Recovery efforts from California fires and other disasters have slowed due to the current period of high inflation.
In California, the McKinney Fire chewed through dense, dry forests and into remote, rural communities that are now often dubbed as"high risk" by insurance providers.
"I knew this was good for something, it's not leaving my side," Schwander says."Not a lot, but enough to get me through a couple months." "They're underinsured," Fischer says."The insurance companies might pay for what they think your house was worth, but they don't take into account it's going to cost $50,000 to clean up your spot to rebuild."
Erin Hillman supervises the reconstruction of her home, which burned to the ground in a 2020 wildfire. Rebuilding has been slow due to labor and supply shortages, plus another fire in the area. "Gentleman that lived back there, he's not coming back. The young couple and their children back here, I think they're trying to get their house built," she says.The McKinney Fire sparked just as the new foundation was finally being poured, and Hillman briefly panicked that she'd once again lose everything. But Hillman, who is a descendent of the Karuk tribe, doesn't want to leave her ancestral lands.
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