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Right. So I'm gonna ask you a total of 16 questions. They could be easy. It just depends on how you feel about them. If you don't feel comfortable asking any of them, just let me know if at any point you don't feel comfortable doing the interview.

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Just let me know and we can just stop. So my first question it, what was your grade level and age during the events of the fire? When did this take? I, I go by the year it happened like what year was this? 2020 17. So I

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was 16 at the time. Um I was a sophomore in high school. Um, it was actually my worst year. Um I lost a cousin at the time so it had affected my whole school year. Um and you know, later on my high school year I had

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to recover all those grades I had missed and stuff. Um but yeah, I was looking at maybe CS and Ds at the time but um yeah, I was, I was trying to but um once the virus happened, I mean, it definitely took a bigger toll and

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I was like, oh, like what do we do from here? You know, like are we still going to school? You know, and um I remember like, if you wanted to go get extra work, like if you didn't have wifi access, which obviously no one had wifi

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access. Um you know, they were like, you know, you can do it but it was towards like maybe two weeks after, you know, everything because they didn't want us to go to school due to the air conditions and everything. But um I do remember it just

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kind of like affecting my grade a lot more. Um So what school and the area were you in? I was going to high school in. Yeah. And then your living situation before the fire was it was, it was great. I mean, I my I was living

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with my parents, you know, um at the time, um it was, it was still fine. I mean, we didn't have any problems but it definitely concerned us because we were like, you know, that's really close to our house. Like, so then um how did you learn

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about the fire? Social media? That's what's funny. It was really late at night, like, like really, really early at night when it happened because I remember just being on like, you know what every kid uses at the time. Snapchat. And I remember just seeing someone post

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about it and just remember seeing families or friends that live in the area and being like, dude, there's a fire right by your house and you know, then it spread everywhere and then the news was on like at ABC news or whatever, like the one by

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San Francisco. And I was like, oh my gosh, like this is big, like this is not something that's like small. So, um what were your feelings and emotions during the alerts and updates that you received throughout this situation? Ok. I was kind of more like, like

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the closer the town was, I would get concerned. Um I think it, I think I, the moment I realized I was really concerned was when it, it was around Cloverdale, you know, we were the only town that was not on fire, but he, there was, you

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know, again, Elena, the back town of Geiser will. So we couldn't go up north south but anywhere we couldn't go because we were just trapped in the fire. So everyone who was also evacuating from north and south came here as well. And so it was crazy

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seeing like the town just full of so many people as well. So, um even after all that stress and stuff, how was it to go back to class after the fires? It was actually kind of sad because you would notice a lot of teachers lost their

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houses because they lived up in Santa Rosa or even in and, and all of a lot of them. Actually, we lost a lot of our teachers. So we had not like, you know, in the or anything, but they had to move to a different state due

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to the values of houses. At that point, you know, everyone was desperate to look for houses. So a lot of our teachers had to move due to, you know, the loss of their houses too. Was there any damage to your school? No, luckily, no, there was

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no damage. Um But there was a lot of people, like, I feel like due to how Clover reacted and helped a lot of communities everywhere. Um after, you know, everything happened, a lot of people kind of think back to Clover and they were able, I feel

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like to donate a couple of things to us. So we were able to, you know, make our schools a little bit better as well. So your initial reactions to walking through the school were, how would you describe it? It was definitely like, it almost felt empty,

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you know, like, like I mentioned there was a couple of teachers that we weren't gonna see anymore and they kind of impacted our education. So it was just kind of a different vibe when it's like, oh, like everything felt the same, it just, everything was just,

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yeah, everything was not the same anymore. So then your academic engagement, did it suffer? Um I would say definitely that year it really did because it's like, how, how do you kind of move away? From something that, you know, impacted a lot of friends and families

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out there and then mentally, how would you say you were? It was scary for sure because it was like, can you go to sleep? You know? So you would go to school and like, like a week after the fire stopped? Like, I feel like it would

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be draining because it'd be like, I don't want to go to sleep because what if another fire starts? So I feel like it was raining, like, sleep wise and everything. So then, because constant feeling of something's gonna happen again. Yeah. So I feel like, you know,

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I mean, not me kind of in that paranoid stage. It was kind of like, oh, you know, I didn't do my home because I was so tired or something going on and it kind of affected my school grades as well for that reason. And, I mean,

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I was still trying to do my, the best I could to, you know, keep going and get the grade, just those ideas just kept. Yeah. So then, um, did your teachers and staff help you with this feeling? Is it, was there, were they trying to make

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you process this a lot easier? Were they understanding of what was going on and how they could help, you know, a lot of them actually did try to make, just, like, cope in many ways. Um, they actually had like, a little area in the cafeteria after

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like, lunch in a way, I think it was and basically, um, even, it wasn't even for students, it was also like families out of town and stuff who, you know, like, needed stuff. So if a student was, you know, who lost her home or something, they

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needed something or just to speak to someone, they were able to go to this place in the cafeteria and, you know, speak to someone about it as well. I think it's like a disaster kind of plan kind of person. And, um, I know they were really

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out there trying to help people. So I know that that's something that the school established for people as well. Um, what about your peer relationships? What were their experiences like your friends? Um, it was kind of, one of my friends lived out, like her house was

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affected by it. Um, luckily, you know, she ended up being fine, you know, it's just kind of sucks and I, I get her point of view, you know, she still says that about this day like, oh, you know, it's my house. Like I don't have my

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baby pictures anymore, you know, II I don't have any of my memories anymore. What am I gonna show my kids? But at the same time, like you're here, you know, that's the important thing like that. But I definitely see where it also affected some of my

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friends too, where they lost really important things as well to the valuable stuff and animals, you know, there was animals that, since they lived out in ranches, their horses got out. But luckily they were fine. But, but still, yeah. Um, did your daily routine change after

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the impact of the fire? Yes, because I think we went in later due to the, um, like, sky conditions too and we got out earlier too. So we had a lot of minimal days as, um, or minimum days. Sorry. Um, so it, it didn't affect me

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that much but it was almost like, oh, like, you know, I'm out of school now. Like, what do, what do I do? You know? And even then, like, I feel like they gave us work but, you know, that work wasn't enough for us to be like,

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ok, like this was easy, you know, I finished it in class. Like, is this all? But I think for reasons that teachers really saw, you know, kids really struggling as well. Did you have any fears of the fire coming back? Like paranoia, does that still plague

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you? Uh, you know, like, not too much now, but definitely like the year after because I feel like, I think it happened again the year after, you know, so, um, it was almost like, oh, like just probably gonna be another fire this year, you know, and

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it's weird that when there's really bad wind it's almost like everyone's paranoia immediately goes to, oh, there's gonna be a fire now, you know. So, um, you know, honestly, kind of, you know, when it comes to high winds, I'm like, oh, you know, this kind of

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gives me signs of a fire but, you know, it's just the weather itself, it's not even has to do anything with fires or anything, but it's always the main cause of a fire. Yeah. Um, like from a lot of people, they say that the wind was

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the one thing they noticed before the fire that happen. So now when they hear or feel strong winds they just think back to that moment. Yeah. Um, was your parent or was your family affected financially? Um, not financially. Um, but my dad has always been the

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type of person to always want to go to work even if it's for ot. But, um, I remember how bad my dad tried to look for everywhere on the freeway to get to work. And, um, you know, he tried to call one of the owners, not

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owner, owner of the winery he works for, but like a manager and he was like, look, I just want to make sure that everything's fine, you know, and, um, I didn't think that my dad would, you know, wanna not sacrifice to go out to check that

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his job was fine. But, um, it was just crazy that, you know, he was willing to do that. But financially I'm very happy to see that. My family was doing ok. Um So not much stress in that sense, definitely not. Um like I mentioned, got a

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lot of help as well. So they were able to, they gave us portable chargers, they gave us, you know, chargers themselves, they gave us these lanterns that were um solar as well. Um They gave us a lot of stuff to help on the community and they

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also did dinners every night. So, you know, they, if you know, there were families that didn't have food, you know, people would be able to go down there and get foods as well. That's good. That's pretty interesting. I didn't know that. Um, so after the fire

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and after all the feelings and everything, have you set a disaster plan or safety preparedness? Yes. Actually, you know what's funny, I, I actually have because I have this really big giant paper that I received. Um, oh, the day I bought. But, you know, I got

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this really big giant, um, plan sheet that, um, basically I write down everyone's information and I pocket it inside of like a little Ziploc baggie that it comes with. So that stays with me the whole time. So it tells me, it tells, tell them who I

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am my information, his informa like, you know, who's with me as well, like their information, any allergies they have as well. And I've always set my phone up for, you know, my medical, I as well. You know, um, I've always tried to set, you know, everything

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I can to, just in case just in case anything would ever happen. Yeah. And, um, especially with the fires, it's almost like I, I have planned it with my parents as well, you know, especially with my dad. He's always told me, you know, get as many

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things as, as you can and just go to the coast where it's most safest. And so, you know, that has always been, our plan is just to go up to the ghost up north is where we would think is like the best place to meet. That's

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a pretty good plan. So what was the hardest part of the disaster and why? Um, so during the disaster, I had to go volunteer, um, up north to this hospital, um, during and still now they don't, um, do many procedures or they're kind of just like

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a general hospital kind of thing. Um, but my family, a lot of my family works there. They work, you know, as nurses or they work in the kitchen. And so, um, they were low on staff, obviously, um, a lot of clinics in UAA needed help. So

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they sent all their patients down over there as well. And, um, it was a little sad seeing a lot of, you know, people, you know, passing as well due to not enough supplies and stuff as well. So it was really sad, you know, seeing all those

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things happen as well. Um If you had to relive the disaster, would you do anything differently? And if so what, as rude as I don't want to make it sound, I would have never gone up north because I felt like I tried so far in the

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fire. Um, I remember just driving by, like you could feel the heat in the car because the flames were so close to you when you were driving up there. Um, but at the same time it, it felt good trying to be able with a heel, but

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it definitely was scary driving up there as well. So after everything, did you learn anything about the fire or I, I did the fire teach you anything new that you didn't definitely like, as you know, since being, being young, I definitely was like, ok, like, what

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would I take, you know, like, what, you know, do I even have that mentality to take things that quickly did those people who lost their house have that mentality to take things quickly because they didn't, you know, and so I think about that this till this

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day, you know, like, what would I do, you know? And, um, I have set myself up to like, what would I really do? And, you know, and, um, after hearing a lot of my friends stories and, um, family stories, I have always like, packed a little,

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like a little jar kind of thing and it has a lot of family pictures. Um It has like my first baby clothes and everything. It has a lot of my like what I think. Yeah, are my most important memories to me. Um So I have made

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it easier to myself to be like this is what I need to take with me if anything were to happen and I always keep it in clear sight for me that way. I know I can just grab it and leave. You know that because, you know,

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I don't want to struggle and be like I need to take this too, you know, but I, I had to, you know, just have that ready for me because, you know, I don't want something to happen to those things either. All right. Well, that's all the

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questions I have. Thank you so much.