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in reply to Rick Korzekwa

I think part of what made this stand out to me so much is that when I was in high school, we had to evacuate for a fire, and we lost part of the town. It was really stressful, even though I was insulated from most of the decision-making and sorting thing out after, and in a town where most people don't have to worry too much about the financial consequences. Maybe reaching out to hikers to see if they need anything is a good way to feel like you're doing something when you can't really do anything. One of the more stressful aspects of our evacuation was that we didn't really have anything to do and we didn't even know whose houses were still standing.
in reply to Rick Korzekwa

Another thing I didn't want to put in OP because it was the wrong vibe is that I think the reaction from a lot of hikers on Facebook was pretty shameful. A lot of them seemed more interested in telling this poor woman all the things they didn't want her to do than offering support or advice. Like one person just responded with "LNT", which means "leave no trace", presumably because she mentioned asked if building temporary shelters on trail would help hikers get out of the sun. Obviously it's fine to point out that building stuff on trail needs to be done in a particular (and usually very sparing) way, but come on, that's not helpful and not what was needed.
in reply to Rick Korzekwa

Someone posted a photo of the trailhead by Wrightwood where I got the ride into town, showing fire damage to the bathroom.

in reply to Rick Korzekwa

Good God, that example tier list on Wikipedia is awful. Apples are S and strawberries are F???