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Patti Petersen's avatar

This fire business upset me so much that I've had to disconnect from ever moving to Cali and making my US dream come true. I dealt with a lot of fire while living in Reno, the smoke, roads shutting down, and so forth. Moving forward I'm cataloging what I can and can't handle in this climate changing world. For instance, I can (not saying I like it) live through hurricanes and earthquakes but tornadoes and fires are dealbreakers. I have a lot of extended family in that area, not good.

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A.M. Haus's avatar

If your move wasn't meant to be.. That timing couldn't have been better.

I moved from Northern Placer County, California a couple years ago due to the fires. I was in a rental on 5 beautiful acres, but the fire insurance alone was $9000 per year. Insurance companies started non-renewals and canceling their contracts. Eventually the owner couldn't get anyone to insure the property, so she decided to sell. A lot of people did. But banks don't like to loan in high fire risk areas, so the house has sat vacant, still for sale this whole time.

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