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gotten so bad that it wasn't safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. >> rescue, what is your emergency? >> reporter: but ever since, the fires in california have gotten worse. >> dixie fire. >> woolsey fire. >> are more towns burned to the ground, more forests devastated and more refugees. this episode is about californians and fire, because we got to learn how to get a...

california history. >> agh. lucky for us the fires hadn't made it to where my family lives in oakland, but the air had gotten so bad that it wasn't safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. >> fire rescue, what is your emergency? >> but ever since, the fires in california have a gotten worse. >> dixie fire. >> woolsey fire. >> are more towns burned to the ground, more for...

california history. >> ahh! lucky for us, the fires hadn't made it to where my family lives in oakland, but the air had gotten so bad that it wasn't safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, our elderly parents and kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. back then, it seemed like a once in a lifetime thing, but every year since, the fires in california have gotten worse. >> the dixie fire. >> the hill fire. >> there are more towns being burned to the ground, more people whose lives are devastated,...

Research center, and whole hanley, a great weatherman name, is his student. his ph.d focus is wildfire forecasting, because that's a thing. so, i was saying, i live in oakland. there hasn't been a wildfire since i've been living there, but i have asthma, so, like, during fire season, sometimes i look at the air quality app on my phone and it says, don't go outside, seal every window. spl >> that's really the pathway that most people are affected by the fires. there was even an economic analysis of the 2018 season. they found that the economic impact of the health effects of the lowered air qua...

His focus is wildfire forecasting. because that's a thing. i live in oakland. there hasn't been a wildfire since i've been living there. but i have asthma. so during fire season, sometimes i look at the air quality off my phone, and it's don't go outside. seal every window. >> that's really the pathway that most people are affected by the fires. there is even an economic analysis of the 2018 season. they found that the economic impact of the health effects of the lowered air quality was just as high as all of the destruction of structures literally burning down. so my perception in the time th...