Evacuee : Behind the Lines of a Firestorm

It was always a dream of mine, as a young man, to move to the mountains and buy a piece of land. In 2005, my family and I did just that. In the seven years that followed, we overcame countless challenges and setbacks as we built houses, planted gardens, and created harmony in our beautiful valley. It was an incredible amount of hard work, and through it all, that piece of land blossomed into a family homestead. Then, on the morning of June 9th, 2012, nature gave birth to a demon, about a mi...