gotten so bad that it wasn t safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. rescue, what is your emergency? reporter: but ever since, the fires in california have gotten worse. dixie fire. woolsey fire. are more towns burned to the ground, more forests devastated and more refugees. this episode is about californians and fire, because we got to learn how to get along. now if you re thinking that you re safe because you live outside of california, nope. wildfires happen across america, from alaska to florida. and they happen all over the world. wildfires sweeping across australia. cape town. estonia and turkey. all the way to the north pole. and even if they aren t happening near you, the effects are definitely coming to your doorstep. there i
california history. agh. lucky for us the fires hadn t made it to where my family lives in oakland, but the air had gotten so bad that it wasn t safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. fire rescue, what is your emergency? but ever since, the fires in california have a gotten worse. dixie fire. woolsey fire. are more towns burned to the ground, more forests devastated and more refugees. this episode is about californians and fire, because we got to learn how to get along. now if you re thinking that you re safe because you live outside of california, nope. wildfires happen across america, from alaska to florida. and they happen all over the world. wildfires sweeping across australia. cape town. estonia and turkey. nigeria. all the wa
happen. the challenges have been, besides monetary is just getting in line with 30,000 other people trying to rebuild, you know. and so you just get in the queue. julian martinez wants to help people like kevin who are still hoping to rebuild. he is a paradise native who lost his home to the fire. but he is determined to help reconstruct his town. this is home. i would regret not coming back and helping to be a part of rebuilding. it s almost kind of like therapy. so tell me about this house that we re sitting in front of. this house was started by another builder. they weren t able to finish the house. so the owner had a third party come in and do an evaluation on it and found that she had been overcharged. it got left in this condition. so we got on board to help the lady get it moving again. wow. when i think about the
in line with 30,000 other people trying to rebuild, you know. and so you just get in the queue. julian martinez wants to help people like kevin who are still hoping to rebuild. he is a paradise native who lost his home to the fire. but he is determined to help reconstruct his town. this is home. i would regret not coming back and helping to be a part of rebuilding. it s almost kind of like therapy. so tell me about this house that we re sitting in front of. this house was started by another builder. they weren t able to finish the house. so the owner had a third party come in and do an evaluation on it and found that she had been overcharged. it got left in this condition. so we got on board to help the lady get it moving again. wow. when i think about the wildfires, i think about hurricane katrina in new orleans. there is the devastation that happens when the event happens,
wilderness. this is called the wildland urban interface. basically, if fire is a gang, then we re invading its territory. and since there is no quick fix to climate change or our forest fuels problems, wildfires aren t backing down from their territory. so why don t we just leave? well, people have called this land home since long before it was called california. and home can t be so easily replaced. walking through paradise, you can feel a town that refuses to go away. but you can also see that it s still going to take a lot of time to get it to come back. four years later, so many residents are still living in trailers. like retiree kevin meir. it took a while to adjust to the downsizing. that s what i call it. at the time, i was quite naive too, because i thought oh, i ll rebuild within a year. but that was not going to