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Here’s what we’re not gonna do: Shame/harass people for how they act (or don’t) after the fire. You don’t know how you’d react either.
Exhibit A: I snapped my mask off, posed and smiled for a pic after spending several hours sifting through the ashes of our home. I don’t know why, muscle memory?

When you can access your property, don’t step into the footprint without PPE. That shit is toxic. Boot covers, tyvek suits, N95 masks, the whole nine.

Border collie, but we thought maybe she was a McNab when she was tiny. Ripley, the world’s laziest BC.

Yeah, we moved up to the Sierra Foothills in 2020, lost the house in 2021. We rebuilt on our property and moved home a year ago August.

From what we can tell it took about 45 mins from 2500 sq ft full of furnishings to this:

Creative person problems: I ordered like 100 of these little dudes in capsules and I don’t remember what my plan was. Any ideas?