How I Survived California’s Deadliest Wildfire | FRONTLINE Short Docs
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- čas přidán 14. 10. 2023
- She escaped the deadliest and most destructive fire in California’s history - but not all of her family would make it out. This is 21-year-old Jordan Huff’s story of loss, love and survival in the face of a record-breaking wildfire.
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On November 8, 2018, the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history began. By the time it finally would be extinguished, the fast-moving Camp Fire had burned an area the size of Chicago, caused more than 50,000 people to flee their homes and killed at least 85 people.
In this FRONTLINE Short Doc, watch as Jordan Huff shares her firsthand account of fleeing the flames - “We were all about to burn alive,” she says - and learn how scientists say climate change is making wildfires more frequent and intense.
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This poor little lady. I'm so sorry for your loss.
I have family that lived in Paradise and I used to live in Chico (the town next door) so I spent A LOT of time there before the fire. As beautiful as paradise was, it was always a disaster wating to happen. Most towns in the forest are surrounded by the forest paradise was literally IN the trees, with very few fire breaks. It was on a ridge with essentially 2 ways in or out. It's also in an area that naturally funnels winds and increases the wind's speed while decreasing it's humidity. That's not even mentioning that a large portion of the population was retirees, and not as effective at self-rescue as a result. I could continue to name dozens of "small" things that combined to create a perfect storm.
Oh wow yeah normally there are many negative factors that contribute to big disasters.
Also, around the late 1990s, they had public meetings discussing the issues with fire/emergency exit routes. For whatever reason, there was little public or civic movement to do anything about it.
Wow, I'm glad that she survived. I'm sorry about her grandfather.
Jordan Huff, you will go on to do great things and make Pops really proud, as he smiles down at you from Heaven. I just saw this and it was a horrible tragedy, but a superb documentary.❤
The story of Jordan Huff's grandfather is one of the saddest stories from the camp Camp Fire.
Excellent video. Jordan has a strong presence and spoke for so many families who are experiencing natural disasters everywhere.
Just watching this scared me so much. We need a national PTSD program!
Why did she say they were excited amd wanted to go see what was going on ? That was crazy they must not know God ! Because he or she who plays with mother nature never would end up in good positions!! Why would they go towards the problem?? SMH .....😢😳🤦♂️🤦♂️ GOD BLESS BUT WHY AROUND THE 3:10- 3:50 DID THEY WANT TO GO TOWARDS THE WRATH? PEOPLE HAVE LOST COMMON SENSE
Around started actually is when she mentioned it ..no one got any warnings
2:40 - 3:15 so were like lets go check it out ? -- -Jordan ...whaaat? Cmon.
Why would someone need warnings or signs to leave , just gtfo of there common sense says not to "go CHECK IT OUT"
I too was there, on the far side of Paradise, at 11am, it was as dark as midnight! Took my wife, her sister and myself 2 1/2 hours to get out of town, down to Chico, normally a 20 minute drive! The entire block was a total loss, except for 1 house! TOTALLY UNTOUCHED! Not even the grass was singed! Sadly the town lost so many people in the fire.
What you describe here about a fire is exactly what happens when a tornado tears through a town. It's incredible!
I was there, day turned into night and temperatures plummeted for a week. Everything was covered in thick a grey ash blanket, like a fresh winter storm that carried the bodies of your friends and neighbors. If I could imagine what a nuclear winter would be like, that was it.
Yeah, I live here in California (Sonoma County, to be exact) and it seems like year after year, there’s been a massive fire raging!
Thankyou for sharing your story jordan....i live in a forest in new Zealand so i appreciate your struggles
Rest in peace pops❤
one of my good friends moved up to redding after her house burned down in paradise, ill always remember those calls and that day. My dad was on one of the helicopters that went in
for cal-fire
thats a hard loss. hopefully she has the guidance to process it. wondering tho - since there is a collective agreement the fires are getting worse: where are the advancements in fire fighting technology? great to hear young people are engaged in advocacy, but there seems to be a more urgent need. how are we preparing to battle the pressing issue?
Unfortunately it's under the rest of all the debacles from our current administration. The Governor of California is a disgrace. I believe it's Gavin Newson, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Shummer, idk for sure ? except for the fact that they along with several other hollywood elites lives in California, and ive heard horror stories about the homeless wildlife ect, it needs to be stopped. We're sending Hundreds of thousands of $ to Ukraine, while Americans, from California, Palestine, NYC, ect, are suffering from Disasters, Maui😢 im sick and tired of listening to the excuses 😢 this is the United States of America, and were supporting hundreds of millions of illegal immigrants vs taking care of our own backyards 1st. There is something very wrong with this picture ? Yes we have the technology available along with The necessities to prevent things like this from happening to Humanity, only because several currupt career Politicians who stand to become even richer if they continue to push their evil Political agendas new green deal that's not doing a dame thing to help we the people because while millions of Americans struggle to keep a roof over their families heads Nevermind basic food on their families tables these lying deceitful Corrupt individuals who don't care about us our families or even the very future of America, will continue to fly around in their private planes fueled with fossil fule going to 5 star restaurants and not a single care about anyone less fortunate. It took me time to realize how horrible our government has become 😪
What a day 😢
I suppose once the fires are out completely people could rebuild but make sure houses were as fire-proof as possible and keep flammable vegetation to a minimum. Friend of mine built a house and cemented the outside of it and had a metal roof.
Definitely the existential threat of our entire world is the heating of the planet. I don't know when this film was made but there was also and still is currently a devastating ongoing fire in the Canada region.
I'm a Bay Area native, and I remember those times when wildfires swept across the state, turning the sky orange like some place out of Mars or the Sahara. The ash was very fine, almost like dust or gunpowder, and I was a little nervous about what it could do to my lungs if I stayed out too long. There was one night when I read or heard that 11 lightning strikes caused around 367 fires across the whole state of California. That was a little over one fire for each and every day of the year. I reckoned mother nature rarely caused a phenomenon like that, but that it was a demonstration of the "Hell" we were in, or was yet to come. It was certainly a once in a lifetime experience. The real irony is that I recently found out some people intentionally cause wildfires, or what they describe as "control burns," to naturally recycle dry and dying vegetation/material, so it doesn't accumulate and cause a risk of an even worse wildfire. The work being done to curb climate change is important, but it also means walking a fine line between environmental worker and arsonist. I am no expert, but I do understand that fires do not just happen under anyone's blind watch. Mark my words. Somebody had to know.
Brutal
This is only the beginning.
Look up D.E.W. just like Maui fire.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I’ll admit I was a bit overzealous when I first heard about these fires.
I bought plane tickets, and flew down there to see the sequoia trees because honestly I thought they would all burn and I would never have the opportunity to touch or see them.
Thankfully they are/were okay and while driving from the Hotel in San Francisco to the Trees I recorded 9 of the most vivid rainbows I had ever seen in the sky’s over Paradise.
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She looked and saw his wheel chair in ashes and his charred remains sitting of what was him, his canteen he carried on the water spout, mustve been trying to get to it. Smh.
earth is coming back at us ..
AWWWWWW
What a sweet girl
Damm
Man
Reason 13425 to not live in California
And let's not forget poor forest management as the real reason there was so much fuel just waiting for a poorly managed PG&E power line to break and fall on it. Climate change was not the reason for these fires. Poor to non-existent forest management by the Forest Service was the real reason. It's just easier to blame it on something much bigger than to take responsibility for all those deaths and loss of property.
3:10 - 3:55 Uummmmmm Maybe you(yall) shouldn't of been so nosey an got outta dodge instead young lady !! ?? I mean you said you wanted to go see what was going on??WHY?🤯🤔🤦♂️🤨🤔🤨😩😳😳😱😱..Thats called F.A.A.F.O. ( FAFO ) ...SOO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS GOD BLESS you amd everyone So sad But please Gtfo of anything next time if it looks dangerous This isnt a video game and mother nature is something u never EVER play with! Lightning strikes east south Texas and Florida like every day literally weve seen it hit houses trees people Everywhere everyone who grew up in Florida we dont play we go inside and get down it will come through the windows and hit all electronics t.v.s phones showers etc... hurricane too thunderstorms 90 days a year almost Love to you and everyone..But dont watch the movies theres no savior all the time thank god it rained or else ............
You've got to be kidding me. You're actually asking me why i wanted to assess the current situation upon waking up with no prior knowledge. You watched this whole video and THOSE were your thoughts you'd like to share with me? God bless you. To tell you the truth, when shit is hitting the fan like that, you don't always make the choices you'd like to THINK you would make as you sit behind your screen in the comfort of your home and type as if it were a screen play i should have surely rehearsed.
For your further information i did "Get out" did you not hear the part that i couldn't even pull out of my driveway due to gridlock?
I guarantee nobody from our ridge thought of this horrific event as if it were a "video game"
I'll be sure to pray for you.
Poor forest management, failure from the power company, and other issues create this not climate change.
These fires get worse and more frequent every year. This is due to climate change as well as poor forestry practices. Controlled burns need to be implemented and more code enforcement are both needed to keep these outrageous fires under control.
Unfortunately the mainstream media's aren't telling this beautiful ladies story. Our current administration's is a disgrace. God bless her always guide and protect her future in Jesus name we pray Amen. Our thoughts and prayers are with you sweetie. 🙏
Let me know when Jesus steps in and saves her.
Go Israel.
Palestine from The River to The Sea no peace no negotiation ✍️