Chico and Paradise

[gracegiver]

Ky and I drove to Chico yesterday and picked up flying_blind and visited numerous local animal shelters, hoping that we may find one if not more of his missing cats, lost in the Camp Fire in Paradise CA. No such luck, though. At the first shelter, we were greeted by a very patient and helpful staff member, Julie, who then researched each cat that Joe thought

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[lorigami]

this is just gut-wrenching. I hope he finds his kitties.

[fletch31526]

I like "life wins," but the truth is "nature wins." It always does. Sometimes that's good -- like flowers sprouting through the charred earth. Sometimes that's tragic -- like the topography and vegetation that allowed the fire to spread so quickly over such a large area. Man does a great job of shaping and steering nature to meet our needs, but if there has to be a winner, nature will always reign victorious.

I've seen videos of Paradise and it's hard to grasp the swaths of destruction. I can only imagine what it was like to see it first hand.