Gregory Hahn

It was going to be our forever home, and hopefully it will be our forever home.

There's just this diversity of ways to live life that are evident across Altadena that I was always drawn to.

I think also the neighborhood that we found felt very much like the neighborhood I grew up in, in the North Valley.

And I had memories of strong community, like block parties and parents having everybody on speed dial.

And somehow that survived in Altadena.

The neighbors are immediately warm.

The first month we were there, we were invited to people's backyard parties, birthday parties.

We didn't know these people.

But they were like, you're our neighbor now.

There's something, as somebody who's grown up, I've just always been very uneasy about their arrival.

I was definitely on edge prior to the wind arriving.

And I was aware of the severity of that possible weather situation because of a local young meteorologist who gave microclimate reports of just Altadena.

And he warned people maybe a week in advance.

His name is Edgar McGregor.

He's an amazing human being.

And he warned everybody.

So I was already like, okay.

The wind has arrived.

You know, everybody had asked, oh, did you leave because you were worried about fire?

I was like, no, I was worried about wind.