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The Juxtapositions Are Jarring

A partially burnt playground still smolders at Walt Tyler Elementary School in Grizzly Flats, California. — A partially burnt playground still smolders at Walt Tyler Elementary School in Grizzly Flats, California. Photo: Allison Dinner (Getty Images)

While recreation continues in South Lake Tahoe, the scenes to the east are a stark reminder of the risks fire poses. And it points to the strange contrast between people’s lives as they know them ending in places like Grizzly Flats and other small communities while life continues for those on vacation.

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