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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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00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:18,147
This was going to happen.
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00:23:18,147 --> 00:23:20,774
Everything lined up perfectly
that day for this to happen.
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00:23:22,443 --> 00:23:23,861
KEN:
Things are changing.
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Firefighters are living
climate change, they're,
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00:23:26,155 --> 00:23:29,241
it's staring them in
the face every day.
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00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:32,202
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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00:24:05,152 --> 00:24:07,988
from Pacific Gas
& Electric Company.
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00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:10,282
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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00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:15,955
be shut off as a
preventative thing.
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00:24:17,206 --> 00:24:19,959
It was not.
And then we had a fire.
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00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,712
WOMAN (over TV): We have
confirmed PG&E experienced a
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00:24:23,712 --> 00:24:26,924
problem minutes before
the blaze broke out.
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00:24:26,924 --> 00:24:29,510
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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00:24:37,601 --> 00:24:41,772
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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00:24:50,072 --> 00:24:51,824
board of directors.
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00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:54,451
I should make these into
thank you cards and make one
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00:24:54,451 --> 00:24:56,161
for each one of them.
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00:24:56,495 --> 00:25:00,374
I just wanted to show them
and say, hey, here's my house.
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00:25:00,749 --> 00:25:02,918
That's my home on
November 10th, you know?
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00:25:02,918 --> 00:25:04,920
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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00:25:12,011 --> 00:25:13,220
I have lived there
my whole life.
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00:25:13,220 --> 00:25:15,055
So that's a really big deal.
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00:25:15,055 --> 00:25:17,850
But I want them to know
really how hard it is.
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00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:20,019
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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00:25:24,314 --> 00:25:26,525
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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00:25:32,072 --> 00:25:35,701
how I did stuff and
how my daughter did stuff
that is completely gone.
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00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:40,247
After the fire, I went back
and digging through our place.
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00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:44,918
This is all the stuff
that survived the fire.
433
00:25:44,918 --> 00:25:47,254
My John Wayne shot glass,
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00:25:47,254 --> 00:25:51,425
I probably had 70 different
unique shot glasses.
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00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,635
And only one survived,
and it was John Wayne,
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00:25:53,635 --> 00:25:54,887
which makes me happy,
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00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:56,472
because I just think
that he should have
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been the one to survive.
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00:26:01,852 --> 00:26:04,563
I miss my family.
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00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:07,107
And I miss my home.
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My entire family
lived in Paradise.
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00:26:16,492 --> 00:26:19,578
34 people.
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00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:21,663
Aunts, uncles, cousins.
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00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:24,416
Brothers, mom,
dad, grandparents.
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00:26:24,958 --> 00:26:28,045
Every single one of
them lost their home.
446
00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:32,257
We rented and we did not
have renter's insurance.
447
00:26:34,051 --> 00:26:37,262
There's no rental anywhere
because all of Butte County
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00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:38,972
was filled right after the fire.
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00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:41,892
JUSTIN: I knew I had
to get back to work,
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00:26:41,892 --> 00:26:45,479
and so a trailer seemed like it
was going to be the best option.
451
00:26:45,479 --> 00:26:48,524
So I just went and
took out a loan.
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00:26:48,524 --> 00:26:51,860
It's more expensive for
me to live in this tiny box
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00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:54,238
than it was for me to live in
a two‐bedroom, two‐bath house.
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00:26:57,908 --> 00:26:59,284
I'm done with California.
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00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,328
If it wasn't for
Kayla and her family,
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00:27:01,328 --> 00:27:03,580
we'd probably be gone.
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00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:15,801
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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00:27:19,555 --> 00:27:22,391
And probably there will be a
significant number of people
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who don't rebuild in Paradise.
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00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:28,188
You know, it's hard not to
take it personally, right?
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00:27:28,188 --> 00:27:31,233
Because I represent the
community and I know the
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00:27:31,233 --> 00:27:33,694
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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00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:49,334
WOMAN (over PA): You know,
don't we have a responsibility
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00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:51,253
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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00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:54,339
Is there a point
at which we say,
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00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:55,966
“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,
474
00:27:57,551 --> 00:27:59,678
because it's just going
to be too dangerous?”
475
00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:01,597
Have you thought about that?
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00:28:01,930 --> 00:28:03,640
JAMES (over PA): Should
we deprioritize places that
477
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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00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:13,358
can build in this state.
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00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:15,903
Understand this
about Paradise,
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00:28:15,903 --> 00:28:18,572
the overwhelming majority of
people moved there because
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00:28:18,572 --> 00:28:22,159
they wanted to, not
because they had to.
484
00:28:22,576 --> 00:28:25,245
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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