Santa Barbara evacuees return home

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Life  Mon, 05/11/2009 - 09:07

Faye Pratini, 79, on Sunday visits her destroyed home in Santa Barbara with her daughter Nanette.<br /><br />Veterans of several wildfires over the years, Faye and Robert Pratini at first refused to evacuate. But when high winds blew the fire toward their home, they changed their minds.<br /><br />Dark skies and tornado-like winds drove Robert Pratini from his hillside during the worst of the wildfire, but he imagined he'd soon be back in the home where he raised his three children.




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