| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 416 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-404) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Kindling -- Dawn at Jarbo Gap -- All Its Name Implies -- Red Flag Over Paradise -- Part II: Spark -- Code Red -- The Iron Maiden -- Part III: Conflagration -- Abandoning the Hospital -- A Blizzard of Embers -- Saving Tezzrah -- The Lost Bus -- The Best Spot to Die -- "The Safety of Our Communities" -- Part IV: Containment -- The Longest Drive -- No Atheist in Foxholes -- Paradise Ablaze -- Promise -- Part V: Ash -- Unconfirmed Deaths -- Mayor of Nowhere -- Secondary Burns -- Rebirth -- Reckoning -- Epilogue: Reburn. |
| Summary |
"The definitive firsthand account of California's Camp Fire-the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century-and a riveting examination of what went wrong and how to avert future tragedies as the climate crisis unfolds. On November 8, 2018, the people of Paradise, California, awoke to a mottled gray sky and gusty winds. Soon the Camp Fire was upon them, gobbling an acre a second. Less than two hours after the fire ignited, the town was engulfed in flames, the residents trapped in their homes and cars. By the next morning, eighty-five people were dead. San Francisco Chronicle reporter Lizzie Johnson was there as the town of Paradise burned. She saw the smoldering rubble of a historic covered bridge and the beloved Black Bear Diner and she stayed long afterward, visiting shelters, hotels, and makeshift camps. Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting and reams of public records, including 911 calls and testimony from a grand jury investigation, Johnson provides a minute-by-minute account of the Camp Fire, following residents and first responders as they fight to save themselves and their town. We see a young mother fleeing with her newborn; a school bus full of children in search of an escape route; and a group of paramedics, patients, and nurses trapped in a cul-de-sac, fending off the fire with rakes and hoses. Johnson documents the unfolding tragedy with empathy and nuance. But she also investigates the root causes, from runaway climate change to a deeply flawed alert system to Pacific Gas and Electric's decades-long neglect of critical infrastructure. A cautionary tale for a new era of megafires, Paradise is the gripping story of a town wiped off the map and the determination of its people to rise again"-- Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company -- History -- 21st century.
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Camp Fire, Calif., 2018.
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Wildfires -- California -- Paradise.
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Paradise (Calif.) -- History -- 21st century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Fire & Emergency Services.
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SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company. (OCoLC)fst00565106
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Wildfires. (OCoLC)fst01175216
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California -- Paradise.
(OCoLC)fst01214297
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Johnson, Lizzie. Paradise. First edition. New York : Crown, [2021] 9780593136393 (DLC) 2021012298 |
| ISBN |
9780593136386 (hardcover) |
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0593136381 (hardcover) |
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9780593136393 (ebook) |
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