After the California fires - A reflection
Coming from
Colorado Springs,
we are no strangers to fires, and we are not talking romantic camp fires here.
Looking back, it seems like fires have become the norm in recent years, unfortunately.
I remember the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire too well that destroyed over 18.000 acres of beautiful land and almost wiped out an entire neighborhood of 346 homes in my home town of Colorado Springs, CO.
Only a short year later Black Forest, situated on the outskirts of Colorado Springs, was largely burned down after it lost over 14.000 acres of heavily pined land, and 486 homes plus the lives of 2 people.
Joe and recently arrived in beautiful Northern California, Napa Valley to be exact, where we are camp hosting for 4 months. But that subject will be another blog!
For some reason it didnt even cross my mind that the Napa Valley area was effected by a raging wildfire in 2019 until a good friend asked me recently, if we saw any burned areas driving up here from L.A?
Now it's all sinking in! Just the other day we were driving to Santa Rosa, a city 30 min. from Bothe' State Park, where we are staying, We saw an entire neighborhood with campers and 5th wheels in front yards, while houses are being build.
After a little research, come to find out, the Kincade fire forced more than 180.000 residents out of their homes in October of 2019.
Of the 374 buildings it destroyed, 174 were residential.
People are now rebuilding their homes.
I started watching a time-lapse video of this area (Kincade area), see below
To realize, that residents in this area were affected by these terrible fires, just like we were in Colorado, really hit home.
It's a new reality. Maybe not so much for Californians I assume, as they have to deal with these terrible fires each year. For them it's an ongoing reality.
The thought of this beautiful soil burning to the ground, just like my gorgeous Colorado Springs makes my heart sad.
Just like any other place where nature gets destroyed, and people and animals loose their homes.
Here is a fact for forest regrowth though :
Forests recover from fires through germination of seed stored in the forest floor. Some trees even rebound by sprouting branches from basal buds of trees that have been killed. Birds and other animals may also bring in seeds. ... The forests will, in time, heal themselves.M rear
What I know for sure though
is that people are resilient.
They will rise from the
ashes.
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