San Diego Firestorm Recovery (Persuasive Essay)
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:58:26
Category: / History / European History
Length: 3 pages (853 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 3 pages (853 words)
"FIRE!" The call rang out through the state of California that fateful day in October 2003. My personal experience felt harrowing; I was trapped on the I-15 freeway with my 5 month old in the car. Police and Firefighters rerouted traffic and turned us around. I vividly remember driving North in the Southbound lanes and seeing flames in my rear-view mirror. The nightmare did not end so quickly for the scores of other people whose homes burned …
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…when this disaster struck our area.
References:
Krueger, A. (2005, April 26, 2005). Delays on the Home Front - As city fire victims settle in, backcountry beleaguered. Retrieved 5-30-05, from www.signonsandiego.com
OES Planning and Technological Assistance Branch (2004, 6/17/2004). 2003 Southern California Wildfires After Action Report. Retrieved 9/18/2005, from http://www.myfirecommunity.net/documents/S_CA_State_2003_Fires_AAR_FINAL_0712.pdf
San Diego Firestorm Community Recovery Team (2003). Fire Facts. Retrieved 5-30-2005, from http://www.firestormrecoveryteam.org/main.htm
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