Fabian Perez white and red painting

Fabian Perez white and red painting
Jacques-Louis David Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass painting
Helicopters scooped huge buckets of water from a lake in Palo Verdes Ranch, a residential development of about 200 middle-class and luxury homes. Lynn and Nina Judd, along with their two children, had to drive through a wall of flame to escape their home, which then burned to the ground. But they didn't just lose a home and everything inside it — they also lost a horse they didn't have time to rescue. Lynn Judd said the blaze was unlike a disaster such as a flood, which at least allows those in its path some time to plan. "You forget the power of this stuff," said Judd. "...I mean this was just wake up and run like hell." Nina Judd is just grateful to be alive. "We spent most of the day moving horses and helping people and not worrying about ourselves," she said. "We're alive, so we're lucky."