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BRING AABBOUT BUT IT HAS TO BE
MIND SET.
>> FLAMES COMING FAST, THEY
PACKED UP THE COMPUTER, BABY
ALBUM, GOT THEMSELVES AND THEIR
20 MONTH OLD TO SAFETY.
THE HOME WAS DESTROYED.
THEY WATCHED IT BURN ON THE NEWS
FROM A LOCAL FIRE STATION,
UNBELIEVABLE.
JANETTE, CHRISTIAN, I'M SO
SORRY.
HOW ARE YOU BOTH HOLDING UPRIGHT
NOW?
>> WE'VE HAD A COUPLE DAYS TO
PROCESS.
WE KNEW ON TUESDAY, WE SAW IT
LIVE ON TV.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH 4 HO8 HOURS
THINK ABOUT IT AND DEAL WITH
INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING, WE'VE
GOT A REFRESHED STATE OF MIND.
>> JANETTE --
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND
FAMILY SUPPORTING US.
>> YOU HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND
FAMILY SUPPORTING YOU.
JANETTE, YOU GOT HOME WHEN YOU
SAW THE SMOKE.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN THAT
SITUATION?
>> I WENT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS
BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT IT --
IF IT WAS VERY BIG, AND WHEN I
GOT OUT THERE, I REALIZED IT WAS
PROBABLY BIGGER THAN SOMETHING I
SHOULD DEAL WITH, SO THAT'S WHEN
I DIALLED 911, RAN HOME AND
CALLED CHRISTIAN.
HE LIVES -- OR HE WORKS VERY
CLOSE TO OUR HOME.
HE RACED HOME.
WE LITERALLY HAD FIVE MINUTES
AND WE LEFT BECAUSE IT WAS --
THE FLAMES WERE THERE.
>> FIVE MINUTES, WHAT DO YOU --
WHAT DO YOU TAKE?
WHAT DO YOU GRAB?
>> THE FIRST THING I GRABBED WAS
THE BABY ALBUM, THEN I GRABBED
OUR PERSONAL COMPUTER BECAUSE
ALL OF OUR PICTURES ARE ON THAT
COMPUTER.
WE GRABBED THE FIRE BOX WHICH
HOUSES OUR PASSPORTS, SOCIAL
SECURITY CARDS AND THAT WAS IT.
WE HAD TO LEAVE.
>> THANK GOODNESS YOU HAD A FIRE
BOX.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLY SMART AND
WELL-PREPARED.
CHRISTIAN WHEN YOU GOT HOME AND
SAW HOW CLOSE THE FIRE WAS, WHAT
FIRST WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND?
>> I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE THE
FLAMES LIKE JANETTE DID.
I SAW THE SMOKE BEARING DOWN AND
I WAS FREAKED.
YOU CAN'T DESCRIBE WHAT GOES
THROUGH YOUR MIND.
>> JANETTE, YOU WOULDN'T BE
ALLOWED BACK IN YOUR HOME BUT
YOU SAW IT BURNING ON
TELEVISION.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING WORSE
THAN THAT.
>> YEAH, IT WAS PROBABLY THE
WORST THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY
LIFE.
YOU HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE YOU
SAY IS THAT REALLY MY HOUSE?
BUT WE KNEW IT WAS, HOWEVER, NOW
I'M GRATEFUL THAT I KNOW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE JUST DON'T
KNOW AND WE ARE ABLE TO PROCESS
IT BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE WE
STAND.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE SAW IT 50
TIMES OVER AND OVER AND OVER ON
THE NEWS BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW.
>> CHRISTIAN, WHAT DO YOU DO
NOW?
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU PICK UP AND
MOVE FORWARD?
YOU SAID YOU HAD TIME TO PROCESS
THIS, BUT HOW DO YOU START
PICKING UP THE PIECES?
>> ONE MINUTE AT A TIME.
>> WE DON'T KNOW YET.
>> YEAH, AT THIS POINT, YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THE
STATUS OF OUR PROPERTY, IF
IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IF ALL OUR
TREES ARE COMPLETELY BURNED DOWN
OR, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING
WE CAN REBUILD ON --
>> WE'RE FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON
OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT ARE
STILL -- OUR FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS STILL IMPACTED BY THIS
FIRE.
IT'S A COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL
SITUATION, AND I REALLY AM
WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND
US, THE PEOPLE WE CARE ABOUT AND