The Fire

In the night like a dark, smoke of winter, there was a cold in the room that ghosts were quietly walking around. Suddenly, there was a faint rumble as the drum was struck in the distance. The noise began to grow louder sooner than it sounded until all the hearing became hearing loss noises. Along the street people in the house encountered the robe, witnessed the roar of fire, gathered together destroying the house of the nearby family.

Long-term drought in California changed the fire. Since 1932, the National fire station's Cal Fire has been tracking and deploying fire: the most devastating are the number of destroyed buildings, fatal damage due to the loss of the most human lives, and the greatest fire is. Of the 20 largest fires they listed, 65% of the fires have occurred since 2000 and the second and third fires have occurred since the beginning of the current drought. Two fires in 2015, Buttefire and Valley Fire are the most devastating and most deadly list. Many of the fires that occurred in northern California in early October were two lists, nearly 6,000 homes were destroyed and 43 houses were destroyed.

Like the Butte, the Valley Fire did not become the top 20 list of Cal fires, but since the agency began to save records in 1932, it is the third most devastating wildfire in California. In a few days Valley Fire wiped out about 2,000 buildings, of which 1,307 houses were houses. The Red Cross established evacuation centers in the Twin Pine Casino in Middletown. There, more than 13,000 people evacuated due to a volley fire. The hotel in this area is so fast that when Mo and Kate can not return home, they have no place to go to the Lake District. Instead, they lived in the south of San Rafael for 2 hours with their friends.

After Valley Fire Mo and Kate began using their insurance and tried to understand the other resources they could use, from FEMA to the Red Cross loan from FEMA to the Small Business Association. Working hard solely to view these materials and submit insurance claims is a full-time job, unraveling many bureaucracy. For example, during the Rocky Mountain Fire, Kate expanded its insurance coverage to 150% of the refund. But as they know, an extra 50% will only work when rebuilt. Because there are so many decisions, it is difficult to decide the next step, but by December 2015, Mo and Kate will stay in Lake County three months after Valley Fire and start over from the beginning I was convinced. The communities they have, the extent and depth of their support, will become clear after the quake, they do not want to leave