ALTADENA, Calif. — The Biety family says they are thankful to be alive and to be getting support from friends in Portland.
Like thousands in California, they lost their home they had planned to live in forever, where they watched their two young boys, ages 3 and 8, grow up.
“We’re pulling out of the driveway, and you have no idea how fast that thing moves,” recalled Leigh Ann Biety of Altadena. “That morning, it was the scariest winds. I had to run outside, and things were flying around; I had to secure stuff.”…