Wildfire Evacuation: Outrunning the Witch's Curse-One Animal Center's Experience

When the Witch Creek Fire began ravaging San Diego County, California, in October 2007 there was no way of knowing how far it would spread, how many homes it would destroy, how many families would be evacuated, or how many lives would be lost. There wasn't going to be any trail of bread crumbs...

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Published inILAR journal Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 158 - 163
Main Authors Arms, Michael M., Van Zante, John D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Institute for Laboratory Animal Research 2010
Subjects
Animals
Animals, Laboratory
California
Disaster Planning - methods
Fires
Rescue Work
California
evacuation
pets
animals
media
wildfire
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Summary:When the Witch Creek Fire began ravaging San Diego County, California, in October 2007 there was no way of knowing how far it would spread, how many homes it would destroy, how many families would be evacuated, or how many lives would be lost. There wasn't going to be any trail of bread crumbs to lead us out of the burning forest and safely back home. We weren't going to wake up and realize that it was a bad dream. This "Witch" was real and was devouring everything in her path. There might not be a home for us to return to.
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ISSN:1084-2020
1930-6180
DOI:10.1093/ilar.51.2.158