His town burned in California’s most destructive fire. This is his advice for rebuilding in L.A.
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His town burned in California’s most destructive fire. This is his advice for rebuilding in L.A.

LA Times  

Greg Bolin returned to his home in Paradise, Calif., to find his wife in tears. It’s just a lot of work.” Healing a broken community “You’ve got to get your schools, your churches and your businesses open yesterday,” Bolin recalled the Federal Emergency Management Agency telling him after the fire. “If you don’t, people will have nothing to do, and kids will have nothing to rally around.” After the fire, Paradise’s churches jumped in to help with fire relief, and the town made a point to bring back its annual town parade as quickly as possible, Bolin said. “They can’t even look at this place because it’s nothing like it was before.” FEMA told Bolin after the fire that at least a third of the town would likely leave, and at least another third would likely stay. “If you don’t change those things and do that differently … you’re just setting yourself up for another one.” Even with Paradise’s recovery progress, Bolin is still conscious of the threat future fire poses.

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