Hey all,
Apologies for the delay/working diligently/update coming soon.
Today I’m here for a quick favor.
Since the Camp Fire, we’ve all encountered film and video producers of all types. Some have come to use us to tell their story. Others are truly here to help us tell ours.
I’ve come to know and trust the crew from Imagine, headed by producer Xan Parker and co-producer Lizz Morhaim for director Ron Howard. They are good people. But if you’ve been lucky enough to meet them, as hundreds of us on the Ridge have, you don’t need me to tell you that.
So here’s the deal. To tell our story in documentary form, they need images. So many of you have helped my project, so let’s help them. Without pictures, video, film and sound, telling our story will be tough. So please join me in helping them.
I have close-up photos taken while my wife and I fought the fire with shovels at our ranch. We fought the fire for 17 hours and managed to save our home, barn and a couple of buildings, pets and livestock. We lost barns, sheds, vehicles, tractors, tools, fencing, lumber, personal and ranch property, etc. Also, dozens of photos taken the next day as we drove through Paradise and made a log of standing buildings, businesses.
Posted Jerry Niswonger’s actual video of their house going as they were trapped. It is on my facebook page. Couldn’t get any more real.
I have photos and a great story as I spent the first 24 hours in paradise fighting the camp fire !
I just love the community in Paradise. My wife was born and raised there. I just love the small town feel. They will re-build and go on. Paradise has my heart 🙂
I was a paradise poet and playwright. The fire came so quickly that I picked up my dog and fled for our lives. My life’s work went up in smoke. Seventeen years of writing in a sweet little cottage on the woods was gone in minutes. And now I start all over again.
Claire Braz valentine