There is also overgrown brush everywhere. Nearby those lines, there's a mobile home with a layer of pine needles and duff several inches thick on its roof. "If there were another fire, how would anybody know at say two o'clock in the morning," Waller says. Magalia resident Tammy Waller says it's unbelievable that even after the deadliest wildfire in California history was ignited by PG&E's faulty equipment, there are still power lines in her neighborhood perilously close to dense strands of trees and brush.Įveryone's cable, Internet and cell phones went dark for the most part.
Folks here recently had their power shut off for six days amid the bankrupt utility PG&E's new controversial safety plan. Near her neighborhood one afternoon, she pointed up to power lines still mingling low among dense stands of trees and branches. It now sits next to her front door as a permanent fixture alongside her dog crates should she need to evacuate again. One of the first things Waller did when she moved back into her neighborhood in Magalia above Paradise was pack a go-bag with camping gear. "The clean up has been way ahead of what I ever thought it would be," Waller says.
Tammy Waller is one of the rare people up here whose home survived the fire. The demolished Safeway shopping center is finally cleared. So are the burnt cars that lined the roads giving it an apocalyptic feel. Most of the toxic debris piles are now gone. Crews had to remove twice as much debris here as what was left from the twin towers after Sept. National Paradise Bobcats Football Team Gives California Town Hope After Firesīut there is progress here. The population went from about 26,000 to an estimated 3,000 today. and a metropolitan area and of course we should rebuild, but because we're a small town in the mountains we shouldn't," Jones asks. "So what is the difference, is it because it's in L.A. In her view, no one in Southern California seems to raise the question about rebuilding in high risk zones after fires like the recent Getty Fire in Los Angeles that forced thousands to evacuate. Should towns like this built into dense overgrown dry forests where the homes themselves become ignition sources, be rebuilt in an era of climate change? Some people died while trying to evacuate in the gridlock.īut is all this enough? The Camp Fire continues to prompt some tough questions. They're also looking to reconfigure some streets for better escape routes. That includes no more wood decks or fences and expanded setbacks between homes and flammable material. Jones says the town has passed some new, tougher building codes. National Rethinking Disaster Recovery After A California Town Is Leveled By Wildfire
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