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California and the fire this time

Dale McFeatters Scripps Howard News Service

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Southern Californians are often accused of being overly afflicted with touchy-feelyism, but to that trait must be added generous amounts of stoicism and fatalism. And it's hard not to admire the determination to rebuild of Southern Californians who returned to find their homes smoking heaps of rubble. Many, maybe most, veteran Southern Californians knew these wildfires were coming. After several years of drought and a beetle infestation, the hillsides and canyons were choked with dry brush and ...

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