What Is It Like To Evacuate from a Megafire and What Happens After the Fire?

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🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Packing an emergency go bag is advice every Californian is familiar with. But what happens when you actually have to evacuate? Residents of cities and towns across California have been learning these hard lessons as the state grapples with numerous wildfires. This year alone, as many as 60,000 people have had to evacuate due to wildfires that to date have burned 1.9 million acres around the state. This hour of Forum, we talk to residents of South Lake Tahoe who have evacuated as the Caldor fire inches towards their homes. Well also talk to survivors of megafires to find out what happens once the fire is out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.1	From KQED. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. This week, the Calder Fire has been threatening the resort town of South Lake Tahoe. It made a run that only two fires ever have, crossing the
0:54.5	Sierra's from the western side to the east.
0:57.6	The other fire to have done so?
0:59.3	The Dixie Fire, which is still burning away to the north.
1:02.7	But while these two massive blazes are unprecedented in some ways, they are not in others.
1:07.6	Today we're going to check in with different people around Northern California who've
1:10.5	been forced to evacuate or are helping vulnerable people to do so, as well as others who've had
1:15.6	to rebuild their lives and homes after previous devastating fires. That's all next on
1:20.4	Forum after this news. I'm Alexis Madrigal, welcome to forum.
1:36.3	Packing an emergency go bag is advice every Californian is familiar with.
1:40.5	But what happens when you actually have to evacuate?
1:43.5	Residents of cities and towns across
1:45.6	California have been learning these hard lessons as the state grapples with numerous wildfires.
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