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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy cousin lost his home to the California fires
He said there is nothing left.
He is moving back here to Wisconsin, he moved there for the weather, but they lost everything but a carload of stuff.
He said he'll send me a photo of what's left.
A multi-hundred thousand $$$ home, gone.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,881 posts)I cannot begin to imagine what it would be like to lose everything like that.
I hope the return to Wisconsin is good.
Irish_Dem
(47,321 posts)They literally have the clothes on their backs and what they could put in a car.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,681 posts)I hope things work out for him in Wisconsin.
bdamomma
(63,918 posts)the fires are horrible. This whole year has been horrible even for mother nature.
and not even any monetary aid to be given by our fascist government to those citizens who have lost their homes.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)the value is in the land. I appraised for years in SoCal, including the Ventura-Santa Barabara area, and it's essentially location-location-location.
Second, insurance will for the most part rebuild the improvements.
Even with climate change, the weather will also still be there for all but walk-out properties on the water, including the lovely coastal breezes and cooler temperatures that make coastal communities so desirable. Even with the Pacific warming a bit, it's still cold water.
It's obvious he's hurting, but last I heard there have been no deaths and that's the only thing he wouldn't get over. So, give him time.
Speaking of, I hear this winter in Wisconsin will probably be pretty normal; i.e., perhaps nostalgia will make him glad to leave that nasty California coast behind for good. Selling the land he still owns would buy a whole lot of snow shovels.
Hello, old friend!
onecaliberal
(32,887 posts)applegrove
(118,759 posts)Upthevibe
(8,068 posts)I realize, of course, that many items simply aren't replaceable. Also, as someone mentioned, location is a big deal. I live in Redondo Beach, CA but am currently working in Texas on a project. It pains me to see what is happening right now....
malaise
(269,157 posts)and the time of year makes it worse