that we re now witnessing and will continue to witness in the coming years so the chickens are not pulling together these tragic circumstances and thinking wisely and collaboratively and that s the spirit in which i m approaching all that we need to do. they are in that utterly devastated town in california. what is left standing there? really almost nothing. most of paradise looks like the scene that you see behind me. here we are three days since that fire started. the smoke has startled to settle in and parts are smouldering and other parts the fire is spreading, and what residents tell me what they went through here on thursday morning sounds nothing short of had a nightmare. there s a welcome to paradise sign. it is. that s our paradise sign.