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In California wildfires, disabled people may be left behind

“Our lives are at stake and thoughts and prayers are not enough”

By

Alice Wong

Nov 13, 2018, 1:15pm PST

Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

California is on fire. Right now, multiple wildfires are raging across the state, with the Camp Fire in Butte County affecting 125,000 acres and 30 percent contained (as of Tuesday) in the north, and Woolsey Fire in Ventura County resulting in the evacuation Malibu and Calabasas.

I am a wheelchair user who uses a ventilator to help me breathe. Living in San Francisco, emergency preparedness is always in the back of my mind in the event of a power outage, earthquake, or fire. Every time a major disaster occurs, whether it’s far away or in my region, I wait for the stories of older or [...]

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