Paradise nu

Op de officiele website van Paradise staat het zo:

“Today, May 8, 2019, it has been 6 months since the Camp Fire ignited and changed our lives forever. Since that day, we have had to face challenges and heartbreak in ways we never thought possible. We have also made great strides as our community has come together to create a new vision for Paradise.   We are removing the wreckage from our Town, knowing it is all that remains of once treasured possessions and memories. We are rebuilding, recognizing it will be a long time before things will feel normal again. But through it all, Paradisians have found our community to be the one thing the fire couldn’t touch. We will rebuild, we will move forward and create Paradise to be all the name implies.”

Steven De Foer is in Paradise geweest. Hij liep door straten omzoomd met puin en ashopen. Uitgebrande autowrakken, verbrande boomstammen als akelige skeletten. Op de opritten heeft men de huisnummers gekalkt om te weten wiens huis er ooit stond. Het drinkwater is vergiftigd met benzeen. Er woont nog maar een handvol mensen.

Wat zij Steven te vertellen hadden, hoort u morgen in Interne Keuken.