“He, almost gently, grabbed onto it and started walking away,” Cordell says. But she admits her surprise when the hog took her pocket between his teeth. Though most of their neighbors homes were destroyed, their home made it.Molly Cordell remained calm when the red river hog pushed against her at feeding time, sniffing her pants pocket. An hour after they left, when they were heading down 101 past Santa Rosa, they could already see the fire making its way down Mark West Springs Rd towards the city. On highway 101, trees were falling left and right from the wind. The two of them white-knuckle drove the whole way out towards Healdsburg, at one point having to drive through a vineyard to avoid downed trees. As the fire crested the ridge above their home, Richard said it sounded like a freight train. As they began driving down the road, they started to hear "monstrous explosions" of nearby houses going up in flames. After pausing to close every window so as to keep embers out, the Horwath's left. Neighbors were driving up and down the road outside, frantically honking their horns and the wind was blowing hard in their direction. The power went out right after Richard grabbed his firehose that could have pumped hundreds of gallons of water a minute and that was when he and Kathy decided they needed to go. Richard Horwath got up to go to bed when first smelled smoke in their bedroom, he then ran outside and saw the sky was orange. The Horwath's bought the property 30 years ago, but they only finished building their new home in 2010. Richard Horwath walks back to his tractor after putting out a hot spot on his neighbor's property Oct. Though most of their neighbors homes were destroyed, their home made it. Richard and Kathy Horwath only had time to take each other when they fled the fires Oct.
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