From a desire to protect future fire survivors from having to fight their insurance companies to the ongoing mental health struggles of living in temporary housing long-term, several Jackson County re.
SALEM, Ore. — Survivors of the September 2020 wildfires in Oregon got a chance to speak to policymakers on Tuesday night in a virtual public hearing. Legislators billed the session
Others recounted their experiences too.
“The entire neighborhood is gone. I lost everything,” said Susannah Perillat.
“We did not get notifications,” she said.
The lack of alerts is an issue that was brought up numerous times.
“I found out on Facebook. What about the people who don’t know about that stuff,” said James Williams, who said he and his wife only had about six minutes to get out of their home.
“We made it out with the clothes on our backs and our four dogs,” he said.
“I still wake up at night, sweating, having nightmares, terrors about being trapped in a house and burning alive,” said Williams.
Fire survivors face exhaustion five months after homes destroyed
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR)
Feb. 19 From getting a replacement driver s license to finding a new place to live, many survivors of the Almeda and South Obenchain fires said they re exhausted by the many hurdles they re facing to rebuild their lives.
They told their stories via videoconference and phone this week to members of the
Oregon Legislature during a virtual public hearing.
The
The government-funded cleanup has begun, but swathes of
Phoenix and We live in a battlefield, and it s a battle just to get help, said
Pam Halbert, who lost a home she shared with her 82-year-old mother in