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"content": "\u003cp>An unusual staffing structure, poor communication and an interagency rivalry led a group of firefighters to get trapped and burned while fighting the Mendocino Complex Fire in August 2018, according to \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5734195/Mendocino-Complex-Entrapment-Facilitated.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new report\u003c/a> out from the U.S. Forest Service, Cal Fire and the Los Angeles Fire Department. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six firefighters — one from Cal Fire and the others from the LAFD — were performing firing operations, burning vegetation between the fire and a dozer line, on Aug. 19, 2018. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many of them were confused about what exactly their task was and who was in charge. They were also unfamiliar with the part of the fire they were battling and were concerned that they couldn’t identify escape routes if things went south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several firefighters involved thought, “What are we doing? Why are we burning?” according to the \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5734195/Mendocino-Complex-Entrapment-Facilitated.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a>. The “bad feeling” they had about their assignment turned to reality as the fire jumped the dozer line and came toward them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Conditions changed rapidly as a crown fire exploded around them,” according to the report. “Trees ignited instantaneously from the bottom to 100-foot flame lengths stretching off the tops. It went from daylight to pitch black night instantly. Embers and ash swirled around them. The roar of the fire silenced everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One firefighter surveyed the scene and thought, “Man this is where we are going to die. This is how it ends. We are going to be vaporized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11725134\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 669px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Entrapment-site.png\" alt=\"An illustration from the report of the site where the six firefighters were trapped on Aug. 19, 2018, during the Mendocino Complex Fire.\" width=\"669\" height=\"366\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11725134\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Entrapment-site.png 669w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/Entrapment-site-160x88.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration from the report of the site where the six firefighters were trapped on Aug. 19, 2018, during the Mendocino Complex Fire.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the time, the group was unable to communicate with other firefighters or incident command. The firefighters dropped their tools and ran through unburned vegetation away from the fire. One firefighter tripped over a debris pile, and supplies fell out of his pack. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He had no idea where anyone was but ash was raining down,” the report said. “He felt the heat of the fire on his back, jumped up, ran a few more steps, and fell again. He scrambled up again and kept running.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group eventually made it to a road and was picked up by other firefighters. They all suffered burn injuries, and two had to be hospitalized. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this time, the Mendocino Complex Fire was already the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1934332/the-largest-deadliest-and-most-destructive-fires-in-california-history\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">largest\u003c/a> in modern California history. But it was still competing for resources with several other large fires burning throughout the state, including the Carr and Ferguson fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lack of resources on the Mendocino Complex pushed fire officials to make the unusual decision of combining a Cal Fire incident management team and a Forest Service incident management team. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But working together did not always go smoothly, according to the report. 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"content": "\u003cp>For the past few years, around Thanksgiving time, I made the trek up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/mendocino/home\">Mendocino National Forest\u003c/a> from the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I went back up there recently with my boyfriend. He was the first person to take me camping in that forest about three years ago. Back then, I was pretty new to California and hadn’t done anything really outdoorsy since I was kid. But I moved to the Bay Area because of its beauty, and Mendocino was new and exciting to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We drove down red-clay dirt roads, through quiet green meadows surrounded by tall mountains and found a clearing in a secluded part of the woods to camp. We also began a new tradition for us: cutting down one of the forest’s small pine trees to use as a Christmas tree at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, I’ve been to this forest at least half a dozen times. I’ve solo camped. I've taken friends and family. I even got my car stuck out there once on an off-highway vehicle road and had to backpack 12 miles to the forest’s main road where I eventually hitchhiked to the town of Upper Lake. That’s a story for another time. You could say I’ve had some real California experiences there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I felt crushed this past summer when I first heard that Mendocino National Forest was on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707913\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mendocino Complex fire is the largest wildfire in California's history, but not the most destructive because it mostly burned inside of national forest. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the course of days, and then weeks, I saw the Mendocino Complex Fire slowly consume parts of the forest I knew well: the main road we first drove down, the hiking trail at Deafy Glade, and my favorite campground, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mendocino/recarea/?recid=25142\">Letts Lake\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mendocino Complex Fire ended up becoming the largest wildfire on record in California. It burned more than 450,000 acres. To give you some perspective, that’s about the size of all of Contra Costa County. Most of this massive wildfire burned inside of Mendocino National Forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But last month a small part of the forest that was in the fire zone reopened to the public. On the first free weekend I had off, my boyfriend and I drove up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Returning to the Fire Zone\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We enter on the Southwestern end of the forest, near the town of Potter Valley. It’s a place we've been to before and it largely looks the same. The forest floor is covered in dry, golden grass and the Manzanita, oak trees and baby pines that line the road seem alive and well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We pass the old Soda Creek Store, where I once tried to pet the store owner’s dog, and the one dirt landing strip of the Gravelly Valley Airport. We stop at one of the only open campgrounds to eat lunch and look at the map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We settle on trying out some new areas of the forest we’ve never been to before: Little Round Mountain and Hull Mountain. And after gathering our bearings, we head north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707915\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707915\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parts of the forest near Lake Pillsbury show signs of the wildfire. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not long before we see the forest has changed. We drive across what looked like a fire break where bushes and trees had been cut down, lying on the side of the road. And then we pass an entire section of forest where the trees look like black sticks. Some of them still have shriveled up, burned leaves on them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's eerie and sad to see a large part of the forest like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as we start to climb up Hull Mountain things begin to change. The fire didn't get this far, and I can't stop commenting on just how beautiful the landscape is. It’s fall, so the dark-green mountainside is dotted with patches of red and yellow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We drive to the peak, where it's windy and get out to take in the view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildfire burn scars around Lake Pillsbury are easily seen from the peak of Hull Mountain. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The view here is breathtaking. I can see nearly all of what the fire took away, but I also see what's left, too: miles of gorgeous, untouched wilderness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was heartbreaking to see parts of the forest I love blackened and dead. But if it wasn't for the wildfire, I never would have discovered the beauty that the rest of Mendocino National Forest has to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there's one thing I know for sure from reporting on wildfires, it's that the natural landscape that burned in the forest, the places that I hold dear, will come back healthier and stronger.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For the past few years, around Thanksgiving time, I made the trek up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/mendocino/home\">Mendocino National Forest\u003c/a> from the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I went back up there recently with my boyfriend. He was the first person to take me camping in that forest about three years ago. Back then, I was pretty new to California and hadn’t done anything really outdoorsy since I was kid. But I moved to the Bay Area because of its beauty, and Mendocino was new and exciting to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We drove down red-clay dirt roads, through quiet green meadows surrounded by tall mountains and found a clearing in a secluded part of the woods to camp. We also began a new tradition for us: cutting down one of the forest’s small pine trees to use as a Christmas tree at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, I’ve been to this forest at least half a dozen times. I’ve solo camped. I've taken friends and family. I even got my car stuck out there once on an off-highway vehicle road and had to backpack 12 miles to the forest’s main road where I eventually hitchhiked to the town of Upper Lake. That’s a story for another time. You could say I’ve had some real California experiences there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I felt crushed this past summer when I first heard that Mendocino National Forest was on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707913\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34047_IMG_1554-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mendocino Complex fire is the largest wildfire in California's history, but not the most destructive because it mostly burned inside of national forest. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the course of days, and then weeks, I saw the Mendocino Complex Fire slowly consume parts of the forest I knew well: the main road we first drove down, the hiking trail at Deafy Glade, and my favorite campground, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mendocino/recarea/?recid=25142\">Letts Lake\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mendocino Complex Fire ended up becoming the largest wildfire on record in California. It burned more than 450,000 acres. To give you some perspective, that’s about the size of all of Contra Costa County. Most of this massive wildfire burned inside of Mendocino National Forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But last month a small part of the forest that was in the fire zone reopened to the public. On the first free weekend I had off, my boyfriend and I drove up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Returning to the Fire Zone\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We enter on the Southwestern end of the forest, near the town of Potter Valley. It’s a place we've been to before and it largely looks the same. The forest floor is covered in dry, golden grass and the Manzanita, oak trees and baby pines that line the road seem alive and well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We pass the old Soda Creek Store, where I once tried to pet the store owner’s dog, and the one dirt landing strip of the Gravelly Valley Airport. We stop at one of the only open campgrounds to eat lunch and look at the map.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We settle on trying out some new areas of the forest we’ve never been to before: Little Round Mountain and Hull Mountain. And after gathering our bearings, we head north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707915\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707915\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34044_IMG_1693-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parts of the forest near Lake Pillsbury show signs of the wildfire. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not long before we see the forest has changed. We drive across what looked like a fire break where bushes and trees had been cut down, lying on the side of the road. And then we pass an entire section of forest where the trees look like black sticks. Some of them still have shriveled up, burned leaves on them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's eerie and sad to see a large part of the forest like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as we start to climb up Hull Mountain things begin to change. The fire didn't get this far, and I can't stop commenting on just how beautiful the landscape is. It’s fall, so the dark-green mountainside is dotted with patches of red and yellow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We drive to the peak, where it's windy and get out to take in the view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34040_IMG_1667-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildfire burn scars around Lake Pillsbury are easily seen from the peak of Hull Mountain. \u003ccite>(Tiffany Camhi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The view here is breathtaking. I can see nearly all of what the fire took away, but I also see what's left, too: miles of gorgeous, untouched wilderness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was heartbreaking to see parts of the forest I love blackened and dead. But if it wasn't for the wildfire, I never would have discovered the beauty that the rest of Mendocino National Forest has to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there's one thing I know for sure from reporting on wildfires, it's that the natural landscape that burned in the forest, the places that I hold dear, will come back healthier and stronger.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 7:50 a.m. 10/3/18 \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A private contractor helping the U.S. Forest Service do repair work at the scene of the largest California wildfire on record was killed last week in a vehicle collision, authorities revealed Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeremy Lee Appleyard of Oroville died on Thursday after the pickup truck he was driving rolled off a hill from a road in the Mendocino National Forest, said Todd James, the Glenn County chief deputy coroner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Appleyard, 43, was driving eastbound on a dirt road in the forest near the community of Elk Creek, west of Willows, when his 1996 GMC 1500 rolled down a steep embankment, according to the California Highway Patrol, which is investigating the crash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He \"made an unsafe turn to the left and allowed his vehicle to leave the roadway,\" the CHP's summary of the incident said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Highway Patrol said the truck rolled over several times and Appleyard, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the truck and died as a result of the collision at 5:10 p.m. on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James said Appleyard had been missing for a couple of days, and federal officials involved in the Mendocino Complex Fire work had put out a \"be on the lookout\" alert to help find him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Appleyard's body was found on Saturday, almost exactly 48 hours after the crash, according to the CHP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Appleyard was \"assigned to fire suppression repair work\" in the national forest, federal officials said in a news release Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The driver of the vehicle was part of the log removal process,\" Punky Moore, a spokeswoman for the Mendocino National Forest, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Appleyard worked for Oroville-based J.W. Bamford Logging, according to the coroner's office. Representatives of the company did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the days-long search for Appleyard and the work his company was contracted to do for the forest service, Moore said she did not have any further information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bamford Logging is licensed and authorized to conduct forest tree cutting and removal operations, according to a Cal Fire \u003ca href=\"http://calfire.ca.gov/resource_mgt/downloads/LTO/Valid_LTO_List.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workplace regulators are not investigating the death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Polizzi, a spokesman for California's Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), said because the crash took place in a national forest, it's outside of the state's jurisdiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leo Kay, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Labor, said the crash was not work related, noting that Applegate crashed his personal vehicle after hours, so federal OSHA investigators did not plan to look into the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applegate's death is the second fatality involving someone working the Mendocino Complex Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11692486/firefighters-death-in-mendocino-complex-fire-caused-by-retardant-drop-from-747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Burchett\u003c/a>, a 42-year-old battalion chief from Utah, was killed on Aug. 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crash also marks the fourth death of a contractor working a wildfire in California in the last two years and just the second in the last several months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11691498/firm-that-employed-dozer-operator-killed-in-carr-fire-lacked-required-insurance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Ray Smith\u003c/a>, an 81-year-old bulldozer operator from El Dorado County, was killed in the massive Carr Fire on July 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11636192/chp-blames-bad-brakes-for-crash-that-killed-water-tender-driver-in-north-bay-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garrett Paiz\u003c/a>, a 38-year-old water tender driver from Missouri, was killed during last October's North Bay fires when the water tender he was driving crashed in Napa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11628474/a-1960s-law-blocks-firefighting-contractors-from-suing-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Reagan\u003c/a>, a 35-year-old bulldozer operator from Fresno County, was killed during the Soberanes Fire in Big Sur in July 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post was updated to include information from state and federal workplace regulators. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A firefighter battling the largest wildfire in state history was killed last month when thousands of gallons of flame-suppressing liquid were dropped from a Boeing 747 mistakenly flying only 100 feet above the treetops, according to an \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/FireReports/2018_GreenSheets/CA-MEU-009504%20Firefighter%20Injuries%20and%20Fatality.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official report Friday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pilot and a supervisor flying ahead in a small guide plane led the giant modified jetliner nearly into the trees on Aug. 13 because the pilots failed to recognize that there was a hill in the flight path, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/FireReports/2018_GreenSheets/CA-MEU-009504%20Firefighter%20Injuries%20and%20Fatality.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Sheet report\u003c/a> by Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the near ground-level release, the retardant struck with such force it uprooted an 87-foot Douglas fir that fell on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11687816/firefighter-killed-in-mendocino-blaze-died-following-retardant-drop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Burchett\u003c/a>, a 42-year-old battalion chief from Utah helping with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11686818/fatality-in-mendocino-complex-fire-adds-to-deadly-month-for-california-firefighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mendocino Complex Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another large tree was snapped by the force of nearly 20,000 gallons of liquid and three firefighters were injured, one seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The guide pilot “made a ‘show me’ run” for the 747 pilot over the intended path for the retardant drop, and marked the path for the jet with a smoke trail, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obscured by heavy vegetation and unknown to the (747) pilot, a rise in elevation occurred along the flight path.” The sloped was so abrupt that the jumbo jet almost skimmed the treetops as it made its drop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11692509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11692509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation.png\" alt=\"An illustration of the sequence of events that led to a Boeing 747 flying 100 feet above the treetops while releasing a load of fire retardant. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1454\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-160x121.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-800x606.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-1020x772.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-1200x909.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-1180x894.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-960x727.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-240x182.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-375x284.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-520x394.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration of the sequence of events that led to a Boeing 747 flying 100 feet above the treetops while releasing a load of fire retardant. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Cal Fire)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The guide planes have two people aboard, a pilot and an “air tactical supervisor.” California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Mike Mohler could not immediately say if either would face investigation or discipline for not identifying the hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The retardant drops were intended to help secure a fire break cut through the trees by a bulldozer to stop advancing flames. Burchett and the other three firefighters were working on the hill next to the firebreak when the drop was announced over a radio and firefighters were told to “clear the area out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The four did not respond to the warning, though the report says that “when personnel are working under a tree canopy, supervisors must ensure the drop path is cleared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is not uncommon to have firefighters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1917448/after-wildfires-what-happens-to-fire-retardant-soaked-crops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under retardant drops\u003c/a>, Mohler said, though he could not say if the four firefighters knew they were in the flight path or why they didn’t acknowledge or act on the radioed warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have ground troops under aircraft, it’s not unusual at all. It’s part of what we teach,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A firefighter who can’t move out of the way is trained to lie spread-eagled, face down, toward the oncoming aircraft, one hand holding the top of the helmet as it takes the brunt of the impact from the falling slurry and air turbulence that can threaten to lift a firefighter off the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burchett, a suburban Salt Lake City firefighter, was crushed by the uprooted tree, while the others were stuck by falling tree debris. Two had deep muscle contusions and ligament damage. One also suffered broken ribs, while the fourth firefighter had scratches and abrasions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report warns that some firefighters have used their cellphones to record retardant drops, which can be distracting and harm their ability to recognize the danger and take evasive action. But it does not say if any of the four injured firefighters was taking video at the time.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obscured by heavy vegetation and unknown to the (747) pilot, a rise in elevation occurred along the flight path.” The sloped was so abrupt that the jumbo jet almost skimmed the treetops as it made its drop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11692509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11692509\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation.png\" alt=\"An illustration of the sequence of events that led to a Boeing 747 flying 100 feet above the treetops while releasing a load of fire retardant. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1454\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-160x121.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-800x606.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-1020x772.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-1200x909.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-1180x894.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-960x727.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-240x182.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-375x284.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/greensheetelevation-520x394.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration of the sequence of events that led to a Boeing 747 flying 100 feet above the treetops while releasing a load of fire retardant. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Cal Fire)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The guide planes have two people aboard, a pilot and an “air tactical supervisor.” California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Mike Mohler could not immediately say if either would face investigation or discipline for not identifying the hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The retardant drops were intended to help secure a fire break cut through the trees by a bulldozer to stop advancing flames. Burchett and the other three firefighters were working on the hill next to the firebreak when the drop was announced over a radio and firefighters were told to “clear the area out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The four did not respond to the warning, though the report says that “when personnel are working under a tree canopy, supervisors must ensure the drop path is cleared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is not uncommon to have firefighters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1917448/after-wildfires-what-happens-to-fire-retardant-soaked-crops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under retardant drops\u003c/a>, Mohler said, though he could not say if the four firefighters knew they were in the flight path or why they didn’t acknowledge or act on the radioed warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have ground troops under aircraft, it’s not unusual at all. It’s part of what we teach,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A firefighter who can’t move out of the way is trained to lie spread-eagled, face down, toward the oncoming aircraft, one hand holding the top of the helmet as it takes the brunt of the impact from the falling slurry and air turbulence that can threaten to lift a firefighter off the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burchett, a suburban Salt Lake City firefighter, was crushed by the uprooted tree, while the others were stuck by falling tree debris. Two had deep muscle contusions and ligament damage. One also suffered broken ribs, while the fourth firefighter had scratches and abrasions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report warns that some firefighters have used their cellphones to record retardant drops, which can be distracting and harm their ability to recognize the danger and take evasive action. But it does not say if any of the four injured firefighters was taking video at the time.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]W[/dropcap]endy and Norm Alvarez had a unique living arrangement, which they depended on because Wendy has MS and can’t work. Norm is a carpenter and had taken care of an antique dealer’s house for years. The place was on a scrubby country road on the outskirts of Redding. It had a workshop where Norm did small jobs for other clients, and it had an in-law unit. Two years ago Norm and Wendy moved in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an ideal setup, one that they thought would carry them into a fairly comfortable retirement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was peaceful and quiet to sit out here in the evening with all the trees and birds and animals,” Wendy said, “We had a good life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a month ago, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/carr-fire/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carr Fire\u003c/a> forced Norm and Wendy to evacuate. The next day they were watching the news and saw footage of their neighborhood. Some of the houses were untouched. Theirs was completely destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly everything they owned was burned. Wendy said she felt like suddenly they might never recover financially. And she’s right. They might not. The set back has been tremendous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691136\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-800x588.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy and Norm Alvarez lost their home to the Carr Fire earlier this summer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691136\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-800x588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-1020x750.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-1200x883.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-1180x868.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-960x706.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-240x177.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-375x276.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-520x382.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy and Norm Alvarez lost their home to the Carr Fire earlier this summer. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not only did they lose their possessions, their affordable living situation and Norm’s caretaking arrangement, they also lost what Norm used to make money: his tools. All he has left is a drill, which happened to be in his truck when they fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many who lost homes in these fires, the couple did not have renters insurance. For the first time in their lives they had to ask for help. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Financially we are in a position we haven’t had to be in,” Wendy said, “It’s been very uncomfortable to humble yourself to ask for help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the immediate aftermath of the fire, organizations like the Red Cross, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and the Lion’s Club gave them some money for food and clothes. FEMA helped cover a few months rent. Right now they’re splitting rent on an apartment with other fire survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It strips you from the inside out. It doesn’t leave you feeling like you have any value.’\u003ccite>Wendy Alvarez\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“None of us know which direction we’re going to go,” Wendy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy and Norm need to start generating income. They’re trying to scrape together money to buy Norm tools so he can get some work helping others rebuild. All their loss has made it hard for them to even think about a long-term plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It strips you from the inside out,” Wendy said, “It doesn’t leave you feeling like you have any value. You don’t have any hope left to go forward. I am a godly woman, so I ask God every day, ‘give me the strength.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires, like all natural disasters, disproportionately affect those who are low income. They often lack insurance and resources to rebuild or move elsewhere. The effects on families quickly add up for a community. You can see that with all the fires that have hit Shasta and surrounding counties in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/natural-disasters-by-location-rich-leave-and-poor-get-poorer/\">A paper published\u003c/a> in the National Bureau of Economic Research analyzed 90 years of natural disaster data. It found that major catastrophes increase a county’s poverty rate — the percentage of people living below the poverty line — by an average of 1 percent. That’s because disasters encourage those who are well off to leave, and it makes those with low income poorer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a disturbing reality for the counties hit by wildfires this summer. Many of them are already struggling with above-average poverty rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-800x541.jpg\" alt=\"The fire completely destroyed Norm's workshop along with all of his tools.\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691147\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-800x541.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-1200x811.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-1180x798.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-960x649.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-375x254.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-520x352.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fire completely destroyed Norm’s workshop along with all of his tools. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Shasta County, where Wendy and Norm live, the percentage of people living below the poverty line is 17.5 percent. To the south, in Mendocino, it’s close to 20 percent. Next door in Lake County it’s 25 percent. These counties have been pounded by wildfires since the drought that began in 2011. Take Lake County for instance. Well over half of it has burned since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this year, the Carr and Mendocino Complex Fires destroyed over 1,300 homes. Many of those who lost their homes may never fully rebound financially. Good jobs and affordable housing are hard to replace in rural Northern California. Losing a home can destabilize a family for years or even generations. Many fire survivors from previous years are still in limbo, like John and Ellen Brackett.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689006/the-shrunken-california-dream-just-keeping-a-place-to-live\">The Shrunken California Dream: Just Keeping a Place to Live\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689006/the-shrunken-california-dream-just-keeping-a-place-to-live\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Florida-St-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>John and Ellen’s house in Mendocino County burned in the fires last October. They lost everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple had two acres that John’s grandparents had bought. They lived on the property with their two children. The place was all paid for, they just needed to cover taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property was filled with three generations of stuff: tools, trailers and lots of motorbikes. John only saved his Harley, on which he road away from the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Wendy and Norm, the couple had no insurance. Ellen said it was complicated and expensive because they had so much stuff on the property. After the fires, FEMA gave them $21,000. It didn’t go very far. Ellen said they used almost all of the money just to fix their well and get drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They needed the well on their property to get a FEMA trailer, which they’re still living in. They have been in the trailer since February. Ellen said they aren’t allowed to tack pictures to the walls. The walls are bare except for one small photo of the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-800x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen and John Brackett had a collection of antique coins that was destroyed by the fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691141\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-800x576.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-1020x734.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-1200x864.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-1180x849.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-960x691.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-240x173.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-375x270.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-520x374.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellen and John Brackett had a collection of antique coins that was destroyed by the fire. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The family has no real savings. Ellen has a job doing in-home care. John was a sheetrocker. But a motorcycle accident and years of hanging drywall destroyed his shoulder. He just had surgery, and is in a sling. His doctor told him he’s done with manual labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John said he’s the kind of guy who likes to give help, not receive it. But right now they need help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mendocino, 402 families lost their homes last October. Only one family has rebuilt and moved back in, according to a local organization called \u003ca href=\"https://mendocino-roc.com/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mendocino Rebuilding Our Community\u003c/a>. Around 50 families like the Bracketts are living in FEMA trailers or even tents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You only get a FEMA trailer for 18 months. Ellen and John will lose theirs next April. If they don’t have a home by then, Ellen said they will have to live in a tent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have be done with our plan by April,” Ellen said, “We have to have a place out here. Because my kids, his mom, I mean we can rough it in a tent, but a 15-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 70-year-old? They cannot be in a tent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691151\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-800x597.jpg\" alt=\"Only one coin survived from Ellen and John Brackett's coin collection.\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691151\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-800x597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-1020x761.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-1200x896.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only one coin survived from Ellen and John Brackett’s coin collection. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendocino Rebuilding Our Community estimates it would take around $9 million for everyone to rebuild. The group has raised $3 million. The state plans to start issuing a handful of low or no interest home-building loans. Ellen and John are praying they’re one of the lucky few to get one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hopefully we will get approved,” Ellen said, “and then, we’re just going to slap in a five-bedroom modular, and hopefully get our lives back together. Because this is crazy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the couple’s bedroom they have a large plastic storage tub. In it, John keeps the remains of stuff his family has collected over the years: small antiques, coins, very old guns and knives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The things may not have been worth that much, but it gave Ellen and John a sense of security. They thought they could sell some of this stuff in a pinch. Only one thing survived the fire: a 100-year-old gold dollar coin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This one piece amongst all of this is kind of like a hope,” Ellen said, “There has to be. This can’t be what ends it. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">W\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>endy and Norm Alvarez had a unique living arrangement, which they depended on because Wendy has MS and can’t work. Norm is a carpenter and had taken care of an antique dealer’s house for years. The place was on a scrubby country road on the outskirts of Redding. It had a workshop where Norm did small jobs for other clients, and it had an in-law unit. Two years ago Norm and Wendy moved in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an ideal setup, one that they thought would carry them into a fairly comfortable retirement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was peaceful and quiet to sit out here in the evening with all the trees and birds and animals,” Wendy said, “We had a good life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a month ago, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/carr-fire/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carr Fire\u003c/a> forced Norm and Wendy to evacuate. The next day they were watching the news and saw footage of their neighborhood. Some of the houses were untouched. Theirs was completely destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly everything they owned was burned. Wendy said she felt like suddenly they might never recover financially. And she’s right. They might not. The set back has been tremendous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691136\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-800x588.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy and Norm Alvarez lost their home to the Carr Fire earlier this summer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691136\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-800x588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-1020x750.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-1200x883.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-1180x868.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-960x706.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-240x177.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-375x276.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/WendyAndNorm-520x382.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy and Norm Alvarez lost their home to the Carr Fire earlier this summer. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not only did they lose their possessions, their affordable living situation and Norm’s caretaking arrangement, they also lost what Norm used to make money: his tools. All he has left is a drill, which happened to be in his truck when they fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many who lost homes in these fires, the couple did not have renters insurance. For the first time in their lives they had to ask for help. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Financially we are in a position we haven’t had to be in,” Wendy said, “It’s been very uncomfortable to humble yourself to ask for help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the immediate aftermath of the fire, organizations like the Red Cross, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and the Lion’s Club gave them some money for food and clothes. FEMA helped cover a few months rent. Right now they’re splitting rent on an apartment with other fire survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It strips you from the inside out. It doesn’t leave you feeling like you have any value.’\u003ccite>Wendy Alvarez\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“None of us know which direction we’re going to go,” Wendy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy and Norm need to start generating income. They’re trying to scrape together money to buy Norm tools so he can get some work helping others rebuild. All their loss has made it hard for them to even think about a long-term plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It strips you from the inside out,” Wendy said, “It doesn’t leave you feeling like you have any value. You don’t have any hope left to go forward. I am a godly woman, so I ask God every day, ‘give me the strength.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires, like all natural disasters, disproportionately affect those who are low income. They often lack insurance and resources to rebuild or move elsewhere. The effects on families quickly add up for a community. You can see that with all the fires that have hit Shasta and surrounding counties in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/natural-disasters-by-location-rich-leave-and-poor-get-poorer/\">A paper published\u003c/a> in the National Bureau of Economic Research analyzed 90 years of natural disaster data. It found that major catastrophes increase a county’s poverty rate — the percentage of people living below the poverty line — by an average of 1 percent. That’s because disasters encourage those who are well off to leave, and it makes those with low income poorer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a disturbing reality for the counties hit by wildfires this summer. Many of them are already struggling with above-average poverty rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-800x541.jpg\" alt=\"The fire completely destroyed Norm's workshop along with all of his tools.\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691147\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-800x541.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-1200x811.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-1180x798.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-960x649.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-375x254.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedHome-520x352.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fire completely destroyed Norm’s workshop along with all of his tools. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Shasta County, where Wendy and Norm live, the percentage of people living below the poverty line is 17.5 percent. To the south, in Mendocino, it’s close to 20 percent. Next door in Lake County it’s 25 percent. These counties have been pounded by wildfires since the drought that began in 2011. Take Lake County for instance. Well over half of it has burned since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this year, the Carr and Mendocino Complex Fires destroyed over 1,300 homes. Many of those who lost their homes may never fully rebound financially. Good jobs and affordable housing are hard to replace in rural Northern California. Losing a home can destabilize a family for years or even generations. Many fire survivors from previous years are still in limbo, like John and Ellen Brackett.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689006/the-shrunken-california-dream-just-keeping-a-place-to-live\">The Shrunken California Dream: Just Keeping a Place to Live\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689006/the-shrunken-california-dream-just-keeping-a-place-to-live\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Florida-St-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>John and Ellen’s house in Mendocino County burned in the fires last October. They lost everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple had two acres that John’s grandparents had bought. They lived on the property with their two children. The place was all paid for, they just needed to cover taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property was filled with three generations of stuff: tools, trailers and lots of motorbikes. John only saved his Harley, on which he road away from the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Wendy and Norm, the couple had no insurance. Ellen said it was complicated and expensive because they had so much stuff on the property. After the fires, FEMA gave them $21,000. It didn’t go very far. Ellen said they used almost all of the money just to fix their well and get drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They needed the well on their property to get a FEMA trailer, which they’re still living in. They have been in the trailer since February. Ellen said they aren’t allowed to tack pictures to the walls. The walls are bare except for one small photo of the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-800x576.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen and John Brackett had a collection of antique coins that was destroyed by the fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691141\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-800x576.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-1020x734.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-1200x864.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-1180x849.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-960x691.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-240x173.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-375x270.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/EllenAndJohn-520x374.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellen and John Brackett had a collection of antique coins that was destroyed by the fire. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The family has no real savings. Ellen has a job doing in-home care. John was a sheetrocker. But a motorcycle accident and years of hanging drywall destroyed his shoulder. He just had surgery, and is in a sling. His doctor told him he’s done with manual labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John said he’s the kind of guy who likes to give help, not receive it. But right now they need help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mendocino, 402 families lost their homes last October. Only one family has rebuilt and moved back in, according to a local organization called \u003ca href=\"https://mendocino-roc.com/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mendocino Rebuilding Our Community\u003c/a>. Around 50 families like the Bracketts are living in FEMA trailers or even tents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You only get a FEMA trailer for 18 months. Ellen and John will lose theirs next April. If they don’t have a home by then, Ellen said they will have to live in a tent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have be done with our plan by April,” Ellen said, “We have to have a place out here. Because my kids, his mom, I mean we can rough it in a tent, but a 15-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 70-year-old? They cannot be in a tent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11691151\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-800x597.jpg\" alt=\"Only one coin survived from Ellen and John Brackett's coin collection.\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691151\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-800x597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-1020x761.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-1200x896.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/DestroyedCoins-520x388.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only one coin survived from Ellen and John Brackett’s coin collection. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendocino Rebuilding Our Community estimates it would take around $9 million for everyone to rebuild. The group has raised $3 million. The state plans to start issuing a handful of low or no interest home-building loans. Ellen and John are praying they’re one of the lucky few to get one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hopefully we will get approved,” Ellen said, “and then, we’re just going to slap in a five-bedroom modular, and hopefully get our lives back together. Because this is crazy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the couple’s bedroom they have a large plastic storage tub. In it, John keeps the remains of stuff his family has collected over the years: small antiques, coins, very old guns and knives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The things may not have been worth that much, but it gave Ellen and John a sense of security. They thought they could sell some of this stuff in a pinch. Only one thing survived the fire: a 100-year-old gold dollar coin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This one piece amongst all of this is kind of like a hope,” Ellen said, “There has to be. This can’t be what ends it. There has to be something better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>This summer, many Lake County residents have been living under an almost constant state of evacuation or blanket of smoke from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/northern-california-fires-2018\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wildfires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pawnee Fire scorched more than 15,000 acres, destroyed 22 buildings and forced thousands to evacuate in June and July, and the Mendocino Complex Fire — the state’s largest wildfire on record — is still burning in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this weekend, people in Lake County tried to return to a sense of normalcy at the annual Lake County Fair. Residents wandered past funnel cake stalls, rides and slushie machines, all under skies that are finally clear of smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, an auctioneer auctioned off dozens of animals that local kids had been tending all year as part of the Lake County 4-H Club. Included among them were TLC and Barrow, two pigs raised by Katy Brogan’s son, Robbie Harper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And Bill Coleman who lost three houses bought him,” Brogran said, of one of Robbie’s pigs. “And I was just so touched.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brogan’s family — her son Robbie, husband Rodney Harper and daughter Rebecca Harper — had to evacuate with their pigs during the Pawnee Fire and ended up losing their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the pigs were a great distraction for the kids to keep them from thinking about” the fires, Brogan said. “As much as they lost, they still had this commitment that they had to see through. And I’m just really grateful for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca’s two pigs took first place for their weight class at the fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They worked super hard, and I worked super hard,” Rebecca said. “They did super good for me in the show ring, and I’m happy that my girl will get to breed hopefully for next year’s fair pig.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Brogan sold these t-shirts at the Lake County Fair, with the proceeds going to help wildfire victims.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katy Brogan sold these t-shirts at the Lake County Fair, with the proceeds going to help wildfire victims. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11690117 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"High school senior Rebecca Harper took this photo of her family home after it burned down in the Pawnee Fire. Harper has been competing in 4-H for the past four years, and she had her best year this year despite losing her home in the Pawnee Fire and living under evacuation orders for much of the summer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">High school senior Rebecca Harper took this photo of her family home after it burned down in the Pawnee Fire. Harper has been competing in 4-H for the past four years, and she had her best year this year despite losing her home in the Pawnee Fire and living under evacuation orders for much of the summer. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11690114 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Harper kids' pigs were forced to evacuate twice this summer — once to the animal shelter in Lakeport and then they were forced from that shelter during the Ranch Fire and were relocated to a friend's ranch in Middletown.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32668_Lake-Fair-3-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Harper kids’ pigs were forced to evacuate twice this summer — once to the animal shelter in Lakeport, and then they were forced from that shelter during the Ranch Fire and were relocated to a friend’s ranch in Middletown. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11690116 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-800x976.jpg\" alt=\"One of the winning poems at the Lake County Fair dealt with a very familiar theme for residents — wildfire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-800x976.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-160x195.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-1020x1244.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-984x1200.jpg 984w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-1920x2342.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-1180x1439.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-960x1171.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-240x293.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-375x457.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/32672_transform-e1535923236359-520x634.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the winning poems at the Lake County Fair dealt with a very familiar theme for residents — wildfire. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11690113 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32667_Lake-Fair-2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Burn scars in Lake County just a few miles from the fairgrounds.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32667_Lake-Fair-2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32667_Lake-Fair-2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32667_Lake-Fair-2-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32667_Lake-Fair-2-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brogan’s family — her son Robbie, husband Rodney Harper and daughter Rebecca Harper — had to evacuate with their pigs during the Pawnee Fire and ended up losing their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the pigs were a great distraction for the kids to keep them from thinking about” the fires, Brogan said. “As much as they lost, they still had this commitment that they had to see through. And I’m just really grateful for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca’s two pigs took first place for their weight class at the fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They worked super hard, and I worked super hard,” Rebecca said. “They did super good for me in the show ring, and I’m happy that my girl will get to breed hopefully for next year’s fair pig.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Brogan sold these t-shirts at the Lake County Fair, with the proceeds going to help wildfire victims.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32693_Image-from-iOS-28-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katy Brogan sold these t-shirts at the Lake County Fair, with the proceeds going to help wildfire victims. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11690117 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"High school senior Rebecca Harper took this photo of her family home after it burned down in the Pawnee Fire. Harper has been competing in 4-H for the past four years, and she had her best year this year despite losing her home in the Pawnee Fire and living under evacuation orders for much of the summer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/RS32673_Lake-County-8-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">High school senior Rebecca Harper took this photo of her family home after it burned down in the Pawnee Fire. 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