[mewzilla]

over 25% of the town was over 65, according to this article.

If governors of other states can put in place plans to evac elderly from hurricane evacuation zones, WTH is with CA? And where were any family members of these folks?

[pleasenotcalifornia]

Median age in Paradise was fifty-two. My Parish Saint Thomas More had a choir nicknamed the BlueBirds for their bright blue robes. Everyone in the choir had to be 80 -90 plus.
There was a saying in Paradise that it was a town of the newlywed or the nearly dead.
Now the entire town is as good as gone, and it breaks my heart as all my old friends have lost their homes.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

If governors of other states can put in place plans to evac elderly from hurricane evacuation zones, WTH is with CA?

Unlike a wildfire, you have days of warning that a hurricane is coming.