People driving in melting cars fleeing to survive boxed in by solid searing heat no fight just flight.

Wall of flames ten stories high searing tidal wave of death blankets the skies suffocates everything in its path eight hundred yards per minute winds its engine cremating those unable to flee mostly elderly their furry companions by their side…. bones found their screams fallen only on their ears.

Town center cinders hidden memories bakery, barber, banks smoldering ashes family businesses whole town now gone same zip code but no post office hundreds missing double digit dead funerals on hold pain deep in the abyss.

Families’ memories images flashing bring smiles and tears among blackened embers pain and despair unmeasured.

California just a parched tinderbox drought seems endless heartless seven years to incubate rain.. like Congress …..nowhere to be found.

Recovery will be slumbering… sloth like for those who stay….. a new Paradise will emerge… on a brave new day w day.