How We Rise From Ash
(WorldNews Environment)

I drove up to Santa Rosa´s ground zero with butterflies in my stomach. The fires were under control by the time I arrived. But the gruesome images I had seen on my mobile phone, in the newspapers and in my friends´ Facebook feeds had shaped my brain. I thought I would find grief, rage, sorrow. Instead, to my surprise, I found a celebration of sorts, a coming together of three generations of a family that was simply grateful to be alive. Fourteen days after the wildfire in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Paul C. Miller) Today, Southern California is battling a new round of wildfires. When nature´s fury dies down, those affected by these fires will stand in the rubble. Here is how one family is coping...