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Episode 173: Isabella Salgado, on what happens when a wildfire rips through your neighborhood
ASCE Plot Points Podcast
19 minutes 31 seconds
10 months ago
Episode 173: Isabella Salgado, on what happens when a wildfire rips through your neighborhood
The ASCE member mother-daughter team of Minerva Rodriguez and Isabella Salgado celebrated buying a new house last June in the very nice Altadena neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Rodriguez, P.E., PMP, M.ASCE, the mentorship chair for the ASCE Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch; Salgado, A.M.ASCE, the social chair. Both professional civil engineers.
It was a storybook situation.
Until last week.
The Eaton Fire – part of a devastating series of wildfires in Los Angeles County – forced the family to leave their home abruptly last Tuesday night.
Salgado shared her story with ASCE over the phone Saturday morning from a hotel room where the family was camped out for the time being.
And in episode 173 of ASCE Plot Points, Salgado talks about what it’s been like to reckon with wildfires way closer to home than she ever imagined.
