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Information about Fires in Wine Country Fall 2017

Once again, a major wildfire brings forth much useful information.  Coverage of the 16 wildfires now ravaging Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Solano Counties include the following practical links:

Firefighters watch from their fire trucks as wildfires continue to burn Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, near Calistoga, Calif. Some of the state’s most historic tourist sites, including Sonoma city and Calistoga in Napa Valley, were ghost towns populated only by fire crews trying to stop the advancing infernos. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Here’s what you should have in your Go bag   https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/10/heres-what-you-should-have-in-your-emergency-bag/  California Report, KQED, October 10, 2017
 
Insurance Help for Northern California Fire Survivors from United Policyholders   http://www.uphelp.org/blog/north-bay-fires-insurance-claim-help
 
Will wildfires spike everyones insurance rates in California   http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Will-wildfires-spike-everyone-s-insurance-rates-12270762.php San Francisco Chronicle, October 11, 2017
 
Living with Fire in California  http://www.sfchronicle.com/…/Editorial-Living-with-fire-in-… San Francisco Chronicle Editorial, October 12, 2017