Tuesday, October 21, 2008

One Year Later

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One Year Later

The date today is one year ago the Witch Creek Fire came through our neighborhood. A total of 366 homes were lost in our community. While we had mandatory evacuation, residents checked websites sponsored by their State Representative for the list of homes lost to the fire. The list grew daily. Pictured is the canyon hillside from the back of our home to show what progress has been made with the recovery. Several scraped lots remain yet to be built. An article in our neighborhood paper said only 25% of the homes are rebuilt and occupied while 15% are in the process of getting permits issued yet several others are still working with the insurance companies or remain undecided yet about returning to the same lot. If one can believe it. there actually were some with no insurance.

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