This year California's fires, which have spread as far as Los Angeles, are more wide-ranging then last year's tragic inferno. And then there are California's earthquakes: in some locations, minor quakes rumble as frequently as monthly, even weekly. And residents often talk about The Big One, the earthquake they're always expecting any day. One year there was such a terrible quake that even the golden gate bridge collapsed. California's beauty and appealing temperatures seem as deceptive as a fatally attractive animal. Yet across the continent, water overtakes land previously untouched by flooding, and winters are so cold and ice-filled, West Coast visitors call the Northeast and Midwest "Land of Moles." There are reasons people remain in California in spite of fires and earthquakes: the ocean and Jacaranda blossoms, and kinder, happier people. And when you first see California from a hilltop, you catch your breath: It's that beautiful. It feels different from any other place. If we were closer to nature as animals are, we would identify the restless feeling of danger coming, and escape. Some of us already can. It's a hollowness that fills you like the echo in canyons; an anxiety emanating from enormous mountains. Like the 1800's Gold Rush, California offers a promise. In spite of yearly fires and constant Big One warnings, California feels as beautiful as love.
Fire In Paradise
The Really Big One
Fire In Paradise
The Really Big One
