re: *Update* Northern California's Wildfires - "Firefighters are Making Progress"

My God that is sad.

Well I know there is a wildfire season, but uhhh that's just fricking ridiculous.

That's crazy. Looks like the entire town is gone. Can't imagine how you even start the rebuilding process from that as there is nothing left to salvage.

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Yeah, Santa Rosa is gone.

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No, it's not.

Not trying to underplay the tragedy--this shite is just absolutely horrible--but while yes there were many parts of the city that burned, with many of the pictures showing the greatest affected neighborhoods (notably Coffey Park), much of the city still remains.

Here's a map of the fires, and the circle indicates the entire city.

The rebuild process will be long and I can't imagine (has never happened to me) how painful it must be to lose your home like that. Silver lining is that many of these people will be covered under insurance (my understanding from speaking with colleagues is that you don't have to have separate insurance to cover this they way you would with flood or earthquake insurance)

that would be hard mentally to go back there and start the rebuild

I don't wish that kind of shite on anyone. So powerless to do anything about it as everything you have is destroyed.

Atlas fire up to 42,000 Acres, 3% contained

Atlas is currently in a pretty barren area, moving towards population centers though. They apparently have a strong fire line, but the winds were expected to be bad again this afternoon allowing spread.

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