From New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is a daily life.

In a summer of weather extremes, the Dixie Fire in California has stood out for its enormous scale

and as it's burned its way across the states, forgotten rural towns. It has revealed just how far

residents will go to preserve their way of life and just how delighted they are about what has

caused the fires that now endanger it. Today, my colleague, Andy Coriol, on the experience of one

California family, who owned. It's Monday, September 20th.

So, my aunt and my uncle and my cousin and his wife, they live in Indian Valley.

And Indian Valley is this beautiful High Mountain Valley in the northern Cirrus.

It's surrounded by thick green forest and the valley is covered in green pasture land where the

cow's graze. I've heard it referred to as the Switzerland of the Cirrus.

When my family came in the 1950s, this was still a really thriving area for mining and for logging,

but those industries went into decline and a lot of people have left.

So, at this point, the towns have really been winnowed down to a very small population of people

getting by as they can. And one of the few stable ways that people have to survive is cattle ranching.

And that's what my family does now. Like many rural towns in America that have seen their

fortunes changed, this place is isolated and there are a mix of people, but a lot of those

who are left have become more conservative, particularly in recent years and are generally

distrustful of the government and the media. The raging Dixie fire continues to destroy everything

in its path, including the Gold Rush era town of Greenville, California. And then the Dixie

Fire actually arrived in Indian Valley. California's largest wildfire exploded in size overnight,

forcing thousands more to evacuate. And instead of leaving, my family decided to stay.

We simply cannot stress it enough, fire fighters are pleading with you to please evacuate

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