Mr. Jeys said he did not venture far when he strolled around Paradise. He heard through the grapevine of workers sifting through the rubble that the town might have another person or two who similarly decided to stick it out. But if so, he said, he hasn’t run across them.
Gazing at the conifer and oak trees that still tower over his home, he said the tragedy reminded him how unpredictable life can be.
“Look at me,” Mr. Jeys said. “I now live on an island in a sea of destruction.”
Source: Everything Around Him Burned. He Stayed Put, and Lived to Tell the Tale.
Kevin Jeys, survivor of Paradise wildfire, writer
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