The Stortis toyed with the idea of moving away. It is not easy here with no escape from the cratered houses, the silence of a once noisy neighborhood, the pretty hillside that now looks like a charcoal drawing. But they know they won't really leave. They will wait it out until neighbors rebuild and their little neighborhood reinvents itself.
In the meantime, Storti plans to hang a plaque on the side of his house: The fire stopped here.
