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Whether you’ve been impacted by a fire or flood, the advice is the same: Document the damage and contact your insurance company as soon as possible. In the midst of the devastating wildfires that have raged through the Los Angeles area over the last week, thousands of residents are grappling with the fallout, from the tangible losses — more than 12,000 structures were damaged or destroyed — to the sentimental — generations of memories gone. What can be even more overwhelming for victims is figuring out what to do next and how to begin to recover. Californians aren’t alone. In recent years, major natural disasters have devastated communities throughout the country. Last fall’s Hurricanes Milton and Helene damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Over 2,200 structures were destroyed in the 2023 Maui wildfires. According to Bankrate’s 2023 Extreme Weather Survey, over the past decade, 57 percent of US adults were forced to shoulder costs because of hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, earthquakes, flooding, or heavy snow events. In the aftermath of such events, residents likely need to file insurance claims and apply for assistance. This process can be arduous, with those impacted required to submit detailed lists of items lost — according to a 2023 Insurance Information Institute survey, fewer than half of homeowners had prepared personal inventories of their belongings to document such losses. Making matters more complicated, in California, a home insurance crisis looms after thousands of homeowners in fire-prone areas were recently told that their policies were not being renewed. The state has some safeguards in place: Those dropped from their plans could enroll in California’s FAIR plan, an insurance program that the state established in the late 1960s that offers minimal fire coverage for high-risk properties as a last resort. Recently implemented insurance reforms in California will also require insurers to offer new policies in fire-prone areas and could bring back insurers like State Farm that previously dropped policy holders in high-risk regions. Residents without insurance can access aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency or state assistance programs. Here’s how to start the process to receive relief. Your first call should be to your insurance company After local authorities have deemed it safe to return to your home after a disaster, assess the damage and reach out to your insurance company by phone or app to start a claim as soon as you can. Take photos and videos of any damage — don’t throw away damaged items or make repairs until an insurance adjuster has completed their assessment. There may be delays due to the ongoing nature of the disaster, as well as its scope, says Jeff Schlegelmilch, the director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia Climate School. Fires are still ongoing, and it may be unsafe for adjusters to access the area. The number of homes that were impacted and need to be evaluated can add to the lag. “Don’t make repairs before your insurer has assessed the damage, as it may void your coverage,” George Hooker, an attorney at Cole, Scott, and Kissane who specializes in property insurance claims, said by email. If you took pictures and video documentation of your home and belongings before the damage, this can be useful to substantiate your losses with your insurance company. Fortunately, damage from smoke and fire is covered under standard homeowner and renters insurance policies in California, according to the Insurance Information Institute. California regulation requires homeowners and renters insurers to immediately pay policyholders one-third of the estimated value of their belongings and a minimum of four months’ rent in the event that you are completely displaced, known as additional living expense. The FAIR plan covers up to $3 million in damages for residential policyholders and only reimburses the cost of renting a property that’s similar to your home. Keep all receipts for expenses like lodging, car and furniture rental, or laundry so you can be reimbursed later. Ask your insurance company when you can expect them to come assist you, Hooker says: “Some insurers offer emergency response services to help you secure your property and avoid further damage.” Make sure you get a claim number — write it down — which can help you when following up on the status of your claim down the road. Follow up with your insurance company if they haven’t scheduled your assessment. After an adjuster assesses the damage, they will determine how much the insurance company will pay you. You may be given a settlement offer on the spot, but do not sign offers right away, as you may be entitled to more money. If you disagree with the assessment from your insurance company, you can hire a public adjuster for a fee. Their second opinion can help you when negotiating with your insurance company. You can also appeal any decisions made by your insurance company. Keep detailed notes and send a follow-up email after every conversation with an insurance representative or adjuster to document your progress. If the claim is accepted, you may receive one or multiple checks based on the extent of the damage. The amount of time insurance companies have to pay out claims depends on where you live. States like Arizona and Kentucky must send checks within 30 days while Texas laws require insurers to send payment within five days. Claims involving mortgage lenders and for significant damage can take longer to process; you can file a complaint with the state’s insurance department if your insurance company is dragging their feet. Usually, though, insurance companies are fairly prompt in paying disaster victims, Schlegelmilch says. Residents with rental insurance should also reach out to their carrier and document any damages whenever it’s safe to return to the property, Hooker says. Whether you’ve been impacted by a fire or flood, the advice is the same: Document the damage and contact your insurance company as soon as possible, Hooker says. “It’s worth noting that some types of damage may be covered differently depending on the disaster,” he says. “For instance, standard homeowners’ insurance policies usually do not cover flood damage, so it is useful to check on the type of coverage you have.” The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has a detailed step-by-step guide on how to submit an insurance claim after a natural disaster and how to navigate the process moving forward. What to do if you don’t have insurance For those without homeowners or renters insurance, you can apply for relief through FEMA. (Those with insurance are also eligible for FEMA assistance.) Fill out the application at DisasterAssistance.gov, on the FEMA app, or by phone at 1-800-621-3362. You’ll need your Social Security number, description of the damage caused, your annual household income, contact information, and bank account information for direct deposit. A FEMA inspector will call and ask about your damages within 10 days of applying for aid. You’ll receive an eligibility decision within 10 days of that call. If you’re eligible for aid, you’ll receive a check or direct deposit at that time. FEMA assistance can be used to pay for rent or lodging expenses if you are displaced and home repair and replacement. Applicants can expect to receive this aid fairly quickly, Schlegelmilch says. Hooker also suggests checking if your state or city is offering disaster relief. Aid organizations like the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army operate shelters and service sites offering access to caseworkers to help with financial assistance. These disaster assistance centers are where you can talk to case managers to determine what forms of aid you’re eligible for. For example, if you have insurance, you are ineligible for certain types of public assistance, Schlegelmilch says. “These can be really complex dynamics,” he says. “Disaster assistance centers, or a reputable nonprofit that offers disaster case management, is your best resource to help navigate this.” If you can afford it, some law firms also provide assistance for disaster victims to access available aid. Again, you can find these centers listed on your local emergency management office’s website or local chapters of organizations like the American Red Cross, Catholic Charities, and the United Way. Some banks also offer disaster assistance. US Bank runs a disaster hotline to help customers determine which programs they’re eligible for. Golden 1 Credit Union’s Community Emergency Relief program provides loans with flexible payment options. Check with your bank to see if they have disaster relief programs available. Finding somewhere to live To find immediate shelter housing, DisasterAssistance.gov has an emergency shelter page with resources for housing. The California Office of Emergency Services also has a list of available shelters. You can learn about other disaster assistance programs and housing and rental assistance information at a Disaster Recovery Center. To find one near you, enter your address in FEMA’s DRC locator. You can use the cash advance your insurance company gave you for additional living expenses to help pay for temporary housing. After you apply for disaster assistance through FEMA, you may find out you qualify for transitional housing, which covers hotel stays while you’re displaced. Airbnb is also offering free temporary housing for people impacted by the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Fill out the application for housing through the county website. Dozens of Southern California U-Haul facilities are offering free storage options for those impacted by wildfires. You’re still responsible for making mortgage payments even if a disaster has destroyed your home, but you can request mortgage forbearance to pause or lower payments by calling your mortgage lender. If you’re a renter, you have the right to terminate your lease if you’re unable to live in the property. Refer to your lease for instructions on how to either pause rent payments or terminate the lease. For help paying for longer-term housing, FEMA offers continued temporary housing assistance programming. Eligible residents who need more than two months of FEMA rental assistance can apply to receive rental assistance for another three months or longer. Renters and homeowners can call FEMA’s helpline at 1-800-621-3362 to request an application. Outside of FEMA assistance, residents may need to secure housing on their own, a process only made more difficult by housing shortages and price gouging. Six months after the Maui wildfires, thousands of residents struggled to find housing. Already, rents are skyrocketing in Los Angeles. Potential housing options include extended stay hotels, short term rentals, and corporate housing that accepts public customers. United Corporate Housing and Corporate Housing by Owner, for instance, are offering temporary housing for California wildfire victims. While the recovery from natural disasters often takes years, there’s still a lot of help that impacted residents can get now. Stay patient, take detailed documentation, and continue to fight for what you deserve.

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Photographs by Alex WelshMichael Gollner studies fire and how it behaves at UC Berkeley’s Fire Research Lab. His research is focused on fires that spread from wildlands to urban areas––work that gives him insights into the fires ravaging Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and other areas near Los Angeles. On Friday, I interviewed him about the fires and how to rebuild the communities they’ve destroyed in a way that makes them more resilient. What follows is an edited version of our conversation.Conor Friedersdorf: How relevant is the debate about how to manage forests––whether to thin them out, for example––to fires like the ones in greater Los Angeles that began in dry sagebrush and chaparral?Michael Gollner: When extreme wind events occur, one variable is how much fuel is around to burn. Southern California had a lot of rain in the past couple of years, which caused a lot of plant growth, but no rain so far this winter, so that fuel was dry. We’re not talking about big trees burning in a forest. This was mostly little leaves and twigs, things less than a quarter-inch thick, so they get dry pretty quick. I’m not a fire ecologist, but in my observation of fire ecology, I think there’s still some debate on the best way to handle prescribed-burning regimes and fuel management in chaparral ecosystems. What I like to emphasize is: What happens when that fire gets to a community?To improve protection, we’re not talking about clearing whole forests or bulldozing hills. We’re talking about just hundreds of feet out from the community. We’re talking about giving space between the fire and the community and then making it so that the only thing that can get through is embers.Embers are little burning particles that are smoldering almost like charcoal when it is not making a flame but is red and glowing. They can loft up in the air and get carried by the wind—some firefighters reported seeing those embers lighting fires two to three miles ahead of the main flame front. You want to harden the community so that those embers are unlikely to light new fires.[Read: The particular horror of the Los Angeles wildfires]Conor Friedersdorf: Even knowing that embers start new fires, a part of me can’t comprehend it: I think of struggling to light a campfire even while holding a constant open flame against firewood.Where is my intuition going astray?Michael Gollner: It’s partly a matter of scale and probabilities. Any individual ember is unlikely to start a new fire. But a wildfire produces millions of embers. You can see them flying everywhere. One that catches is enough.And you don’t see an ember land on a big flat surface, like a piece of plywood, and set it on fire. It rolls away. But where? In wind, embers tend to pile up together in one place, like between the boards of a deck, or in crevices at the base of a wall, in front of siding. They can get in nooks and crannies on the roof and pile up there, or if you have a vent, they can fly in through it and land on flammable material. A mulch pile can be a perfect cavity, where an ember or embers settle in a little one-inch area that is protected from the wind enough to smolder and ignite. That’s not something you can model at scale, but you can re-create it in a laboratory. Alex Welsh for The Atlantic Conor Friedersdorf: What should homeowners understand about the science of how best to protect their homes?Michael Gollner: There’s never going to be 100 percent protection. But a shift in preparation can make a big difference, especially a community-wide shift. Firefighters can then have the upper hand and catch those fires that slip through the cracks. I’ve watched the videos of Pacific Palisades and elsewhere. In many places, vegetation management was not taking place. It’s hard to assign fault, because it’s a mix of private, city, county, and state property. But there was lots of brush, trees over structures, people who put juniper bushes next to their house, all in areas we’ve long known to be high-hazard. It’s devastating that it occurred in this way. We never expected it all to come together at once on any particular day. But we knew something like this could happen.Think of having a defensible space around the home. You don’t want any material there that can catch fire and spread to your house, especially in the five feet around the base of the structure.And then you want to harden the house against embers. Shake roofs are the absolute worst. The 1991 Tunnel Fire in Oakland Hills raced through wooden cedar-shake roofs, but those aren’t so common anymore. Now it’s flammable siding, flammable decks, open vents without mesh to protect against embers.[Read: When the flames come for you]And it’s tempting to think, I did my roof, I did my siding, and I did my vents. But I really love that juniper outside of my window. Well, if that juniper catches on fire, it is going to produce 15-foot-tall flames. It does not matter how strong your windows are; that’s going to shatter them and spread inside.There is a story from a former fire chief about a house that was built mostly of glass and steel. It was super well defended against embers. Except it had an opening to an interior courtyard where they could land. An ember probably lit a planter on fire, which then probably shattered the glass and moved inside. Otherwise it would have been safe. But they had an opening that kind of let it in. You can build a whole concrete structure and then leave your window open, and it’s lost. So I don’t think the solution is to rebuild everything out of steel or concrete or mud, but rather to thoughtfully build and make sure you have the thought process of sealing the outside of your house from embers and keeping space around it free of flammable materials. Left to right: Paint bubbles on the exterior of a home, palm trees singed by the Palisades Fire, and the remnants of a burned home in Pacific Palisades (Alex Welsh for The Atlantic) Conor Friedersdorf: And hope that your neighbors do the same?Michael Gollner: Yes. You can completely protect your house from embers, and then if you’re close to your neighbor who hasn’t done anything, and their house catches fire, those flames will be so huge, there’s just nothing you can do. You need the whole community to start making changes. If everyone’s making a lot of changes, even short of perfection, you start to see bigger impacts. Still, even if you’re the only one hardening your house, there can be benefits, depending on the fire. For example, over time, more firefighters arrive at the scene of a fire in a given area. When deciding where to focus, firefighters will probably pick houses that seem most defensible, which gives you a better chance. You want to be the house that they feel safe defending, not the house down a long drive surrounded by juniper trees where they feel unsafe.If you and all your neighbors harden your homes, it’s harder for embers to start and spread fires, and the fire department can put out the isolated fires and save the community. But yes, once embers get into a community and set one house on fire, that fire can jump to the house of the neighbors. Fire spreads fast through vegetation, and slows down when it gets to houses. But houses burn really intensely and for a very long time. The fire dynamics completely change. You see just how much water firefighters are trying to use on house fires. Burning at that intensity, water doesn’t have much impact. So you want some space between your house and your neighbor: 30 feet is an estimate that we’re trying to refine with current experiments.[Read: The unfightable fire]Conor Friedersdorf: So in Pacific Palisades, where the entire community burned, it’s unlikely that one home, having been diligently hardened, would have survived, whereas if the whole neighborhood had been hardened against fire, there might have been a different outcome?Michael Gollner: Right.Conor Friedersdorf: In communities that have largely or totally burned to the ground, and so have the opportunity to make changes at scale when rebuilding, what changes pass the cost-benefit test?Michael Gollner: There’s some discussion of trying to move around the footprint of where we build different things. And often that’s near-impossible because people own that land and they’re going to rebuild.California does have fairly good fire-prevention measures and requirements in its building codes. One of the most important things is to make sure that those are enforced in rebuilding. Make sure that structures are up to code and hard to ignite, and that yards have defensible space and aren’t going to become infernos.One hopes that if you do that at scale, you can discount some of the design aspects of building resilience into properties and landscaping, so that it’s cheaper for everyone. We’ve seen things like wooden fences spread fire. And so in the five feet next to the house, use metal or a nonflammable material or change the entire fence. There’s a lot of ways that you can make changes. And because of the wealth in Pacific Palisades, I could imagine it becoming a model for rebuilding resiliently. Hopefully this can become an area where, in a future wildfire, people evacuate and no houses burn down, or one house burns without spreading. Alex Welsh for The Atlantic [Read: Altadena after the fire]Conor Friedersdorf: I notice that whereas the public seems focused on city officials better responding to house fires once they start, you’re mostly focused on better preempting house fires from starting.Michael Gollner: We are never going to stop wildfires driven by extreme winds. But we can prevent large-scale disasters if we understand that almost everything you can do to avoid the worst outcomes must take place long before that first spark. It’s about the way we design our communities, the vegetation around them, the buildings and the way you prepare for the first response, so that you can very quickly identify a fire when it’s so small that a water drop from a plane can put it out, especially if the weather is favorable. Once the fire is large, it’s almost impossible to do anything.Of course you want to answer questions, like Did the water pressure fail in Los Angeles? and Was the fire department appropriately funded? Investigations may reveal mistakes or a need for reforms.But when assigning blame, remember, Pacific Palisades was designed 50 to 100 years ago, in a really high-fire-risk area where people built homes without consideration of wildfires. There were mistakes made, mistakes like the difficulty of evacuating, long before we fully recognized that they were going to be mistakes. We’ve allowed them to stand and failed to make commonsense changes. And everyone involved in many decades of decisions is partially responsible.[Read: How well-intentioned policies fueled L.A.’s fires]Conor Friedersdorf: How do you study something as chaotic and variable as wildfires spreading into communities?Michael Gollner: One thing we do is modeling. There’s been a big development there: We took models of how wildfires spread through vegetation and expanded them to include how those fires spread into urban areas: how embers get into communities, how different structures burn, how fires hopscotch between homes and vegetation.We also do experiments. We go to the Missoula Fire Lab a lot to better understand wildfires. And we go to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, where they burn tiny houses, or ADUs, in a six-story-tall wind tunnel. We measure heat fluxes. We study how far structures need to be spaced from one another. We collect the smoke to understand what’s in it. We ask questions: How do embers ignite different materials, like mulch or siding or wood? There are still a lot of aspects of how fire spreads that we could understand much better.

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