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It’s hard to describe the scale of destruction across Los Angeles right now. Entire communities have been obliterated by fire. In place of homes, churches, schools, and shopping centres are mountains of rubble, and kilometres of melted plastic. Lifetimes of memories are all gone. And then there’s the loss of life. I’ll never forget Ruth, an Altadena woman who was allowed to return to her neighbourhood to search for her missing aunt.
Homes were literally burning down around them and there was nothing they could do. There was no water to fight them, so they tried to get as many people out as they could, knowing they couldn’t save everyone. In California, the blame game is now in full swing, with accusations of staffing shortages and department cuts. It’s hard to know when things will calm down. The Santa Ana winds otherwise known as the “devil winds” are expected to come back this week.
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