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Ok. So I'm recording now. Agree. So. Hi, Bonnie. Thank you again. All right. So what grade level were you? And how old were you when the fires happened? I think I was a sophomore in high school. So I would have been like, 15, 16. Ok. And

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what school in area? Um, I went to Rancho in Park and how was your living situation looking like before the fires? Um, we were just renting a place in a river park uh in East section. Um Yeah. And how did you learn about the fires? Like,

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did you receive alerts, like text messages? Um, well, so I actually had gone to my friend's house in Santa Rosa and we had like, went to the mall and then spent the night at her place and then we woke up to the fire, like being around

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us in the morning. So I actually, I like, saw it. Oh, wow. And what were your feelings and emotions during that? Um It was like, it was kind of weird because at the night time because I was like, having like a little, like, sleepover with all

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my girlfriends and we were like listening to music in the backyard, kind of like, I think around, like, eight or nine and then all the power and we didn't, like, look it up because we were stupid and, like, young, we didn't, like, look up. But it

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was like, made like the night, like, ominous because we were like, why is all the power out and why is like, you know, like, because the whole street was out, like, it looked like everything was out. So we were like, this is weird and then we

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woke up Bill out. But, um, my friend's mom on her phone had found out that there was like a fire going on and kind of like, we were feeling freaked out and we were kind of anxious like what's going on. So I was like, why don't

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we go look outside? And when we looked outside it was literally just like, it was pretty scary because it's like the sky, like, it was supposed to be like, like, like in the morning, like, probably around like 11 or 12, I think. And it's like, so

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it should have been sunny but it was very, like the, like the sky was gray and there was like an orange glow, like right at the horizon. It was really like, I don't know, it looked like someone, like, picked me up and dropped me out. Oh,

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yeah, that, yeah, that sounds really intense. Oh, my goodness. I'm glad you're ok though. And how was um, how was, let's see, how was it, like, going back to class after the fires? Like, was there any damage to your school and surroundings? So, since I, like,

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live in our park, no, there was like, nothing going on. I didn't go back to school for, I think, like a week or two weeks because of the air quality. We just stayed home and we didn't even have like, like, uh, Zoom wasn't off then or

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anything. So we, I would, I just stayed home for two weeks and, um, I personally didn't, like, it didn't affect me really in any ways. So, and I was also, like, kind of young. So I didn't really think about, you know, it, it happened, I felt

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bad for the people who, like, got injured or lost things because there's like a lot of that on the news and, um, when I came back to school it turned out like, one of my teachers had a rough time with the fire and lost something. So,

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like, I felt a little very sad, but personally, for me, I didn't have anything to, um, I didn't lose anything or nobody got hurt in my family. So I was like, thankful. Oh, that's good. Yeah. So, financially you guys weren't hurt or anything? No. No, I'm

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totally fine. That's good. That's good. And do you feel like your routine changed? Like, do you feel like the fire impacted your routine? Like, did you have any paranoia. No, not really. Like, after it was done, I did feel kind of scared to go outside because

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of, like, the air quality. Like, I think it died for like, two weeks. Like, my parents didn't want me going out and went to school also, really didn't want me going anywhere. That's why we didn't go to school. So it was kind of like, scary to

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think about how, like, I go breathe outside right now. It's like smoking a pack of cigarettes or whatever. Like, that was kind of like unsettling. But I, you know, you grow out of it once everything was ok. I was like, cool. I can go back outside

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again. Yeah, I hear you. And do you feel like your academic engagement suffered a little bit since you were off school for two weeks? And were you guys online? Did you guys do any online classes or? No? No. It was literally just, like, stayed at home

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for two weeks. Um, so it was, yeah, it was strange. Like, it definitely was like coming back to school a lot of the teachers, like, a lot of the adults were kind of like, solemn and sad. So it made you feel kind of like, like, withdrawn

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from learning because you're just focusing. Like, there, there's like a lot of sadness, like, people knowing what had to be rebut and I think that was when, like the round barn, like the Kaiser went down, like, the coals and, like, I don't know, a lot of

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older people and their, what they have remembered, like, Santa Rosa being like, it wasn't anymore and I think it made people sad. So it was hard to kind of, like, engage back in the school when you're, like, everyone you look up to is, like, kind of,

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like, really upset over something. Yeah. Um, yeah. And what did you learn after the fire? Um, It's kind of cheesy but like I learned how much like these places mean to like the older generation and how much they're willing to like band together to help people

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who are suffering with the fires. Um That was kind of, I mean, I don't, we have a better word other than inspiring, I guess, but like shady way they use it but everyone was coming together and like being really supportive. Um And it showed how much

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that we could do that. Um I don't think, um as a kid and I don't think I really learned much from the fire besides, you know, like stay in contact and with people maybe like, share my location with my parents, which I, I did start doing

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so in case anything like that ever happens, they don't have to freak out that I'm like in the middle of a fire somewhere and that's what they thought I was staying the night. They thought I was like the way I was describing like the scenery that

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they thought I was like, in the middle of the fire and they were freaking out, but it kind of just like, taught me to be like, more communication in case bad things happen and like how we wanna work tight knit to, like, help people survive. Oh,

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well, I think that's really good. So that basically sums up our interview. We finished it pretty quick. Thank you so much. Of course, it helps out.