Merciless fires changes lives
Hundreds of lives changed forever
Re “New blaze adds to Lake County’s pain” (Insight, Aug. 19): The first warning of the approaching disaster was the sight of a brownish-red haze on the horizon across the lake. Then came a faint odor of wood smoke, and tiny white flakes coated the hood of our truck parked outside. With brisk afternoon winds and a 100-degree, stifling heat baking the pavement of the road, we knew that a large fire was rapidly spreading across forests, vineyards and ranches and eventually to the town of Lower Lake directly south of our home. Merciless backdrafts would decimate entire blocks of homes, changing the lives of hundreds forever.
Jan Toulon, Upper Lake
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This story was originally published August 23, 2016 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Merciless fires changes lives."