‘We Couldn’t Stay’: A California Family’s Life After Evacuating

“They’re having meals proper right here. Now we’re staying at an Airbnb. I come forwards and backwards to get meals, or waters and stuff like that. Actually, to come back get scorching meals so we will come eat. A number of stuff that’s been useful is all of the donations and stuff that these folks have offered for us. They’re going to have a wildfire reduction night time, too. After which additionally this different place known as Altadena Women, they’re giving freely some stuff too.” “With out college, I actually don’t have rather a lot to do. However once I hang around with my mother and my aunties and my cousins, they refill my schedule. Although I don’t actually like having to do math and never with the ability to play on a regular basis, I actually like college, hanging out with my associates. I all the time knew a fireplace was going to occur finally, however I didn’t comprehend it was going to be like this — destroying homes in every single place it went and blocking issues. And yeah, making folks not have the ability to have a house or going again to their dwelling to get what they want.” I by no means thought that it could occur to Altadena, to our neighborhood. It’s now not going to look the identical. It’s now not going to be the identical.”