an off-topic side note:
my parents lived in Paradise CA until they died. they are buried there. so is my stepmother.
my folks had their house built. it was my mother's dream.
the little town of Paradise has been totally destroyed by the Camp Fire. I finally was able to get an updated map of destroyed houses. my parent's house was on the map.
my mother died in 1985, and my dad died in '05. my father remarried, but his second wife is gone, too. the loss of their house made me so sad. I knew it had to be gone, but it was still a direct hit in my gut.
I am just glad that none of them were there when the fire hit.
my deep deep condolences to those victims of the California fires.
the death count is rising and there are close to 300 people still missing.
there is heartbreak in california all over the state.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-toll-rises-56-northern...
calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index....
