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'The birds are back.' Resilience in the ruins of the Palisades fire

2025/1/17
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Barbara Tejada：作为公园管理员，我在火灾发生时第一时间赶到威尔·罗杰斯故居，并参与了抢救文物的工作。我们尽力将重要的物品转移到安全的地方，但火势发展迅速，最终故居还是被烧毁了。看到百年历史的建筑化为灰烬，我感到非常震惊和悲伤，同时也为没能完全保护好它而感到遗憾。我拍摄了火灾发生时故居的照片，记录下这令人心碎的时刻。虽然损失惨重，但我们仍然会尽力恢复公园，让它重新焕发生机。 Richard Fink：火灾对公园的破坏是毁灭性的。曾经人来人往的徒步线路现在空无一人，到处都是被烧焦的树木和植被。这景象令人感到非常震惊和悲伤，我难以想象公园需要多长时间才能恢复到之前的状态。但我们仍然会努力，希望有一天，公园能够重新向公众开放，人们能够再次享受这里的美景。 Armando Quintero：这场大火不仅摧毁了公园的建筑，也摧毁了人们的集体记忆和心灵慰藉之所。对于许多洛杉矶人来说，这个公园是他们重要的休闲场所，是他们与自然连接的地方。大火夺走了这些，给人们带来了巨大的精神创伤。但令人欣慰的是，我们看到大自然顽强的生命力，鸟类和鹿群正在慢慢地回到公园。这给了我们希望，相信公园终将恢复生机，人们也能够重新找到心灵的慰藉。

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The episode recounts the destruction of Will Rogers' historic ranch house during the Palisades fire. It details the park official's desperate efforts to save belongings as the fire approached and the emotional impact of watching the house burn to rubble.
  • Will Rogers' ranch house, a historical landmark, was destroyed by the Palisades fire.
  • Park officials made last-minute attempts to save belongings before the fire engulfed the house.
  • The destruction is described as a devastating loss of a piece of American history.

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Will Rogers State Historic Park is a vast stretch of natural space in the Santa Monica Mountains. It's a treasure to Angelenos. People get married there, picnic there, and have kids' birthday parties on the great lawn.The park's namesake, Will Rogers, was a vaudeville performer, radio and movie star, and was known as America's "cowboy philosopher." His nearly century-old ranch house is the park's centerpiece. It's survived a near miss with wildfire before. Last week, as firestorm engulfed large parts of Los Angeles, this piece of American history was reduced to rubble.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org)Email us at [email protected])Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)