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Have you lived there? I heard that the town had done some sort of evacuation practice after a big fire in ...2008 I believe? How did the previous practice inf

• psynch 8y ago
  Yes, I've lived in Paradise many years and was in town for the 2008 fire. I heard that since the 2008 fire the town debated making bigger roads but instead decided on breaking the town into zones and evacuating by zone. This fire was very unusual in that within a couple of hours it seemed to have spread to many location across town. At my location by 745am (the fire begin 10 miles from town at 630am) there were many bits of burnt bark and leaves raining down all around. Many of these were likely falling in different locations as embers. The town is in an area of frequent fires, it's not uncommon to have nearby fires, they generally move in the order of a day so a zoned evacuation in many normal cases could work. I've never seen a fire that moved this quickly.
  • Diederich 8y ago
    Thanks for your assessment. > I've never seen a fire that moved this quickly. I've been hearing a lot of this of late.