,
1038
00:59:06.042 --> 00:59:08.170
but we were lucky
and it didn't burn.
1039
00:59:08.170 --> 00:59:11.131
PHIL: And we are blessed,
we're with you guys.
1040
00:59:11.131 --> 00:59:14.342
I mean, I know
people that are living
with total strangers.
1041
00:59:14.342 --> 00:59:17.387
And you guys are so sweet
and kind to take care of us.
1042
00:59:17.387 --> 00:59:20.015
MICHELLE: Those first few
days when I was working
1043
00:59:20.015 --> 00:59:21.308
around the clock.
1044
00:59:21.308 --> 00:59:25.270
And they'd have, they'd have
a vodka tonic ready for me.
1045
00:59:26.271 --> 00:59:27.773
I just...
1046
00:59:27.773 --> 00:59:29.483
RONI: I think now you guys
have realized that you have
1047
00:59:29.483 --> 00:59:30.817
to start thinking
about yourselves.
1048
00:59:30.817 --> 00:59:32.652
And, and you've been
thinking about the community,
1049
00:59:32.652 --> 00:59:33.653
the school.
1050
00:59:33.653 --> 00:59:36.323
PHIL: We just
haven't had the time.
1051
00:59:36.323 --> 00:59:37.324
But one day.
1052
00:59:37.324 --> 00:59:39.785
RONI: It's, you guys.
It's taking its toll.
1053
00:59:39.785 --> 00:59:42.037
He's up all hours
of the night.
1054
00:59:42.037 --> 00:59:44.831
PHIL: The, the PTSD is
backing off a wee bit.
1055
00:59:44.831 --> 00:59:47.209
Because it, you know, I have,
1056
00:59:47.209 --> 00:59:49.252
I have it from the
old days from the Army.
1057
00:59:49.252 --> 00:59:51.296
And now it gets re‐exacerbated
by where you get your
1058
00:59:51.296 --> 00:59:52.798
nightmares mixed up, you know.
1059
00:59:52.798 --> 00:59:55.300
PHIL:
It's like, wait a minute,
1060
00:59:55.300 --> 00:59:57.052
that's a nightmare
from the old days.
1061
00:59:57.052 --> 00:59:59.221
But I, I'm getting,
every day is better.
1062
00:59:59.221 --> 01:00:02.182
Especially cause of you guys.
1063
01:00:04.476 --> 01:00:05.811
(radio chatter)
1064
01:00:05.811 --> 01:00:08.188
MATT: You can show me.
10‐98. Report taken.
1065
01:00:08.897 --> 01:00:11.900
I don't know which is worse
having your home be completely
1066
01:00:11.900 --> 01:00:15.403
gone or still have
a house that's just in
the middle of all this.
1067
01:00:18.615 --> 01:00:21.993
And every day
I want to go to work I
have to drive up Skyway.
1068
01:00:22.994 --> 01:00:26.122
There are somedays
where it's just cloudy
over Paradise that, uh,
1069
01:00:26.122 --> 01:00:29.251
it just gives me
cold sweat, chills.
1070
01:00:30.961 --> 01:00:34.548
Because it does still feel
like it was yesterday.
1071
01:00:34.881 --> 01:00:37.008
I watched all this
start to burn.
1072
01:00:37.008 --> 01:00:38.468
Burn closer and closer
to my house and I'm like,
1073
01:00:38.468 --> 01:00:43.473
“well,” so yeah, I literally
watched my house burn down.
1074
01:00:49.896 --> 01:00:51.773
MATT: Paradise,
the fire has reached Eagleton.
1075
01:00:53.733 --> 01:00:55.485
My house is on fire right now.
1076
01:00:56.194 --> 01:00:58.780
DISPATCHER (over radio):
Keep traffic flowing
and personnel safety.
1077
01:01:00.699 --> 01:01:02.742
(radio chatter).
1078
01:01:02.742 --> 01:01:04.452
POLICE (over radio): Copy.
1079
01:01:04.452 --> 01:01:06.371
(Matt cries).
1080
01:01:06.371 --> 01:01:09.082
POLICE 2 (over radio): 10‐4.
1081
01:01:10.292 --> 01:01:13.879
MATT: Oh God. God, God.
1082
01:01:36.610 --> 01:01:40.697
KAYLA: We're moving.
I love Paradise.
1083
01:01:40.697 --> 01:01:43.408
So I'm kind of excited
to be back in my town.
1084
01:01:44.492 --> 01:01:46.077
JUSTIN: How's it coming?
1085
01:01:46.077 --> 01:01:48.830
KAYLA: It will be cheaper,
which will be really nice,
1086
01:01:48.830 --> 01:01:51.666
because then we could start
saving more money to put away
1087
01:01:51.666 --> 01:01:54.961
for a piece of property,
which is our ultimate goal.
1088
01:01:55.837 --> 01:01:57.380
KAYLA: I'm going to
get my sculpture.
1089
01:01:57.380 --> 01:01:59.007
JUSTIN: Oh no.
KAYLA: It's so cool!
1090
01:01:59.007 --> 01:02:00.300
JUSTIN: It could
stay right there.
1091
01:02:00.300 --> 01:02:01.593
KAYLA: No.
1092
01:02:01.593 --> 01:02:02.761
JUSTIN: It's really,
it's really not.
1093
01:02:02.761 --> 01:02:04.429
KAYLA: We could get a gnome
and they could be friends!
1094
01:02:04.429 --> 01:02:05.472
JUSTIN: No, no.
1095
01:02:05.472 --> 01:02:07.098
KAYLA: Yeah! Look at him.
1096
01:02:07.098 --> 01:02:08.934
JUSTIN: Where on Earth,
did you get that?
1097
01:02:08.934 --> 01:02:10.226
KAYLA: He's so cute!
1098
01:02:10.226 --> 01:02:11.478
JUSTIN: No.
1099
01:02:11.478 --> 01:02:14.689
KAYLA: It's just, my dad
got it for me in Paradise.
1100
01:02:35.877 --> 01:02:37.963
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Ladies and gentlemen,
1101
01:02:37.963 --> 01:02:42.008
we welcome you to the
2019 Gold Nugget Days event.
1102
01:02:42.717 --> 01:02:44.886
Welcome home!
1103
01:02:44.886 --> 01:02:47.347
(applause).
1104
01:02:48.848 --> 01:02:51.643
WOMAN (over PA): This
year has been eventful.
1105
01:02:51.643 --> 01:02:53.728
It's definitely been
one to remember,
1106
01:02:53.728 --> 01:02:57.232
and I cannot wait to
continue forward into 2019 as
1107
01:02:57.232 --> 01:02:59.025
your reigning
Gold Nugget Queen.
1108
01:02:59.025 --> 01:03:01.653
SINDI (over PA): I was
1983 Gold Nugget Queen.
1109
01:03:01.653 --> 01:03:03.488
That was on the
25th anniversary.
1110
01:03:03.947 --> 01:03:07.367
WOMAN 2 (over PA):
I was first runner‐up
to the queen in 1962.
1111
01:03:07.867 --> 01:03:09.202
(applause).
1112
01:03:09.202 --> 01:03:11.371
(rimshot)
1113
01:03:12.539 --> 01:03:15.500
We lost our home,
but we're coming back!
1114
01:03:15.500 --> 01:03:17.293
(applause).
1115
01:03:19.295 --> 01:03:24.217
♪ ♪
1116
01:03:24.217 --> 01:03:29.764
♪ Woke up this morning
expecting to see the light ♪
1117
01:03:31.474 --> 01:03:37.480
♪ 9:00 in the morning,
the sky was dark as night ♪
1118
01:03:39.149 --> 01:03:43.945
♪ Got caught up on the
Skyway between the pines ♪
1119
01:03:43.945 --> 01:03:45.572
♪ And the flames ♪♪
1120
01:03:45.572 --> 01:03:48.116
MAN 2: Everything went,
except for this trailer.
1121
01:03:48.116 --> 01:03:50.618
I guess God likes parades.
1122
01:03:51.453 --> 01:03:57.625
♪ Oooooo‐oooooh
Oooooo‐oooooh ♪♪
1123
01:04:02.756 --> 01:04:07.218
♪ ♪
1124
01:04:08.261 --> 01:04:10.013
(gunshots)
1125
01:04:11.181 --> 01:04:15.435
(gunshots)
1126
01:04:25.695 --> 01:04:27.655
(cannon blast)
1127
01:04:29.657 --> 01:04:34.079
(joyful screams)
1128
01:04:46.508 --> 01:04:52.097
♪ ♪
1129
01:05:05.151 --> 01:05:07.320
JODY:
The town of Paradise
today is issuing the first
1130
01:05:08.071 --> 01:05:11.074
building permits
since the fire to lifelong
Paradise residents.
1131
01:05:13.118 --> 01:05:15.495
MAN: Thank you.
That's awesome.
1132
01:05:25.547 --> 01:05:27.549
WOODY: Good morning.
MAN: How are you?
WOODY: I'm good.
1133
01:05:27.549 --> 01:05:29.676
MAN: Good to see you again.
WOODY: Yeah. Nice to be here.
1134
01:05:29.676 --> 01:05:31.928
Look it here. These mine?
1135
01:05:32.262 --> 01:05:34.055
MAN: That's the name
on the permit file.
1136
01:05:34.055 --> 01:05:35.640
The team is onsite.
1137
01:05:35.640 --> 01:05:37.225
WOODY: Is this number two?
MAN: What?
1138
01:05:37.225 --> 01:05:38.977
WOODY: Permit number two?
MARCUS: This is number three.
1139
01:05:38.977 --> 01:05:40.353
MAN:
We got all the hiccups out
of the way on the first one,
1140
01:05:40.353 --> 01:05:41.646
so we're taking care of you.
1141
01:05:41.646 --> 01:05:43.231
WOODY: You know, yeah,
I appreciate that, you know?
1142
01:05:43.231 --> 01:05:45.233
This is, uh, it's a big deal.
1143
01:05:45.233 --> 01:05:47.110
MAN: It is. Good luck.
MARCUS: Good luck.
1144
01:05:47.110 --> 01:05:48.903
WOODY: That's it, I don't
get a folder or anything?
1145
01:05:48.903 --> 01:05:51.698
I don't get a binder?
I don't get a hat? Huh?
1146
01:05:51.698 --> 01:05:54.492
I don't get, no,
man, that's okay,
1147
01:05:54.492 --> 01:05:57.245
I don't need, guys, man,
thanks a lot again, man.
1148
01:05:57.245 --> 01:05:59.122
MAN: Woody, thanks again.
Have a good one.
1149
01:05:59.122 --> 01:06:00.582
MARCUS: No problem.
No problem, man.
1150
01:06:00.582 --> 01:06:03.459
WOODY: I appreciate that.
Yahoo!
1151
01:06:03.877 --> 01:06:08.965
"Town of Paradise
permit to build my home at
1552 Forest Service Road."
1152
01:06:09.424 --> 01:06:11.634
I'm jazzed.
1153
01:06:13.094 --> 01:06:15.471
(hydraulics)
1154
01:06:15.471 --> 01:06:18.725
Awesome, man.
Awesome. This is it, yeah.
1155
01:06:18.725 --> 01:06:20.185
MAN:
This is it, buddy.
1156
01:06:20.185 --> 01:06:23.479
WOODY: We're on now.
This is the beginning.
1157
01:06:23.479 --> 01:06:24.772
(laughs).
1158
01:06:24.772 --> 01:06:29.110
MAN: Exciting.
WOODY: Yeah.
1159
01:06:29.819 --> 01:06:33.323
(cries).
1160
01:06:34.324 --> 01:06:39.162
I guess it finally
caught up with me, wow,
1161
01:06:42.123 --> 01:06:43.750
yeah, it's a big deal.
1162
01:06:43.750 --> 01:06:45.376
MAN: It is a big deal.
WOODY: Yeah, it's a big deal.
1163
01:06:45.376 --> 01:06:48.004
MAN: Very big.
WOODY: New home. New beginning.
1164
01:06:48.004 --> 01:06:51.299
Oh wow. I didn't know
I had all that going on.
1165
01:06:51.299 --> 01:06:52.258
(laughs).
1166
01:06:52.258 --> 01:06:53.718
MAN: Funny how it
catches you, huh?
1167
01:06:53.718 --> 01:06:59.098
WOODY: Yeah, well. Far out.
1168
01:07:04.103 --> 01:07:06.814
WOMAN:
Let's go to Paradise
Unified School District.
1169
01:07:12.278 --> 01:07:14.322
MICHELLE: It is going!
I am so excited.
1170
01:07:14.322 --> 01:07:15.698
I, I have to tell you that,
1171
01:07:15.698 --> 01:07:17.450
um we've entered
into an agreement.
1172
01:07:17.450 --> 01:07:20.370
It sounds very easy.
It took months to do this.
1173
01:07:20.370 --> 01:07:22.914
So we do not have to go
through FEMA for our trees.
1174
01:07:22.914 --> 01:07:25.375
And the trees will start
being removed next week.
1175
01:07:25.375 --> 01:07:26.793
So we are very, very lucky.
1176
01:07:26.793 --> 01:07:28.670
And we are having graduation.
1177
01:07:28.670 --> 01:07:30.588
(applause).
1178
01:07:30.588 --> 01:07:33.132
MICHELLE:
And we have some really kind
of important speakers coming.
1179
01:07:44.477 --> 01:07:47.397
♪ ♪
1180
01:07:47.397 --> 01:07:48.940
Hey, Adam?
1181
01:07:48.940 --> 01:07:51.276
When are we going to
have the mics working?
1182
01:07:51.651 --> 01:07:54.070
I would turn them at a
little bit of an angle.
1183
01:07:55.321 --> 01:07:57.782
MICHELLE:
That's much better.
Thanks, guys.
1184
01:08:03.246 --> 01:08:05.623
How are you?
1185
01:08:07.375 --> 01:08:09.210
STACIE: I have waters
on every chair.
1186
01:08:09.210 --> 01:08:10.670
Tissues on every other chair.
1187
01:08:10.670 --> 01:08:12.130
And there's, um, bug spray.
1188
01:08:12.130 --> 01:08:14.716
MICHELLE: Aw, you're so good.
STACIE: For everybody.
1189
01:08:14.716 --> 01:08:17.302
MICHELLE: Okay.
Oh, there's Senator Nielsen.
1190
01:08:17.302 --> 01:08:19.304
Hi.
1191
01:08:21.848 --> 01:08:24.017
ZACH: I got my college
connections medal.
1192
01:08:24.017 --> 01:08:25.268
For my senior year.
1193
01:08:25.268 --> 01:08:28.062
And I got my money,
because graduating. We're here.
1194
01:08:28.563 --> 01:08:30.189
STUDENT: I graduated!
1195
01:08:30.189 --> 01:08:31.482
(laughs).
1196
01:08:32.442 --> 01:08:34.861
MICHELLE (over PA):
Good evening.
1197
01:08:35.236 --> 01:08:37.405
Can you believe
that we are here,
1198
01:08:37.405 --> 01:08:41.451
actually here on our beautiful
Paradise High School campus...
1199
01:08:41.826 --> 01:08:45.246
(crowd cheering)
1200
01:08:45.246 --> 01:08:48.374
to celebrate and welcome
the Paradise High School
1201
01:08:48.374 --> 01:08:53.671
graduating class of 2019
back to their home field?
1202
01:08:53.671 --> 01:08:57.008
(applause).
1203
01:08:59.010 --> 01:09:04.057
KORY (over PA):
The fact that we here
tonight to celebrate this
1204
01:09:04.057 --> 01:09:06.934
milestone is a miracle.
1205
01:09:08.186 --> 01:09:12.523
Because you survived one of
the most destructive wildfires
1206
01:09:12.523 --> 01:09:14.192
in our nation's history.
1207
01:09:15.485 --> 01:09:18.363
It left us a different people.
1208
01:09:20.406 --> 01:09:24.494
You are the first generation
of Paradise High School
1209
01:09:24.494 --> 01:09:30.166
graduates to rise from the
ashes of what life was,
1210
01:09:30.166 --> 01:09:35.546
and take a bold
step forward into a new
and uncertain future.
1211
01:09:37.340 --> 01:09:39.967
But with what
you've been through,
1212
01:09:39.967 --> 01:09:43.513
you have what it
takes to persevere.
1213
01:09:43.513 --> 01:09:46.391
Congratulations,
and good luck.
1214
01:09:48.393 --> 01:09:50.436
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Thank you, Sheriff.
1215
01:09:50.436 --> 01:09:53.272
We will begin the
announcement of our graduates.
1216
01:09:54.190 --> 01:09:55.441
MICHELLE:
Congratulations.
1217
01:09:55.441 --> 01:09:56.567
MAN: Congrats, yeah.
1218
01:09:56.567 --> 01:09:57.985
MICHELLE:
Congratulations. How are you?
1219
01:09:57.985 --> 01:09:59.362
MAN 2: Good. How are you?
MICHELLE: Good.
1220
01:09:59.362 --> 01:10:00.738
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Kyra Regan.
1221
01:10:00.738 --> 01:10:02.490
MICHELLE: I love your hat.
1222
01:10:02.490 --> 01:10:03.783
GIRL: Thank you.
1223
01:10:03.783 --> 01:10:07.995
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Harmony K. Von Stockhausen III.
1224
01:10:10.665 --> 01:10:13.251
Margaret Thompson.
1225
01:10:13.751 --> 01:10:16.379
ANNOUNCER 2 (over PA):
Emily Viviana Sanchez.
1226
01:10:18.172 --> 01:10:23.386
Zach Boston. Brandon Burke.
1227
01:10:31.269 --> 01:10:33.813
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Savannah Reevis.
1228
01:10:34.647 --> 01:10:36.566
MICHELLE:
That's it. That's it.
1229
01:10:36.566 --> 01:10:38.234
(air horn)
1230
01:10:38.234 --> 01:10:39.819
(cheers).
1231
01:10:39.819 --> 01:10:41.070
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Hey, Bobcats!
1232
01:10:41.070 --> 01:10:42.238
CROWD: Yeah?
1233
01:10:42.238 --> 01:10:43.406
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Hey, Bobcats!
1234
01:10:43.406 --> 01:10:45.324
CROWD: Yeah?
1235
01:10:45.324 --> 01:10:46.993
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Stand up and cheer and
let us know you're here!
1236
01:10:46.993 --> 01:10:49.412
CROWD: Bobcats, Bobcats!
Go, fight win!
1237
01:10:49.912 --> 01:10:51.456
ANNOUNCER (over PA): Yeah!
1238
01:10:52.457 --> 01:10:55.084
It is with great
honor that we present the
1239
01:10:55.084 --> 01:10:58.546
Paradise High School
graduating class of 2019.
1240
01:11:01.716 --> 01:11:07.430
(cheering and applause)
1241
01:11:14.687 --> 01:11:19.609
♪ ♪
1242
01:11:19.609 --> 01:11:21.402
(gunshots)
1243
01:11:21.402 --> 01:11:23.488
HONOR GUARD: 2, 3, fire!
1244
01:11:23.488 --> 01:11:25.031
(gunshots).
1245
01:11:25.031 --> 01:11:27.366
1, 2, 3 fire.
1246
01:11:27.366 --> 01:11:30.411
(gunshots)
1247
01:11:46.928 --> 01:11:52.975
♪ ♪
1248
01:12:03.528 --> 01:12:06.447
SPEAKER (over PA):
We welcome you here
to celebrate the life
1249
01:12:06.447 --> 01:12:09.826
of Philip Allan John.
1250
01:12:10.910 --> 01:12:15.081
He served our community in
so many ways, Paradise Rotary,
1251
01:12:15.081 --> 01:12:18.042
chair of Paradise
Fire Safe Council,
1252
01:12:18.042 --> 01:12:20.878
Wildfire Ready Raccoon.
1253
01:12:21.295 --> 01:12:23.631
Member of the Butte County
Planning Commission,
1254
01:12:23.631 --> 01:12:26.384
town of Paradise EO.
1255
01:12:26.384 --> 01:12:29.971
Known for his generosity of
his talents and his time and
1256
01:12:29.971 --> 01:12:32.515
his gifts to anyone in need.
1257
01:12:32.515 --> 01:12:35.351
And I want to say lovingly
to you to the family and
1258
01:12:35.351 --> 01:12:39.605
to the friends that we need
to continue on that legacy.
1259
01:12:49.574 --> 01:12:52.076
MICHELLE (over PA):
Last Sunday, Phil and his
1260
01:12:52.076 --> 01:12:54.537
cousin were coming to the
end of a 40‐mile bike ride
1261
01:12:54.537 --> 01:12:59.584
when Phil's heart
stopped and he took a
bad fall off his bike.
1262
01:13:03.254 --> 01:13:07.174
Many medical complications
resulted from the fall that
1263
01:13:07.174 --> 01:13:10.511
caused his heart
to stop beating.
1264
01:13:10.511 --> 01:13:13.556
And a stress test, if he
would've taken the time,
1265
01:13:13.556 --> 01:13:16.183
would have indicated that.
1266
01:13:16.183 --> 01:13:19.145
If there's a lesson
to any one of us,
1267
01:13:19.145 --> 01:13:22.899
especially after the last
seven and a half months,
1268
01:13:22.899 --> 01:13:26.611
it is the fact that we need
to put our health first.
1269
01:13:29.071 --> 01:13:31.532
My dearest Phil.
1270
01:13:31.532 --> 01:13:35.578
I promise that I will
never stop loving you.
1271
01:13:35.578 --> 01:13:38.581
I promise that I will take
care of myself and the family
1272
01:13:38.581 --> 01:13:41.083
we have built.
1273
01:13:41.083 --> 01:13:44.587
I promise to make you proud.
1274
01:13:44.587 --> 01:13:47.632
I will learn to let
your beautiful memories help
1275
01:13:47.632 --> 01:13:50.718
us as we grieve.
1276
01:13:56.724 --> 01:14:03.064
♪ ♪
1277
01:14:21.999 --> 01:14:26.420
(car approaching and passing)
1278
01:14:30.132 --> 01:14:32.468
ZEKE:
One of the things that
spread the Camp Fire through
1279
01:14:32.468 --> 01:14:34.512
Paradise was all
the spot fires.
1280
01:14:34.512 --> 01:14:37.348
And all those little baby
trees are what carries the
1281
01:14:37.348 --> 01:14:39.016
fire up into the crowns.
1282
01:14:39.016 --> 01:14:40.726
And up in the crowns
when the wind's blowing,
1283
01:14:40.726 --> 01:14:43.521
that's how you get the
one‐mile, the two‐mile spots.
1284
01:14:43.521 --> 01:14:45.940
What we want to do in here
with our burn is we want to
1285
01:14:45.940 --> 01:14:49.819
get it hot enough to kill all
these little baby green trees.
1286
01:14:49.819 --> 01:14:53.489
People's fear of fire is
preventing us from putting
1287
01:14:53.489 --> 01:14:55.950
fire on the ground
here in a good way.
1288
01:14:57.326 --> 01:15:01.330
In a way that'll make the
people who live out here safer.
1289
01:15:02.123 --> 01:15:04.333
But fire's not the enemy.
1290
01:15:06.627 --> 01:15:12.049
ZEKE: I'm at,
like, 58 and, uh 58 and 43.
1291
01:15:17.722 --> 01:15:20.057
DANNY:
Yep, I'm there. 59 and 43.
1292
01:15:20.057 --> 01:15:22.351
ZEKE: Okay.
1293
01:15:22.768 --> 01:15:25.646
Danny's people have been burning
here for thousands of years,
1294
01:15:25.646 --> 01:15:27.148
and there's still
forests, you know?
1295
01:15:27.148 --> 01:15:29.859
DANNY: In Hoopa, we actually
do a lot of prescribed burns
1296
01:15:29.859 --> 01:15:32.111
in a lot of our village sites.
1297
01:15:32.111 --> 01:15:35.406
We don't want to kill all
the trees and scorch the land.
1298
01:15:35.406 --> 01:15:39.035
You just want to manage
how many trees are growing.
1299
01:15:40.411 --> 01:15:43.039
We've been doing
it for centuries.
1300
01:15:49.670 --> 01:15:51.839
ZEKE: The whole
thing about living in the woods
1301
01:15:51.839 --> 01:15:54.091
is figuring out a balance.
1302
01:15:56.427 --> 01:15:59.722
We like to think that
we can control nature.
1303
01:16:00.598 --> 01:16:02.725
Fire doesn't care
what we think.
1304
01:16:02.725 --> 01:16:06.896
And whether it's the
railroad or arson or PG&E,
1305
01:16:06.896 --> 01:16:10.232
or lightning,
we will have fires.
1306
01:16:16.363 --> 01:16:21.035
(flames crackle)
1307
01:16:21.660 --> 01:16:24.789
ZEKE:
There's nothing we can do
to keep that from happening.
1308
01:16:42.014 --> 01:16:45.226
WOODY: I'm excited.
So, this is the bedroom.
1309
01:16:45.643 --> 01:16:47.728
I'm standing in the bedroom.
1310
01:16:47.728 --> 01:16:50.481
One of them.
Yeah, it's gonna be nice.
1311
01:16:51.524 --> 01:16:54.443
I'm going to have
this house built soon.
1312
01:16:54.860 --> 01:16:56.695
So I'm not going to
be the first one, but I,
1313
01:16:56.695 --> 01:16:58.197
it's not about that, you know?
1314
01:16:58.197 --> 01:16:59.448
It was never about that.
1315
01:16:59.448 --> 01:17:02.785
It was always just
wanting to come home.
1316
01:17:02.785 --> 01:17:05.162
(laughs).
1317
01:17:29.061 --> 01:17:31.522
CHILD: Mom?
KRYSTLE: Yes?
1318
01:17:31.522 --> 01:17:33.941
CHILD: Do we have,
can we have some towels?
1319
01:17:33.941 --> 01:17:35.109
KRYSTLE: Yeah.
1320
01:17:35.109 --> 01:17:37.111
When we first got here,
the kids were stressed out,
1321
01:17:37.111 --> 01:17:39.321
throwing fits and stuff.
1322
01:17:39.321 --> 01:17:41.323
Now the kids are
actually happier.
1323
01:17:41.323 --> 01:17:43.367
They know that we're going
to be here for a little bit.
1324
01:17:43.367 --> 01:17:45.995
And, you know, the kids
call it a FEMA home.
1325
01:17:45.995 --> 01:17:47.329
CHILD: FEMA's.
1326
01:17:47.329 --> 01:17:49.123
KRYSTLE: It's FEMA's.
But are we staying in it?
1327
01:17:49.123 --> 01:17:50.916
CHILD: Yeah.
1328
01:17:51.375 --> 01:17:54.086
KRYSTLE: I have to remain in
Paradise because of Arabella
1329
01:17:54.086 --> 01:17:55.546
going to school in Paradise.
1330
01:17:55.546 --> 01:17:57.173
Uh‐oh.
1331
01:17:57.840 --> 01:18:00.801
BROOKE: Um, I'm going to
start school in a few days.
1332
01:18:00.801 --> 01:18:02.595
I've got pencils and
then some crayons.
1333
01:18:14.982 --> 01:18:16.317
DUSTI: I think
I'm a little lost.
1334
01:18:16.317 --> 01:18:17.651
I don't really know
where I'm supposed to be.
1335
01:18:17.651 --> 01:18:19.278
STUDENT:
It just says Warehouse.
1336
01:18:19.278 --> 01:18:20.654
Is it, like that
building up there?
1337
01:18:20.654 --> 01:18:23.866
STUDENT 2: Oh,
it's, so they forget to
switch it, so it's gym.
1338
01:18:24.283 --> 01:18:27.620
JUSTIN:
Today, first day of school,
is always like this.
1339
01:18:28.245 --> 01:18:30.456
It doesn't take a fire for
everything to be hectic and
1340
01:18:30.456 --> 01:18:33.125
running around and trying
to figure things out.
1341
01:18:33.125 --> 01:18:35.294
It did add to it this year.
1342
01:18:35.294 --> 01:18:38.130
We actually didn't have water,
because we had an issue with
1343
01:18:38.130 --> 01:18:40.341
our filtration tanks that
we had installed out front.
1344
01:18:41.717 --> 01:18:43.010
Ew.
1345
01:18:43.010 --> 01:18:44.887
But, yeah, everyone
seems very happy,
1346
01:18:44.887 --> 01:18:46.931
very positive and all that.
1347
01:18:47.473 --> 01:18:49.225
CARLY: Hi, Fern.
This is Carly Ingersoll,
1348
01:18:49.225 --> 01:18:51.310
school psychologist
at the high school.
1349
01:18:51.310 --> 01:18:53.020
The wheelchair, we
did get it ordered,
1350
01:18:53.020 --> 01:18:55.773
it's all been confirmed
now, and it is on the way.
1351
01:18:55.773 --> 01:18:56.941
Thanks so much, Fern.
1352
01:18:56.941 --> 01:18:58.734
Talk to you soon. Bye‐bye.
1353
01:18:59.360 --> 01:19:00.819
Hello, this is Carly.
1354
01:19:00.819 --> 01:19:02.988
I'm really thankful
that school started.
1355
01:19:02.988 --> 01:19:04.907
We're talking about
the future now.
1356
01:19:04.907 --> 01:19:07.660
We've, we've
had our time in the past
and dealt with the trauma.
1357
01:19:08.285 --> 01:19:11.038
And we really are
going to heal together.
1358
01:19:11.455 --> 01:19:13.874
These kids are everything.
1359
01:19:13.874 --> 01:19:17.002
And the fact that they came
back, we can come back.
1360
01:19:17.002 --> 01:19:19.129
GROUP: If you can't hear us,
we'll yell a little louder.
1361
01:19:22.591 --> 01:19:25.344
GROUP: If you can't hear us,
we'll yell a little louder.
1362
01:19:25.761 --> 01:19:28.555
We're from Paradise,
couldn't be prouder.
1363
01:19:28.555 --> 01:19:31.183
If you can't hear us,
we'll yell a little louder.
1364
01:19:32.351 --> 01:19:35.104
MICHELLE: For us to
have this number of kids,
1365
01:19:35.104 --> 01:19:38.857
the first thing I thought was,
"I've got to call Phil."
1366
01:19:39.441 --> 01:19:42.194
Because he would
have loved it.
1367
01:19:52.413 --> 01:19:56.083
MICHELLE: I am
announcing my retirement.
1368
01:20:00.462 --> 01:20:05.175
Home is where the people you
love are, and Phil's not here.
1369
01:20:09.263 --> 01:20:11.890
I hate this fricking view.
1370
01:20:11.890 --> 01:20:14.351
Wouldn't it be nice just
to wake up and have this be
1371
01:20:14.351 --> 01:20:19.273
a bad dream and have Phil be
here and have no burnt down.
1372
01:20:19.273 --> 01:20:20.274
RONI: Mm‐hmm.
1373
01:20:20.274 --> 01:20:22.735
MICHELLE: Crap everywhere?
1374
01:20:24.486 --> 01:20:27.114
There's a bunch
of dragonflies.
1375
01:20:27.114 --> 01:20:31.618
(Michelle cries).
1376
01:20:51.472 --> 01:20:53.432
MATT: Right after the fire
the police department was
1377
01:20:53.432 --> 01:20:56.101
put on 13‐hour
days indefinitely.
1378
01:20:56.101 --> 01:20:57.269
Like, no days off.
1379
01:20:57.269 --> 01:20:59.855
And my wife and I
were having issues.
1380
01:20:59.855 --> 01:21:02.816
And then after Christmas,
1381
01:21:02.816 --> 01:21:05.778
I, I moved out
into the trailer.
1382
01:21:05.778 --> 01:21:09.198
And my ex‐wife has the
loss of use policy money,
1383
01:21:09.198 --> 01:21:12.284
and she's staying
in, in a house.
1384
01:21:12.284 --> 01:21:15.996
I have the boys Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday,
1385
01:21:15.996 --> 01:21:17.748
and every other Thursday.
1386
01:21:17.748 --> 01:21:19.958
How do you like trailer life?
1387
01:21:19.958 --> 01:21:21.585
EASTON: I really
miss my home showers.
1388
01:21:21.585 --> 01:21:23.504
They're so cold.
1389
01:21:23.504 --> 01:21:26.006
MATT: The one thing that we
definitely agree on is to keep
1390
01:21:26.006 --> 01:21:28.175
the focus on the boys
and try and figure out what
1391
01:21:28.175 --> 01:21:31.428
kind of future needs
to be built for them.
1392
01:21:31.428 --> 01:21:35.349
I don't see it being here,
in Paradise.
1393
01:21:45.067 --> 01:21:47.277
MAN (over radio):
PG&E announced it had reached
1394
01:21:47.277 --> 01:21:51.407
a $13.5 billion
settlement agreement
with wildfire victims.
1395
01:21:51.407 --> 01:21:53.659
WOMAN (over radio):
We're talking about thousands
1396
01:21:53.659 --> 01:21:55.619
of wildfire victims,
past fires as well.
1397
01:21:55.619 --> 01:21:57.955
So, we don't know
if individual victims
1398
01:21:57.955 --> 01:22:01.500
will really see
a lot of money.
1399
01:22:07.131 --> 01:22:09.925
WOODY: There's
a lot of people here real
messed up from this fire.
1400
01:22:12.428 --> 01:22:16.014
A lot of guys
that want to come back
and their wives won't,
1401
01:22:16.765 --> 01:22:18.851
they were so traumatized.
1402
01:22:19.560 --> 01:22:22.062
Alright? It's alright.
1403
01:22:23.188 --> 01:22:24.148
MAUREEN: I'm ready.
1404
01:22:24.148 --> 01:22:28.610
WOODY: Let's go.
It's big deal. Alright.
1405
01:22:29.319 --> 01:22:32.531
I'm fortunate my wife
wants to come back.
1406
01:22:32.948 --> 01:22:34.992
MAUREEN: New key, new home.
1407
01:22:37.327 --> 01:22:40.122
WOODY: Welcome home.
MAUREEN: Welcome home.
1408
01:22:46.086 --> 01:22:48.964
(crying)
1409
01:22:48.964 --> 01:22:51.175
WOODY: We had a long year.
1410
01:22:51.175 --> 01:22:53.010
BRIDGETTE:
It's been a hard year.
1411
01:22:53.010 --> 01:22:54.887
WOODY: No more fire...
1412
01:22:56.180 --> 01:22:57.222
An older guy came by,
1413
01:22:57.222 --> 01:22:59.057
he says, “My wife
made this for you guys.
1414
01:22:59.057 --> 01:23:00.767
Welcome back home.”
1415
01:23:00.767 --> 01:23:03.020
You know, so that
was kind of nice.
1416
01:23:03.020 --> 01:23:04.688
MAUREEN: We don't know him.
1417
01:23:04.688 --> 01:23:07.316
It's the community,
you know, so.
1418
01:23:10.444 --> 01:23:13.822
WOODY: A lot of people
said it's wrong to rebuild.
1419
01:23:16.033 --> 01:23:18.911
I'm 74 years old,
I don't give a...
1420
01:23:19.870 --> 01:23:23.624
You know,
is it right to build a
house in a hurricane zone
1421
01:23:23.624 --> 01:23:26.919
in Miami on the beach?
1422
01:23:27.544 --> 01:23:31.048
This is where I want to be.
1423
01:23:38.222 --> 01:23:40.390
BRANDON: That's not
looking all too good.
1424
01:23:40.807 --> 01:23:44.728
This has been on my property
longer than I've been alive.
1425
01:23:45.187 --> 01:23:47.147
This is a cherry tree.
1426
01:23:47.147 --> 01:23:51.068
So was that, that, that,
that, that, and that.
1427
01:23:52.277 --> 01:23:54.947
You'll see, like, pictures
of Japan and, like,
1428
01:23:54.947 --> 01:23:56.156
their cherry
blossoms and stuff,
1429
01:23:56.156 --> 01:23:58.575
that's what I had
in my backyard.
1430
01:23:58.575 --> 01:24:00.202
And then I have
the running creek.
1431
01:24:00.202 --> 01:24:02.162
I would just sit out here.
1432
01:24:02.162 --> 01:24:04.081
Like, right around here.
1433
01:24:04.081 --> 01:24:07.125
I had a deck right there,
so I would sit there, too.
1434
01:24:07.125 --> 01:24:09.962
And my property was
like pure serenity.
1435
01:24:12.714 --> 01:24:15.259
I loved Paradise.
1436
01:24:15.259 --> 01:24:17.135
Paradise is my true home.
1437
01:24:17.135 --> 01:24:19.137
I'm going to move
back up here.
1438
01:24:19.137 --> 01:24:21.640
I'm going to rebuild on
this property right here.
1439
01:24:21.640 --> 01:24:24.935
And I want to
raise my kids here.
1440
01:24:25.352 --> 01:24:28.230
By that time, Paradise
will be what it used to be,
1441
01:24:28.855 --> 01:24:32.025
and even more beautiful.
1442
01:24:43.078 --> 01:24:45.163
JODY (over PA): On behalf
of the town council and staff,
1443
01:24:45.163 --> 01:24:48.500
I'd like to welcome everyone
here this morning to this very
1444
01:24:48.500 --> 01:24:50.586
important milestone event.
1445
01:24:58.594 --> 01:25:04.016
MELISSA (over PA): It is
so important to remember
we aren't alone in this.
1446
01:25:05.100 --> 01:25:09.146
As we rebuild our
lives, we begin to heal.
1447
01:25:12.691 --> 01:25:18.155
And as we heal, we feel
ourselves rising from the
1448
01:25:18.155 --> 01:25:20.407
ashes like the phoenix.
1449
01:25:22.618 --> 01:25:25.120
That we will survive,
1450
01:25:26.163 --> 01:25:30.709
thrive and together we
will create a beautiful
and lasting community.
1451
01:25:37.007 --> 01:25:38.467
MELISSA (over PA): And
if that's not Paradise,
1452
01:25:38.467 --> 01:25:41.219
I don't know what is.
1453
01:25:41.970 --> 01:25:43.430
GROUP: We're from Paradise,
couldn't be prouder.
1454
01:25:43.430 --> 01:25:45.974
If you can't hear us,
we'll yell a little louder.
1455
01:25:46.850 --> 01:25:49.895
ANNOUNCER (over PA):
Touchdown Paradise!
1456
01:25:59.404 --> 01:26:02.866
STUDENT: Today is the
last day to donate to
the Alabama fundraiser.
1457
01:26:02.866 --> 01:26:05.452
So, if you guys have any
last minute donations,
1458
01:26:05.452 --> 01:26:07.537
put them in super‐fast.
1459
01:26:08.038 --> 01:26:11.375
STUDENT 2: We heard about
tornados that hit Alabama,
1460
01:26:11.375 --> 01:26:15.379
and we decided it'd
be nice to show them
the support that we got.
1461
01:26:16.672 --> 01:26:18.924
STUDENT: Before I'd see
the news and I'd be like,
1462
01:26:18.924 --> 01:26:20.300
oh, that's really sad.
1463
01:26:20.300 --> 01:26:23.345
Like, I hope that they
can get help and stuff.
1464
01:26:23.345 --> 01:26:25.305
But now I see the news
and I'm like, oh my gosh,
1465
01:26:25.305 --> 01:26:26.848
I need to help them.
1466
01:26:26.848 --> 01:26:29.851
STUDENT 2: We understand
the feeling, so...
1467
01:26:29.851 --> 01:26:31.937
STUDENT: Yeah.
1468
01:26:31.937 --> 01:26:34.106
REPORTER (over TV):
Beauregard, Alabama.
1469
01:26:34.106 --> 01:26:35.315
MAN: Oh my God.
1470
01:26:35.315 --> 01:26:37.275
REPORTER (over TV): It is
the worst tornado outbreak
1471
01:26:37.275 --> 01:26:39.361
the United States
in nearly six years.
1472
01:26:39.861 --> 01:26:43.156
WOMAN (over TV): Dorian is
now one of the most powerful
hurricanes in history.
1473
01:26:43.156 --> 01:26:44.991
WOMAN 2 (over TV):
Cape Town could become the
1474
01:26:44.991 --> 01:26:46.952
first major city
to run out of water.
1475
01:26:46.952 --> 01:26:48.704
MAN (over TV):
Floodwaters in Bangladesh,
1476
01:26:48.704 --> 01:26:51.373
India and Nepal has left
tens of thousands stranded.
1477
01:26:51.373 --> 01:26:53.333
WOMAN (over TV): Flames
devoured seaside resort towns
1478
01:26:53.333 --> 01:26:55.168
along Greece's eastern coast.
1479
01:26:55.168 --> 01:26:56.920
MAN (over TV):
More than a million
Japanese people have
1480
01:26:56.920 --> 01:26:58.255
been advised to
leave their homes.
1481
01:26:58.255 --> 01:27:00.298
WOMAN (over TV):
We are dealing with
record breaking floods.
1482
01:27:00.298 --> 01:27:02.300
MAN (over TV):
For the first time the
threat level across Sydney
1483
01:27:02.300 --> 01:27:04.177
was dialed up to catastrophic.
1484
01:27:04.177 --> 01:27:06.012
WOMAN (over TV):
As weather conditions
deteriorated,
1485
01:27:06.012 --> 01:27:09.015
fire after fire
escalated to emergency level.
1486
01:27:17.315 --> 01:27:23.029
♪ ♪
1487
01:27:28.410 --> 01:27:31.621
[“River Cross” by Pearl Jam].
1488
01:27:42.215 --> 01:27:45.761
♪ ♪
1489
01:27:45.761 --> 01:27:50.682
♪ I always thought
I'd cross that river ♪
1490
01:27:53.393 --> 01:27:58.398
♪ The other side, distant now ♪
1491
01:28:01.318 --> 01:28:06.907
♪ As I got close it
turned and widened ♪
1492
01:28:09.326 --> 01:28:12.412
♪ Horizon now, fading out ♪
1493
01:28:14.748 --> 01:28:16.333
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