Forced to flee
Tens of thousands of California residents have been asked to leave their homes as wind-whipped wildfires raced from the Santa Paula area to the Santa Barbara border. Among them was Christy Woodhams, who inspected the remains of a family cabin Thursday at Camp Bartlett in Santa Paula.
“I would rather be criticized for potentially annoying someone than for not delivering a critical alert under these dangerous fire conditions.” Kelly Huston deputy director of California’s Office of Emergency Services, who sent an unprecedented text warning to residents