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Both years. Ok. And it's completely how you want to tell it about the events leading up to during and after the fire. So I'll start with, can you describe October 8th 2017 or some describe October 8th 2017 to be kind of a weird night. I'm sure

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you've heard about that. Yeah. Um Can you tell me how that night was for you about the timeline of that day what that looked like? Well, I noticed it towards the evening time once it was all dark. Actually, that night I was coming home from a

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concert, the weekend concert in Oakland, I believe. And I just remember coming down the freeway and just seeing all of the mountains like little bonfire. So at that time, I had no idea because I've been off my phone and my mom was worried, everyone was worried.

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I remember being like intoxicated and getting home and having to pack everything, having to chase my cat because he wouldn't go in the carrier. Um I remember like the police sirens outside. They had like a new one. Wow, it was like chaotic. Yes, I remember like

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everyone was packing up driving out Wow. Mhm Can you tell me about? So you had to evacuate your home. Can you tell me about that event and how that felt for you, how it affected you where you went? Maybe how chaotic it was. Yes, definitely chaotic.

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Like I said, I was intoxicated. So I was coming off of that. This was the very first time experiencing something like that. So we didn't know what to grab. I just remember grabbing like um like the high school diplomas, my very close pictures that I had

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and the cat and literally that was it and the buy of clothes and we headed out towards Salinas, California. So we had some family members out there and I had to drive by that time, I think it was like four or five in the morning and

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no sleep driving all the way out there, all the family because they said leave your car, drive in the van or oh, so I decided to drive by that time I was fine, but I just remember like driving almost getting to Selena's and just falling asleep

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and I couldn't drive anymore. So I had my dad take over and we got there with the family members and it was just crazy because we could still smell the smoke. So we all had to literally stay in a two bedroom apartment. So it was like

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over 12 people. Wow, everyone's staying there. Can you tell me about how that felt for you like did it impact your mental health in any way? Or even your physical health? Like the smoke? Yeah. Not being able to go home, not being able to go home.

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I had to cancel all all of my clients because I'm a certified Narcis assistant. So you were working at the time, I was working at the time and I had to choose me and my family and just say sorry I can't work but work. Understood. Hopefully.

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Like, thankfully they had some people that stayed at the time. I was 19. So I kinda had to go with my parents. It did affect school. School was all canceled. Yeah. Tell me about that. Yeah. But they made it so easy. Like, the professors were really

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nice and understanding and they cut exams, I believe. Yeah. So it wasn't too stressful on that perspective because everyone was understanding but definitely a new experience. How long was it till you can go back to school? Like, I guess, how long were you out of school

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for? I wanna say, like, 3 to 4 weeks. Wow. Yeah. Like the whole month I don't remember. It's been a while but yeah, obviously was canceled for a while. I think it was started October 8th and it didn't, I don't think it was completely contained until

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October 28th or 29th right now. Halloween. So that must have been a long time. Yes, definitely. So how it impacted your academic situation? Do you think it affected your timeline to graduate your academic goals? Yeah. Yes. What was it? Um, at the time I think it

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was a math class and even though they did go easy on you and everything I did not learn what I was supposed to learn and I did not pass. So I had to retake that class. So that obviously held me back a semester. Yes. Yeah. So

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it definitely affected the timeline of graduation. Definitely. That must have been hard. Yes. But you learn, you know, you can't do anything about it. Just keep going. Yeah, things happen. I gotta keep pushing. Did you feel motivation to complete courses? Was it easy to turn assignments?

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Like how did the professors? Yeah, I remember the professors didn't know much. So there was nothing like do during that timeline. I do remember since I am a certified nurse assistant, I had to push back that testing date. So that did hold back the license process.

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But thankfully my job waited on me. That's awesome. Yeah, that's great. Mhm How do you, do you think that impacted your mental health in any way? Like were you stressed out? Like was it anxiety inducing to try to like deal with not only a natural disaster

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but also just your life? Yes. Definitely stressing because I didn't want to forget everything I had just learned and then that big test literally and with everything going on, it was hard to study. So, no studying at all. Just moving back for it. I bet. And

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I'm sure a lot of other places where you were studying were open, like, I mean, imagine, like, like just you have so much going on before that. Yes. You know, like a routine. Yeah. Go to work, go to school. That was interrupted. Everything was interrupted. It

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must have been hard. It was. How do you think the campus, the JC? You were on the JC? How do you think the campus responded to that? They responded with resources for like, the professors? Do you think you felt prepared to, like, evacuate or do you

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think the campus felt prepared going through that, going through that? I feel like they weren't prepared but they did a really good job. They offered a lot of therapy. I think it is or like mental health crisis type of thing and they definitely cut back on

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their, uh, like teaching schedule. It went easier. I feel like, because nothing was due during all of that. All the closures and they didn't pack it on either. They just cut it out of their lecture. Hm. Well, that's nice. Mhm. Hm. How about, how about now?

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Can you tell me about any changes that happened in your life since then? Yeah. Like, how has, do you think the fire impacted your life? Like long term? Thankfully not, it's just um like anxiety towards the fire season? Like, oh, is it Yeah. Is it gonna

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get close to us again? Yeah. Most I would just say anxiety around the fire season. Thankfully, I was not in Coffee Park or I didn't lose my home. So that's good. I was very fortunate for that. Yeah. How about the, how do you feel about the

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county's preparedness? Like, did you get any warning? Did someone knock on your door? Did you get any phone calls? How do you feel about that? That I feel like the news, a lot of the news was coming through and the county was sending out a lot

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of messages and they had their online sourcess. So that's where I was getting all of the information. So for me that I'm able to log into, yeah, online, I'm able to do that. So I think it was good but there's older people that don't know how

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to do that. So, I don't know it was for them. Yeah, because I know there was a mobile home park that got completely destroyed a while. Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Journey's end. I think it was called. Yeah. But road was it? I think so. Yeah,

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that got completely destroyed. People lost their lives. Yeah. That's crazy. Can you describe, I just want to make sure I hit on my points. Talked about the university. How do you think your classmates were impacted? Like, was it, could you see a difference in people's like

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stress levels, mental health after the fire. Like once you got back to class, how were things? Was it kind of a different experience going back to school after? I feel like it was because my classmates did lose their home. So seeing them struggle and then asking

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for donations and then seeing there, it's not pity but you would feel like, sorry for them in a way because they would talk about the experience and then you would feel so bad. But I don't think it affected me personally, like, on an academic level, I

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think for them for sure, because they have a lot of stress going on. Yeah, I can't imagine. Yeah. But you were able to complete your degree after a semester. You got your job. Yes. I like to get the, even though it was pushed back, I think

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towards December. So I was supposed to do it in October and it got pushed back to December. Yeah. Yeah. Thankfully everything was fine sooner rather than later. Yeah. What's meant for you to accomplish? Yeah, that's good. Um, give me last minute questions, comments, stories, events. No.

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No, it was just very scary. Do you think you feel more prepared now if it were to happen again, if it were to happen again? I feel like if it happened how it did, no one's gonna be prepared but you're able to prepare yourself emotionally because

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you've been through it and, you know, you know, ok, I need to do this, this and that, yeah, I mean, with the community's response, I know it was super just an overwhelming like, I wanna help. What can we do? How do you feel about the community's

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response since then? Like, do you feel more connected to your community? I mean, you grew up here? Right. Yeah. For sure. I feel like everyone came together like with the donations. That was like, awesome. Yeah. A lot of people got helped through that. I had friends

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that we're donating, collecting, taking a dollar. So it was, yeah, I know there was a lot of evacuation spot like Kaiser, I'm sure it was some in Petaluma. Yeah, stuff like that. And then friends reaching out like, oh if you guys don't have a place to

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stay, like you guys can come with me or if you guys need anything, let me know that must feel good. You know, you're in a community that now understands it has the resources, you know, you can come together, you're not alone for sure. That's important. Thanks.

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Nothing else. Thank you. Yeah. No, that's it. Unless you have any questions. Comments. No. Ok. Thank you so much.