California Fires-here we go again

We moved back up to Paradise two months ago, living in a condo for now.Had to evac again one night a while back but then an advisory was issued again night before last.My wife bailed out and went to Sacramento to stay with our kids there, I'm still here but it's becoming ever clearer that it was a mistake to think we could come home again.I think we're going to sell our land up here and this condo and leave CA, but I can't for the life of me figure out where to go.
Spent the first year after the Camp fire in Denver, couldn't hack the weather, all the little places we might could afford up in Oregon are burning now and we left SW Washington to escape the rain back in 1997.Spent 22 years in Paradise but nobody can live like this.Even when you're not thinking about it, it's there.And to top it off I can't get an electrician to come install a couple breakers and wire in my new to me old mill and lathe.....They are all to busy!
 
I would leave if I could. I’m stuck here in CA for another 10 years at my job. My wife and I have discussed moving away for our retirement to somewhere where they don’t have a problem with wildfires.
 
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Two more pictures from Diamond Mountain in Calistoga, CA:

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My granddaughter was renting a place near Ono, CA, an area of mixed grassland with some oak and conifer trees (not forest) and was just burned out by the Zogg fire. Everything gone, and no insurance to cover any of it. She’s got a motel voucher for a week, and a care package of essentials. Came away from the fire without a change of clothes, or as she has just told us, even a toothbrush. Just 2 dogs and whatever was in the pickup as she drove away. She’s 22, so not a lot of possessions, but still pretty tough to suddenly have nothing. Her husbands boss is going to let them borrow a spare rv until they figure out what their future is. We have a big family, so lots of help, of course. Just hard to imagine all the stuff that will need to be replaced.
 
These are sad stories, and i have sympathy for all the victims. But for circumstance any of us could be in the same shape as well. But if you can decide on a location in the US that has a better combination of weather, variety, opportunity, lifestyle and is free from any threat of earthquake, hurricanes, floods, icy roads, fire, civil unrest, pollution, and so on, please post, and we’ll see you there.

For me, it’s unlikely such a place exists, but suggestions are always welcome.

P.S. Texas and Florida are ruled out. :)
 
We are pictures of Calistoga on Wednesday, 9/30/2020. The picture with the rubble used to be a very fancy getaway, Calistoga Ranch. I am starting to worry about all of the smoke that I have been inhaling every day.

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I didn’t take pictures of the cannabis gardens, but it looks like the smoke kills this plant.

It also appears hat all of the grapes are ruined.
 
Winegrower said:
These are sad stories, and i have sympathy for all the victims. But for circumstance any of us could be in the same shape as well. But if you can decide on a location in the US that has a better combination of weather, variety, opportunity, lifestyle and is free from any threat of earthquake, hurricanes, floods, icy roads, fire, civil unrest, pollution, and so on, please post, and we’ll see you there.

For me, it’s unlikely such a place exists, but suggestions are always welcome.

P.S. Texas and Florida are ruled out. :)
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Yeah hurricanes, floods, tornados, blizzards, humidity, fires, earthquakes...no place is totally safe (or pleasant, or cheap).
 
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