"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 …showed first 75 words of 853 total…

…showed last 75 words of 853 total…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