Lily Philips- Devastating Fires in Paradise

California is known for having wildfires, but recently, the fires having been spreading at rapid speeds and are now a frequent occurrence. The city of Paradise in California is completely destroyed with 23 lives lost from the wildfire which started on Thursday, November, 8, 2018, early in the morning. The campfire spread across 105,000 acres of land and burned down over 6,700 houses and buildings. Around 26,000 people lived in Paradise and many had to evacuate their homes. The Adventist Health Hospital helped the evacuated with injuries and to provide as shelter for the survivors left homeless from the fires. Trump has responded to this catastrophe by saying he would cut federal payments of forests and claims all of the lives lost from the fires were due to the mismanagement of the forests. He feels no need to provide funding if events like these are still happening. However, many firefighters and paramedics are currently risking their lives to save the lives of thousands in the middle of these forest fires which have gained new and unusual characteristics, unseen by most of the firefighters.

This article was published by The New York Times and written by Kirk Johnson and Jose A. Del Real. Johnson focuses on public lands and the environment while Del Real seems to write about tragedies in our country such as devastating fires and shootings. It was written November 10, 2018, so it is only a day old. However, some of the information is  updated in the more recent articles published. The audience of this article is the people of California; this information can also be meaningful to the rest of the people in this country, so they understand the tragedies happening in other parts of the country. It informs and warns the people in this area or in this state of the dangers of fires and to be cautious of them in the future. This event can be connected to other forest fires like it such as the Rim Fire which destroyed over 250,000 acres of Stanislaus National Forest in Sierra Nevada, California, and is the fourth-largest wildfire in California history. It is important this we know and understand the risks and dangers of our activities and how they affect our environment around us.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/us/california-wildfires-paradise-malibu.html?action=click&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=Article&region=Footer&contentCollection=U.S.