"Dockweiler RV Park was No. 13 of the 15 places they've bedded down since the Eaton fire destroyed their Altadena home last year. Among their other sleepovers - from one night to four months - were two hotels, an Airbnb, a church parking lot, another campground, a townhome rental and three tiny guest houses - one at a co-worker's boyfriend's house."
"They were not alone. The Eaton and Palisades fires left an urban population of tens of thousands homeless in a single day. They moved in every direction, some near, some far, some - the lucky ones - only once. For many, home became an improvisation. Sometimes Nicole stayed with her parents while Mike stayed alone at Dockweiler to be near his work in Hawthorne. It had a subtle reassuring effect."
Mike and Nicole Wirth lived at Dockweiler RV Park after the Eaton fire destroyed their Altadena home, paying $45 a night and using beach fire pits and showers. Their stay there was one of 15 temporary locations they used while rebuilding, including hotels, an Airbnb, a church parking lot, a campground, a townhome rental and three tiny guest houses. They also stayed with Nicole's parents multiple times, where their dog Goose likely succumbed to accumulated trauma. The Eaton and Palisades fires left tens of thousands homeless in a single day, prompting widespread, improvised sheltering, frequent relocations and difficult trade-offs between work, proximity and stabilization.
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