Within story at link, (not a headline) 71 Dead, 1000 missing from fire...

[Stuart G]

There is more information at the link. This is horrific beyond words. Story says national guard is still looking for bodies..


https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/17/us/california-fires-week-2/index.html

[BigmanPigman]

1. 26,000 people lived there.

The median age is 47. A lot of seniors lived there and had to crawl out on their hands and knees. They couldn't drive out and have no cell phones, etc to contact anyone. The number of dead will only increase a lot, the local news is reporting.

[Stuart G]

2. It is a catastrophe that seems to have no end.

Where are these people going to live? How will they survive? No one knows how many are homeless. Hopefully there will be support from the federal government.

[Hortensis]

6. Let's look to state too, and county a bit, but county's

no doubt completely overtaxed. There are no jobs there now. People of any means at all and/or support of family/friends left days ago. The ones still there are probably retired living mostly on Social Security and low-pay service workers, both living month to month. The people without jobs who haven't left need social worker assistance to help them move on.

I saw one woman longing to just be able to go back and sit on her dirt if that was all that was left of her home. She wanted to go see it and be there. That's the one who got me.

[onecaliberal]

3. It's going to shock everyone. This is not good.

[Stuart G]

4. Yes, much worse..I hope not, but they are still looking for victims and survivors.

[onecaliberal]

5. I have a great friend who teaches at an elementary school in Paradise, she told us

That almost nothing is left.