'We're just existing': What it was like to survive the deadly Northern California wildfires

Luana Cobb and her son Dan were asleep when a wildfire blew into Coddingtown Mobile Estates in Santa Rosa, California, early Monday morning. 

Luana, 83, awoke to the sound of cars honking and people shouting. She went outside and heard neighbors screaming to get out. Soon, she says, a fireball struck a nearby palm tree. It rained fiery debris onto her shed, which spun embers onto the frame of her house. 

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The mobile home was gone within minutes. Luana and Dan, 60, watched from the street in shock as it collapsed onto itself, flames melting and twisting the metal and steel in its path. The fire ripped through more than a dozen mobile homes and tore across the street, setting an ammunition shop ablaze. Luana and Dan were suddenly survivors and evacuees, carrying only what they each had time to grab: medication, checkbook, and wallet for Dan, and an insurance policy and purse for Luana.   Read more…

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