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Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts) Fri Nov 9, 2018, 12:04 AM Nov 2018

My grandparents lived in Paradise for many years, and I spent a lot of summers there growing up. [View all]

I don't have a link for this yet, but I just heard on the radio news that Paradise is pretty much wiped out. Apparently more than a thousand structures burned.

I'll try to find a link.

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My grandparents lived in Paradise for many years, and I spent a lot of summers there growing up. [View all] Adsos Letter Nov 2018 OP

Lived a few years as a kid in Quincy, up the Feather River Canyon a piece from Paradise mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #1

Then you know how difficult that terrain can be. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #3

Sadly, that is what they were reperting on local news in NorCal. Mr.Bill Nov 2018 #2

omg. too much tragedy today Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #4

There's another bad one starting up down in Ventura County as well. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #5

The Santa Ana winds must be terrible up there. Control-Z Nov 2018 #15

Adsos, I am so awfully sorry, and cannot imagine what it is to live in Paradise today Leghorn21 Nov 2018 #6

Thanks for the link. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #7

No worries, A - I am just now checking the population of Paradise, I figured there were maybe a Leghorn21 Nov 2018 #11

The terrain around Paradise is difficult, with lots of manzanita and buckbrush. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #13

Yes, high winds, apparently, plus there are canyons, right? Which are tough to get out of Leghorn21 Nov 2018 #14

Sac Bee article with fire map in it NotASurfer Nov 2018 #8

I live in Lake County Mr.Bill Nov 2018 #9

I'm down by Fairfield, and we were getting hammered earlier. Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #12

Thank you! Adsos Letter Nov 2018 #10