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  • So here’s the toll on the places in Paradise that were important to me, only one of which still affects my family.

    Here is the home my grandparents built and retired in. It was filled with love, great food, music, and so many of my best childhood memories. I haven’t seen it since they passed away, but there was something comforting about just knowing it still existed.
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    Here is the home my cousins grew up in. Visiting here was as fun to me as going to Disneyland. They haven’t lived in it for many years, but I still know its floor plan and furniture like it was yesterday.

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    This was the home my family lived in when I was age 2-4. It’s the first home I have any memories of.
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    The church we attended when we visited. Over the years I helped bear three caskets through those doors where those flames are destroying the same couches and artwork you see in your chapel every Sunday.
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    Finally, the home of my Aunt, and her book bindery business, the only one in California north of the Bay Area (I think). She had just remodeled and was so proud of the results. She had a medical appointment in Chico the morning the fire broke out. That may have saved her life.

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    I certainly don’t mean to portray myself as a victim of this fire. My aunt is a victim who faces difficult decisions. I share this mainly to demonstrate the near totality of destruction in a town of 30k. And to mourn the loss of places so meaningful to my upbringing.
    Last edited by SteelBlue; 11-20-2018, 01:13 PM.

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    • Steel, you might consider writing about your memories. It would likely mean a lot to your aunt.

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      • God bless.

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        • God bless, Steel.

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          • Unbelievable. I'm so sorry that the fire has affected you and so many close to you.
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            • My goodness. That is awful.
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              • Wow, that’s terrible. Prayers for you and your family.
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                • heart is broken for your aunt. devastating.
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                  • Steel, that is such a sad and poignant review. It's hard to imagine such loss magnified by thousands. May you and your family, and especially your aunt, make it through this as easily as possible.
                    PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                    • You may have read about the nurses who helped evacuate all the hospital’s patients but then were trapped trying to leave themselves. Their cars caught fire and they were on foot. This is body cam footage from the cop who came to try and rescue them. His car caught fire too, so they are all on foot. They were ultimately saved by a dozer that appeared out of nowhere. This footage is so eerie. The cop said he turned on his body cam to record his last moments.

                      https://twitter.com/buttesheriff/sta...635616768?s=21

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                      • Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post
                        You may have read about the nurses who helped evacuate all the hospital’s patients but then were trapped trying to leave themselves. Their cars caught fire and they were on foot. This is body cam footage from the cop who came to try and rescue them. His car caught fire too, so they are all on foot. They were ultimately saved by a dozer that appeared out of nowhere. This footage is so eerie. The cop said he turned on his body cam to record his last moments.

                        https://twitter.com/buttesheriff/sta...635616768?s=21
                        That was incredibly eerie. Read that this was in the middle of the day too.
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                        • I'm so sick of the white knuckle driving in the snow getting in to work. I need to buy a 4 wheel drive so I can go 80 like the rest of them.

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                          • If you're interested in helping those in the Chico Stake affected by the Camp fire. Here is a list you can sign up for:

                            Families 1-106 (full): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B4FAAA622A13-camp1
                            Families 107-132: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B4FAAA622A13-camp2

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                            • Originally posted by beefytee View Post
                              If you're interested in helping those in the Chico Stake affected by the Camp fire. Here is a list you can sign up for:

                              Families 1-106 (full): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B4FAAA622A13-camp1
                              Families 107-132: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B4FAAA622A13-camp2

                              Thanks for posting this, I didn't know about this and the deadline is coming up quickly (17th).

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                              • Incredible article this morning in the SF chronicle about the Carr Fire tornado

                                150 Minutes of Hell

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