All it took was a single spark.
On the morning of the 8th of November 2018, a terrifying firestorm tore through the quiet California city of Paradise, destroying everything in its path. More than 50,000 people fled for their lives, navigating winding mountain roads through the heart of the inferno in a desperate bid to escape. Around 18,000 buildings were destroyed, amounting to more than ninety percent of the town. At least 85 people lost their lives. Paradise, once a thriving community, was wiped off the map in less than a day. Never before had a wildfire wrought such cataclysmic devastation in an American town, and the world was left asking: how did this happen, and why? This is the story of those harrowing hours in which so many lost everything—and of their significance in a warming world, where the clock is ticking down to the day that another disaster like Paradise will strike again.
Part 1: Before the Blaze When a terrible natural disaster takes place, we are bombarded by photographs and videos of the carnage and its aftermath. Tableaus of destruction fan out across television screens as survivors lament the loss of their homes and communities. Only rarely do we get an intimate look at what the community was like before it was destroyed. As it happens, multiple generations of my father’s family grew up in and around Butte County, California, where Paradise is located. In fact, the fire that destroyed Paradise was turned back barely a kilometer from the house that my grandparents have lived in since 2003. It is therefore important to me that people understand what sort of place Paradise was, and not just what happened on its darkest day.
Paradise, like most of the innumerable little towns scattered through the rugged foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, was probably founded by loggers, fur trappers, and gold miners in the late 1800s. Its name likely comes from its scenic location:
the township sits on a flat-topped ridge with canyons running along either side covered in a dense carpet of
oak trees and tall ponderosa pines. Its idyllic surroundings and proximity to the larger urban centre of Chico gave Paradise extra appeal, and it grew slowly but steadily throughout the 20th century, becoming an incorporated city in 1979. As Paradise grew, it kept its charm by leaving forests standing even as neighbourhoods spread out into them, giving every street a cozy, shady feel all year round. Small businesses flourished, with many quaint restaurants, antique shops,
and other long-established enterprises lining the forested avenues. There were also the staples, of course:
a mall with a SaveMart, a Kmart, and an Arc thrift store, another mall dominated by a
Safeway grocery store; a McDonald’s; a Burger King; and a KFC. A third, smaller mall held a few more businesses, like a Holiday Market and a Little Caesar’s Pizza. Most of the businesses sat along the two parallel main streets of Clark Road and Skyway Road, both of which continue to the south and west from the town and serve as the main routes in or out.
Other major landmarks include
Paradise High School, home of the Bobcats, situated in between Clark Road and Skyway Road, as well as the
Feather River Hospital, on the east edge of town overlooking a deep gorge. There is also the enormous Paradise Alliance Church, with its distinctive octagonal main building. Most of Paradise’s 27,000-some residents lived scattered through the forest immediately surrounding the two main streets, and along a third artery, Pentz road, that marks the town’s eastern boundary at the top of the gorge. Clark, Pentz, and the Skyway all meet at the north end of town, where the plateau narrows to just a couple blocks across.
(A map of all these landmarks over a satellite image of the town can seen
here. It would be wise to refer to this later.)
Paradise is not the only community in the immediate area. Just past the bottleneck where the three main streets meet is the town of Magalia, home to a further 10,000 people (and a scenic reservoir). One of its main landmarks is a historic site marking the place where a particularly large gold nugget was found sometime in the 19th century. To the east of Paradise, across the gorge and over a hill, is the quiet residential town of Concow, situated around
Concow Reservoir, a large lake with a couple of forested islands. Out the west side, down in the deep
Butte Creek canyon, are the additional communities of Diamondville, Centerville, and Helltown. The residents of these communities were mainly retired, and a good portion were so-called mountain people, living secluded lives mostly off the grid. Paradise itself was also a popular place for retirees, many of them very poor or living off disability.
Although for some residents Paradise was a bedroom community for nearby Chico, most took advantage of its quaint, self-reliant personality to create a unique and thriving community. Annual events brought both locals and travelers out onto its forested streets. There were Johnny Appleseed Days at the town’s one operational orchard, which put on California’s longest-running harvest festival. The yearly
Wildflower bicycle ride brought hundreds of bicyclists from all over the state to take part in rides of various lengths, liberally dotted with pit stops where local restaurant owners and amateur cooks would put on large spreads of food for the ravenous riders. And of course, Paradise High School’s football team was the big sports sensation in town.
The biggest part of what made Paradise attractive was its natural setting, but this was a double-edged sword. It had been known for decades that the town, which was so densely forested that any given block appeared to be surrounded by wilderness, could be in danger from damaging wildfires. Those fears were nearly realized in 2008 when a wildfire burned right up to the northern edge of the town. There were also concerns about how its 27,000 residents, many of them elderly, would evacuate through only two main escape routes. There are no roads to the east or northwest due to the deep gorges and canyons, and the continuation of the Skyway out the north end through Magalia soon turns into a winding back road to nowhere. If a fire were to threaten Paradise, authorities planned to issue evacuations for the most affected areas first, then stagger further evacuations to prevent congestion. An early warning system was set up to send evacuation notices to residents in case of a natural disaster, but the system was voluntary, and only 8,000 people signed up. In some neighbourhoods, the system had as little as 6% coverage. Fire authorities also encouraged people to cut back vegetation surrounding their homes, but many were reluctant to do so because the dense trees and bushes surrounding each house were part of what gave Paradise its character. Still, some residents did cut back the vegetation, since the alternative was sometimes a fine.
Despite these warning signs, however, Paradise continued to act like its name suggested: a beautiful little town where nothing bad ever happened, and where everyone felt safe. And for a long time, it came close. Even though its residents all knew about the fire danger, especially after the close call in 2008, none really believed that the worst case scenario would ever occur. What was hard to see, however, was that in the centuries since Europeans first settled the area around Paradise, the character of its forests had been changing. With Native Americans no longer deliberately setting fires, and natural fires being extinguished as quickly as possible, the forest became more than ten times as dense as it once had been. Fuel, such as downed logs and pine needles, grew far thicker than ever before. Then came the drought. For seven years, California withered under scorching heat and long periods with precious little rain. Then, in 2017 and again in 2018, heavy winter rains at last relieved the terrible dryness. Although rainfall totals mostly returned to normal, the timing was poor: beginning in late May of 2018, not a single drop of rain fell on Paradise. All the vegetation that sprang up after the winter rains dried and withered again. By the 8th of November, long after the first rains of fall should have arrived, much of Butte County had been turned into a tinderbox. It was a perfect storm of factors, and conditions were ripe for disaster.
Part 2: The Firestorm Well before dawn on the 8th of November 2018, high winds gusting between 40 and 80kph (25-50mph) descended on the Paradise region. These so-called katabatic winds form when cool, dense air is pulled from high elevations down to lower elevations under the force of gravity, and they can cause havoc on the mountain slopes in between.
Predicting dangerous fire conditions due to the dry weather and strong winds, the Northern California utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric, warned some residents that it might shut off power as a precaution. The planned power cut never materialized, however. Then, at 6:15 in the morning, a power line failed in the
Feather River canyon near the tiny hamlet of Pulga, about 13km (8mi) east of Paradise. The exact reason for the failure is not yet known.
Pulga, a settlement nestled into a side canyon across the Feather River from state highway 70, has a permanent population of just two people. However, it hosts a strange commercial operation called the Mystic Valley School of Hypnotism, as well as a congregation of druids. The odd inhabitants of Pulga would be the first to witness the horror that was to come.
When the power lines failed near Pulga, PG&E was quickly made aware of the problem. Then, at 6:33, a fire was reported at the location of the transmission line failure near Camp Creek Road. A fire crew was sent to scout out the blaze, only to discover that it was burning high up on the side of the canyon, accessible only on the tiny, narrow
Camp Creek Road and out of reach of their fire trucks. A fire captain on the scene at 6:43 reported that the blaze already had the potential to metastasize into a “major incident.” Little did he know he was witnessing the opening minutes of a disaster of unprecedented proportions.
Spread of the fire at 7:00 (All fire extent maps are approximate.)
Within ten minutes of the fire captain’s report, and before any firefighting could take place, the blaze climbed the ridge above the west bank of the Feather River and sped toward Concow, propelled along by the ferocious katabatic winds. Around 7:00, the fire ripped into the outskirts of Concow without warning. Sleeping residents were rudely awakened by smoke and flames racing toward their houses. The first call to the sole 911 dispatcher on duty came at 7:07 a.m. when a man reported, “There is a fire. This is back in Concow.” One minute later, another caller reported that “There’s a fire in Concow and it’s rippin’.” The 710 inhabitants of Concow found themselves in mortal danger as flames as high as the treetops tore through one street after another, raining ash and embers across a wide area and destroying the homes of people who didn’t know there was a fire five minutes before. Entirely on their own and with officials barely aware of the blaze, they raced down the narrow mountain roads leading out of the town, only for the fire to overtake them as they drove. Several people, including a 90-year-old man, became trapped between the fire and the shores of Lake Concow and were forced to swim to an island where they remained for many hours, battling spot fires ignited by blowing embers. One couple fled in an ancient Oldsmobile while propane cylinders exploded all around them.
Over in Paradise, residents on the eastern edge of town near Pentz Road began to call 911 to report the fire, only to be told it was “north of Concow by highway 70” and that they were not in danger. No evacuation orders were issued, even as residents near Paradise reported smoke blowing over their houses—there simply wasn’t any way for authorities to know where the fire was and how fast it was spreading. In fact, with sustained winds now approaching 80kph (50mph), the fire expanded at a rate of a football pitch every second. The leading edge of the blaze was moving toward Paradise faster than a person can run. Most people there still had no idea that it had already killed seven or eight residents of Concow—and they were next in its path.
Spread of the fire by 8:00 By around 8:00 in the morning, the fire had not only overrun Concow, but had also topped the ridge on the west side of town, descended into the Rattlesnake Creek gorge, and climbed up toward Paradise. Residents whose homes overlooked the gorge were forced to flee even before the official order to evacuate the eastern edge of town came at around 8:05. The city used its Code Red warning system—the one that only 8,000 people signed up for—but many never received it. (One city councilor interviewed later said he had been signed up for Code Red, yet never received the evacuation notice sent by his own council.) At the Feather River Hospital, which stands right on the eastern edge of Paradise, the hospital administrator ordered the hospital to be evacuated at 8:07. By then, fire was closing in on the medical campus from two directions and threatened to spread into the hospital buildings. Nurses frantically evacuated the patients, some of them very ill or on ventilators, others in wheelchairs or on stretchers, and regrouped at the helipad. But due to the smoke and high winds, helicopters were unable to arrive. Additionally, two ambulances were ordered to make their way up toward Paradise from Chico, but the staff knew they would be insufficient. Within 20 minutes, the decision was made to evacuate all 80 patients
in the police and fire vehicles that were already there, as well as in the personal vehicles of hospital employees. Meanwhile, the evacuation orders sent out using the automated alert system did not reach most residents because they had not signed up for it, and even if they had, the system took so long that calls didn’t start going out until 16 minutes after it was activated, and it never attempted to reach as much as one third of the phone numbers on the list. As waves of thick, black smoke rolled over the city, police drove around neighbourhoods blasting the evacuation order over their loudspeakers, but they couldn’t hope to cover every street in the town. And many elderly residents, especially in places like the Apple Tree Village mobile home park, either couldn’t hear it or couldn’t get out on their own even if they did. Still worse, one in five residents of Paradise had a disability; many were left without help. Authorities also soon found that the staggered evacuation method that they had planned would be ineffective because the fire was moving faster than their systems could call people. The first warning for many was the smell of smoke and the arrival of flames. People rushed to grab what belongings they could in just a few minutes, making off with little more than a few photo albums, their pets, and the clothes on their backs. Some didn’t even manage that. Thousands of people all trying to escape at the same time caused immediate gridlock on all of Paradise’s main roads, with long lines of cars waiting to funnel onto Clark Road, Pentz Road, and the Skyway, the only routes out of town.
One
harrowing video began at about 8:40 a.m. in a deeply wooded neighbourhood just north of the hospital. Within minutes, smoke rolled in and day turned to night as the cameraman and his neighbours rushed to grab everything that they could. Only once he got in the car and turned on the radio did he receive any kind of evacuation notice, and just minutes later the street behind him was consumed in flames. By that point other neighbourhoods were already burning; his was among the last on the eastern edge to catch fire. But as soon as he reached Pentz road, he found cars streaming along it in both directions, prompting him to exclaim, “Why are people going both ways? Fuck, I’m never getting out of here! I don’t know which way to go.”
Spread of the fire at 9:00 Students who had recently arrived at schools across Paradise found their school days cut short just minutes after they began. Parents rushed to pick up their kids, adding to the gridlock as people hurried in every direction. Faced with intractable traffic jams, many people decided to take shelter in parking lots, including those outside the Feather River Hospital, the Kmart, and the Paradise Alliance Church. Meanwhile, blowing embers had jumped ahead and started new fires on the other side of town, trapping much of Paradise’s population in between them.
By 9:00, tens thousands of people from Paradise, Magalia, and other nearby communities were still trying to make their way out through the total gridlock on the main streets. Some of those who had taken shelter in parking lots, especially the hospital, were forced to flee as nearby buildings
(including the hospital’s outbuildings and generator building) caught fire. With the flames less than 100m (330ft) away, a care centre for the profoundly disabled packed all of its mentally challenged and quadriplegic patients into personal vehicles and rushed out onto the Skyway, only to find it totally blocked with traffic. Firefighters informed them that it was unlikely that any cars would get through, so they loaded their patients into wheelchairs and began pushing them down the Skyway on foot. Firefighters quickly saw that this would end badly, so the patients were rushed back to their vehicles,
leaving a large collection of wheelchairs abandoned on the side of the road. For the next 45 minutes, traffic barely moved at all as vehicles slowly trickled out the bottom end of the Skyway and into Chico. The man in the aforementioned video became stuck at the hospital for almost an hour, breathing in dense smoke amid volleys of burning embers. The smoke across much of town became so thick that mid-morning became indistinguishable from night, with some areas lit only by the light of the flames. By this point, as many as 17 cell towers had been destroyed, cutting off communication for most residents of Paradise as they tried to flee. The city’s evacuation plan lay in shambles as the fire spread faster than they could stagger the orders to each of the town’s 14 evacuation zones. City councilors also had to make a tough decision: reverse the flow of traffic on Clark Road and the Skyway so that fleeing residents could use all the lanes, or keep the inbound lanes open so that more fire trucks could get in? They ultimately decided to open all lanes to outbound traffic. By that point, fire crews were not even attempting to fight the fire, which was spreading in leaps and bounds with flying embers lighting new blazes everywhere. There simply wasn’t a way to stop it, so firefighters were focusing on making sure everyone got out of it alive.
One woman recalled fighting with her mother over whether to leave their home in Paradise—she wanted to evacuate; her mom wanted to stay. In fact, their house was under a mandatory evacuation order, but they had no idea. The urge to stay was strong: the city had campaigned hard to make sure that residents knew their evacuation zone and not to leave unless their zone had been called. No one had considered how this plan would work if a fire attacked Paradise on every front at once, and no one had realized that many residents might not be in a position to receive evacuation notices. The woman who fought with her mother, fearing for her own life, eventually left without her. Flames overtook their house minutes later, and her mother burned to death in their living room, still waiting for an evacuation notice.
Spread of the fire by 10:00 That mother and daughter were hardly alone: all over Paradise, Magalia, and other nearby communities, thousands of people still had not left their homes. When the fire threatened to tear through the
Apple Tree Village mobile home park, one neighbour went door to door warning elderly residents who had no idea what was going on. When the fire cut off the neighbourhood’s only entrance, he was forced to ram his truck through a fence onto a side road in order to lead people out. No one knew it yet, but people were already dying, some of them without ever getting out of bed. One woman in her 90s only escaped because a garbage man driving through the neighbourhood noticed that she was still standing in her yard, and gave her a ride.
The fire roared across the northern half of Paradise, surrounding the Kmart parking lot where dozens of people were hunkered down in and around their vehicles. One man at Kmart captured astonishing
video of a tree flaring up like a torch in mere seconds. Explosions rang out through the forest several times a minute as the fire consumed cars and pressurized canisters.
On the opposite side of Paradise, the southern arm of the fire had long since crossed Pentz road and was making an end run around the southern side of the town, a shallow hillside riven by small ravines and covered in oak trees and ranch homes. On
Edgewood Lane, which protrudes from the south end of Paradise between Clark Road and Pentz Road, self-described “mountain man” Greg Woodcox saw the fire coming straight for his semi-rural neighbourhood. Woodcox, a hermit who wanders the local hills panning for gold, realized he needed to warn his neighbours at the end of the street, including a friend of his who was paraplegic. He frantically tried to gather them together as the flames bore down on them, but according to Woodcox, his friend’s mother insisted that she put on her makeup before leaving. By the time the whole family (five people, plus Woodcox) peeled out of the driveway, the fire had already arrived. Racing up the dirt street just ahead of the flames, the car behind Woodcox’s Jeep spun and got stuck with its rear wheels in a ditch less than 100 meters down the road. In an instant, the fire was on top of them, and Woodcox looked behind him to see the three cars carrying his neighbours burst into flames. Fearing that he had just seconds to live, Woodcox at first made peace with his god—but then he saw a fox run across the road and down toward a ravine about 600m (1980ft) to the west. Figuring the fox knew something he didn’t, Woodcox left his two Chihuahuas in his jeep with the engine running and followed the fox into the ravine, where he discovered a pool of water about 1 meter deep. He cowered in the pool, barely daring to breathe as the fire rolled over him. The temperature of the water rose until it was “hotter than the hottest hot tub,” as Woodcox later described it. But just when he seemed about to be boiled alive, the worst of the fire moved on, and he scrambled back out, about 45 minutes after he first left his car.
He returned to find his Jeep still running with his dogs alive inside, although most of the plastic on the exterior had melted.
His neighbours were not so lucky. (Warning: NSFL.) He started filming the scene on his phone, first discovering the badly burned body of one neighbour who had been overtaken by the flames as he fled his car. Two more charred skeletons still sat in the front seats of the burned-out shell of a sedan. All five of his neighbours had burned alive—Woodcox was the only survivor. Had they left just a minute earlier, he says, they would all still be alive.
Link to Post 2/2 Link to Part 1/2 Spread of the fire by 12:00 Satellite image Somehow, despite everything that had already happened, it was between 10:00 and 12:00 that shit really hit the fan, metaphorically speaking. In this two hour period, the fire completely overran Paradise, consuming virtually the entire city limits, along with most of Magalia. But the true terror came when the leading edge of the fire
rolled straight over the massive traffic jams on the Skyway and on Clark Road.
Bumper to bumper traffic was at a standstill as the forest on both sides of the Skyway caught fire, strafing the trapped vehicles with windblown embers while flames 60m (200ft) tall towered into the sky. Terrified motorists crashed into one another in their attempts to flee. Some managed to drive out, but others were faced with a stark choice: abandon their vehicles and run, or burn alive. And so they ran.
The long lines of abandoned cars on the Skyway soon caught fire, making the road nearly impassable. To make matters worse, dozens, if not hundreds, of people were now trying to seek shelter on foot. Some were picked up by large vehicles or by police and fire personnel. Others managed to find refuge in buildings that did not burn. Some, in all likelihood, did not survive. Meanwhile, many people were still trying to drive out of Paradise through the heart of the firestorm,
only to be faced with roadblocks made of abandoned vehicles. Among the trapped vehicles was a school bus carrying elderly passengers. Its driver was told he must either use his bus to plow through the cars, or evacuate his passengers on foot to some safe location.
He chose to abandon the bus on the side of the road; fortunately he and his passengers survived.
Meanwhile in the centre of town, the entire south shopping centre caught fire, and Safeway grocery burned to the ground along with several other big box stores. At Clark and Wagstaff, the
KFC and the well-known
This and That thrift store both burned down, as did
McDonalds, Burger King, and
Jack-in-the-Box. These lost landmarks were soon joined by
Paradise Elementary school, the First Assembly of God church, Subway, the Paradise Black Bear Diner, and a whole slew of family-owned restaurants, antique shops, beauty salons, and other small businesses. On top of all of these, the fire easily ripped through every residential neighbourhood in Paradise, torching as many as 9 out of every 10 homes. At least 20 of the firefighters fighting the blaze had already lost their own homes by midday. Still, a number of people were trapped in Paradise, struggling to find a way out through the flames. Some of them were stuck on the Skyway, navigating a maze of abandoned and burning cars, when all of a sudden a man in a bulldozer appeared out of the smoke. He plowed a path down the centre of the road, pushing the abandoned vehicles out of the way and clearing the route forward for trapped residents. He also picked up several pedestrians, who rode through the carnage while clinging to the outside of the bulldozer. All told, it is certain that he saved lives.
There were a few others who rushed into the fire instead of out of it. Of the two ambulances sent up from Chico to meet patients at the Feather River Hospital, one made it, and the other burned on the Skyway. Butte County resident Bobby O’Reiley drove his bus toward the fire instead of away from it, navigating his way through the burning city and picking up dozens people who were trying to flee on foot. Over the next several hours, he would make several trips in and out of the fire zone, saving many lives. Firefighters proved heroic as well, rescuing people who had fled their homes and vehicles, as well as escorting the patients and staff from the disabled care centre through the heart of the blaze and out to safety.
At that point, only a few people likely realized the true extent of the devastation. Paradise, Magalia, and Concow were all completely consumed by the inferno and dozens of people were already dead, but the fire was only just hitting news networks. All over the town, people continued to fight to save their homes, and in some cases their lives. Others
continued to stream down the Skyway into Chico, where shocked residents scrambled to accommodate the sudden influx of people.
Spread of the fire by 6:00 Spread of the fire by 10:00 Over the course of the afternoon, the fire—now known as the Camp Fire, because it started on Camp Creek Road—continued to grow. It finally overran Pulga, which was only a few hundred meters from the point of ignition. It also threatened the communities of Diamondville and Centerville, as well as more local landmarks, including
Butte Community College and the historic
Honey Run covered bridge. However, the fire was still growing fast and was zero percent contained, as the blaze out-manoeuvred firefighters at every turn. It wasn’t until late afternoon that the winds died down enough for air tankers to start fighting the fire. By then, Paradise was gone—the priority now was preventing the fire from spreading into Chico, the nearby city of about 100,000 people situated on the edge of the Central Valley.
By 10:00 that night, the fire had destroyed Diamondville, Centerville, and the Honey Run covered bridge. The western edge had reached clear down to highway 99, the region’s main north-south artery, all the way down on the valley floor. Another arm continued to churn toward Chico. But firefighters were just starting to get a hold on the fire, stopping part of its western advancement by using highway 99 as a natural firebreak. They were also able to save the recently modernized campus of Butte Community College. While the displaced continued to flood into Chico, residents of that city waited nervously as firefighters stood against the fire’s advance toward its eastern suburbs. Many residents of those suburbs voluntarily evacuated due to the smoke, especially the elderly and asthmatics, as well as due to the growing realization that this fire was exceptionally dangerous. My grandparents, who had just returned home from Oregon to find the fire practically at their doorstep, were among them.
Spread of the fire on the 9th of November By the end of the following day, the threat to built-up areas was over, but even as the Camp Fire continued to burn uncontrolled through rugged mountainous terrain, the tens of thousands of people affected by the blaze struggled to make sense of what had happened. The news started to report death tolls—first, the five neighbours of Greg Woodcox, found dead in their cars, then more every few hours. Most people who had escaped Paradise and the surrounding towns knew that their homes had not survived, and this was confirmed when the first emergency workers were able to return and survey the city.
90% of the homes in Paradise and Concow were gone, along with more than half of the businesses, and most of Magalia. Centerville, Diamondville, and Pulga suffered damage as well. More than 18,000 buildings had been destroyed. In Chico, local residents and businesses struggled to absorb the influx of some 30,000 displaced people, with makeshift shelters springing up all over the city. It was like a scene from a dystopian climate-science fiction film: thousands of refugees from the fire set up camp in any available space, including in the
Walmart parking lot. People put up signs inquiring if anyone had seen their loved ones. Police began to gather a list of the missing, which rapidly grew from 100 to over 1,000. Within days, virtually all houses and apartments in Chico and surrounding cities had been sold or rented out, creating a housing crisis as those too poor to afford rent or too slow to seek a home were left homeless in the overflowing refugee centres and tent cities. Even for those lucky few whose houses survived the blaze, it would be weeks or months before they could return.
Meanwhile, police and fire services systematically went through the list of the missing, trying to locate everyone on it. The majority were found alive in refugee camps spread across the northern Central Valley, but every day the death toll climbed in leaps and bounds. On the 11th of November it was 29. On the 13th, 48. On the 16th, 71. With hundreds still missing, no one was sure how long it would continue to rise.
On the 21st of November, rain at last came to Paradise, and the fire was fully contained by the 25th. But days of rain made life in the tent cities miserable, bringing new hardship and abject squalor to those who still hadn’t found a place to stay. And on top of this, there was immense grief—grief for loved ones lost to the flames, and grief for a town that many feared would never recover. Much was lost on the 8th of November that would never be regained.
Part 3: Ashes to Ashes Final extent of the fire By the time searchers completed their painstaking search, the remains of 85 people were found, and three more remain missing to this day. Most died in Paradise, but Concow and Magalia were also hit hard. The aftermath was full of strange incongruities. Which houses survived seemed entirely random, with some entire neighbourhoods wiped out but for a single building. Bobby O’Reiley returned to his mother’s house to find that the urn containing his grandmother’s ashes was the only item that survived the fire. And everywhere,
homes had burned while the trees around them survived. The pine trees in the area had evolved over millions of years to be resistant to fire, and the blaze swept through quickly enough that in most areas the pines were left standing, scarred but alive, while houses burned to the ground. The Skyway and Clark Road were both littered with the
burned-out hulks of abandoned cars, many of which had
partially melted into the road. All the cars had to be cleared out one by one, and the remains of thousands of destroyed buildings had to be removed. A few town landmarks remained standing, namely the Kmart, Holiday Market, Paradise Alliance Church, Paradise High School, and the main building of the Feather River Hospital. But most everything else was lost. Perhaps one of the only bright spots was the story of a loyal dog that waited for weeks outside its owners’ destroyed home, wandering amid the devastation until they finally returned.
The death toll of 85 not only made the Camp Fire the deadliest wildfire in California history, but the deadliest wildfire anywhere in the United States in more than 100 years. But nobody felt that the Camp Fire was an anomaly: in fact, most considered it to be the “new normal.” Just the previous year, 44 people lost their lives when fires
tore through suburbs of Santa Rosa north of the San Francisco Bay Area. Another fire in Thousand Oaks and Malibu west of Los Angeles at the same time as the Camp Fire burned hundreds more homes, including some belonging to celebrities. Two people were killed in that blaze. And earlier in 2018, a
firestorm on the outskirts of Redding killed eight and destroyed over 1,000 homes. The conflagration spawned a rare and ferocious fire tornado, which packed wind speeds in excess of 300kph (186mph) and was hot enough to melt steel. The apocalyptic maelstrom overtook and killed a firefighter, throwing his truck 18m (60ft) off the road. None of this was supposed to be normal—something had changed.
Three main factors appear to be affecting the rise in deadly and destructive wildfires in California and beyond. First, there are fewer small fires that burn away dead vegetation and undergrowth, allowing it to build up enough to support larger fires. Some efforts are made to mitigate this problem, but California is simply too large and with too many remote areas to make manual clearing of dead underbrush practical. The second factor is that more and more people are living close to wildlands. One term that has recently emerged is the “urban-wildland interface,” the area where forests and grasslands intermingle with the edges of cities, creating an environment that is not totally wild nor totally urban. Houses and businesses in the urban-wildland interface are often surrounded by wild vegetation that makes it easier for fires to spread. The entire town of Paradise sat in the urban-wildland interface, with most of the town covered in native forests without large clear-cut areas.
The third factor is, of course, climate change. Every year on average, the dry season in California lasts a little bit longer, and the winter rains come a little bit later. As California dries out, so do its forests, providing more fuel for wildfires and a wider window during which they can form. The result is more and larger wildfires than ever before—and it will only get worse from here. Immediately after the Camp Fire, experts began drawing up lists of other cities in California and elsewhere in the US that are at serious risk of suffering the same fate as Paradise, perhaps with even worse consequences. There are the Los Angeles suburbs of
La Cañada Flintridge and neighbouring La Crescenta-Montrose, home to a combined 39,000 people, as well as NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The 41,000 inhabitants of another Los Angeles suburb,
Ranchos Palos Verdes, are equally at risk. So are the 7,000 residents of the Sierra Nevada foothill community of
Pollock Pines. In all, fire officials identified 75 towns and cities in California with at least 1,000 inhabitants that are at very high risk of a fire like the one that struck Paradise. The only question is which one will be next.
While the United States wakes up to the reality of a new type of city-destroying wildfire that could soon become more commonplace, it is worth turning to look at Australia, where apocalyptic wildfires have been happening for decades. In February 1983, several fires erupted in Victoria and New South Wales in an event known as Ash Wednesday, killing 75 people. This record was smashed in 2009 when bushfires in Victoria reached a new, terrifying level. On the 7th of February, temperatures in excess of 43˚C (109˚F) combined with 80kph (50mph) winds to create some of the most dangerous wildfires ever seen. In an event now known as Black Saturday,
bushfires that moved as fast as 100kph (62mph) tore through several areas of the southern state of Victoria, overrunning small towns in a matter of minutes.
The flames were more than 90m tall and the heat alone could kill in seconds from over 100m away. The fires moved faster than any official warning systems could track them and order evacuations, and many of those who saw the flames coming and rushed to escape were overtaken in their cars as they tried to flee. People were boiled alive in their own driveways trying to get to their vehicles. Several towns including Marysville, Narbethong, and Kinglake West were all but wiped off the map. 173 people died. In the years since Black Saturday, Australia has developed radical new ways to save lives when unstoppable bushfires strike. For example, a new “catastrophic fire danger” warning informs residents of the affected area to evacuate even if there isn’t a fire, because if one were to break out, it would already be too late to flee. Many homes in fire-prone areas now have their own water tanks and firefighting hoses. Warnings can be sent to every cell phone. With measures like these, it can only be hoped that a disaster like Black Saturday won’t be repeated.
In many ways, the Camp Fire was reminiscent of major bushfires in Australia in its speed and destruction. (One unique takeaway: since it happened in November, temperatures were fairly cool at the time of the fire, but it spread rapidly anyway.) The fire that destroyed Paradise should be America’s Black Saturday: the disastrous blaze that changed everything. But so far, it’s not clear what can or will be done. There aren’t plans to introduce the drastic measures like the ones in Australia. Paradise city officials plan to rebuild the town, now with fewer trees. But there will be little to prevent another fire from one day tearing it all down again. Other vulnerable cities may take superficial measures, like mandatory brush clearing. But when a worst case scenario strikes, and a fire bears down on a town faster than people can run or drive away, will we be ready? Surely we must not allow the 85 people who lost their lives on the 8th of November to have died in vain. But if another blaze like Camp Fire were to strike tomorrow, America will not be ready. Paradise was the first city to burn, and unfortunately, it will not be the last.
submitted by It seems I've reached the maximum 40,000 characters Reddit will allow me to type, so from 160 and beyond. I will be making a new list tomorrow with everybodys new Mandela effects they've sent me that I've neglected to add and I'll still be updating it with numbers and links. That'll be all for now.
(Mandela Effect:Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 80's, then in 2013. Hence the name.)
https://www.reddit.com/MandelaEffect/comments/4kba52/ill_constantly_update_a_list_for_you_guys_to/ 160.(Tennis Player name change.)Chris Everette/Chris Everet/Chris Evert
(Couldn't find a good article that related to this.)
161.(Football Player.) Walter Peyton/Walter Payton
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19991102&id=dzsdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QaYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4784,191418&hl=en 162.(Reversed Reality.)Peace sign upside down from what it is today.
http://api.ning.com/files/wwX5omSBSN0tkiQgyKUDbOudibkboUQqst2se2NDBn-WY1zH50orG1jDf53ZB9Z7jQw0Zw1Wz-C0aZUNtIa5iva6f-9erA-b/peacesymbalt2vc8.jpg (Like shown above.)
163.(Frozen Food name change.)Gordon's Fish/Gorton's Fish
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19390224&id=cXccAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j2QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5733,4354140&hl=en 164.(Movie Quote change.)"Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape."/"Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape."
(Nothing.)
165.(Movie Quote change.)"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."/"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19850910&id=eApZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZFkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6669,2081387&hl=en 166.(Spelling change.)Vacumn/Vacuum
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19830306&id=LPZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3UANAAAAIBAJ&pg=1659,1028032&hl=en 167.(Celebrity death that never happened.)Gene Wilder died, but is now suddenly still alive.
(Nothing.)
168.(Grammar change.)Ofcourse/Of course
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=392&dat=20021225&id=FGtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ez8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1962,8952476&hl=en 169.(University name change)John Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins University
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19150601&id=FYcLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-VMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2250,3020042&hl=en 170.(Celebrity death that never happened.)Betty White dying a while back only to find out she's alive.
(Nothing.)
171.(Celebrity death that never happened.)Danny DeVito dying a while back only to find out he's alive.
(Nothing.)
172.(Movie Quote change.)"Hello Clarice"/"Good evening Clarice."
(Nothing.)
173.(Cereal Company name change.)Kellog's/Kellogg's
(Nothing.)
174.(Snack name change.)Rice Crispies/Rice Krispies
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=20030814&id=BupWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WuwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1162,2725821&hl=en 175.(Toy Company name change.)Playschool/Playskool
(Nothing good on it.)
176.(Light Fixture name change.)Light Bright/Lite Brite
(Nothing.)
177.(Beer name change.)Anheiser-Busch/Anheuser-Busch
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19920318&id=-rBJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vg4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2497,700665&hl=en 178.(Amusement Park name change.)Disney World/Walt Disney World
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19860928&id=bY9TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oIYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6745,6664936&hl=en 179.(Anatomy change.)Rib cage is now closed instead of open like people remember.
(Nothing.)
180.(Earlier or later than remembered.)The song "Pumped Up Kicks" came out earlier than people recall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTZ7iX4vTQ 181.(Different date.)Columbine Massacre happened in 1999 instead of 1996 like people remember.
(Nothing.)
182.(Different date.)Segways were around before 1999 according to some people.
(Nothing.)
183.(Things that have "always" been a certain way.)People don't remember a gimp being in the Pulp Fiction movie.
(Nothing.)
184.(Geography change.)South America is further east and not under North America where people remember it.
(Nothing.)
185.(Geography change.)New Zealand is closer to Asia than people remember.
(Nothing.)
186.(Date change.)Chemtrail reports from dates as early as the 60's are popping up when people remember them starting around the 90's.
187.(Writer name change.)Edgar Allen Poe/Edgar Allan Poe
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19760722&id=drVMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KzMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2789,2851936&hl=en 188.(Movie change.)Grease movie car is white/red
189.(Electronic Company name change.)Phillips Electronics Company/Philips Electronics Company
(Nothing.)
190.(Coffee or tea name change.)Andersons Tea/Sandersons Tea
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=20010120&id=VOwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cQgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4361,4650827&hl=en 191.(Laundry Detergent name change.)Downing Laundry Detergent/Downy Laundry Detergent
(Nothing.)
192.(Laundry Detergent name change.)Cheers Laundry Detergent/Cheer Laundry Detergent
(Nothing.)
193.(Online Company name change.)Aplica Application Portal/Applica Application Portal
(Nothing.)
194.(Flag change.)The French flag used to go horizontal, when it's always been vertical.
(Nothing.)
195.(Movie Quote change.)"That's another fine mess you've gotten us into."/"Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into."/"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into."(Laurel and Hardy quote.)
. (Numerous articles with text, but not relating to the actual quote being mentioned.)
196.(Geography change.)People don't remember Sicily being stuck to Italy's toe.
(Nothing.)
197.(Geography change.)People don't remember the gulf of Carpentaria being so spiky.
(Nothing.)
198.(Sports Brand name change.)Reeboks/Reebok
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19880615&id=D7gxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6140,6575103&hl=en 199.(Ramen Noodle name change.)Cup 'O' Noodle/Cup Noodles
(Nothing.)
200.(Geography change.)The Panama Canal going North and South instead of East and West.
201.(Geography change.)The Bermuda Islands are closer to Florida than people remember.
(Nothing.)
202.(Geography change.)People don't remember islands off the coast of California.
(Nothing.)
203.(Geography change.)Asian islands closer to Australia than people remember.
(Nothing.)
204.(Geography change.)England is East of France while people remember it North.
(Nothing.)
205.(Geography change.)Iceland is closer to Greenland than people remember.
(Nothing.)
206.(Geography change.)Poland is farther west of Germany than people recall.
(Nothing.)
207.(Geography change.)Australia is now closer to Indonesia.
(Nothing.)
208.(Historic Landmark change.)The faces of Mount Rushmore are looking in different directions than before.(That is also new.)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Mountrushmore.jpg 209.(Beer name change.)Bud Lite/Bud Light
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=20060902&id=FWg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zqcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5096,276950&hl=en 210.(Clothing Brand name change.)Haines/Hanes
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19261203&id=_oNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cqQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1909,4521959&hl=en 211.(Candy name change.)Balmer Chocolate/Palmer Chocolate
(Nothing.)
212.(Store name change.)Roch Bros/Roche Bros
(Nothing.)
213.(Store name change.)Tommy HillfigeTommy Hilfiger
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=20080424&id=J0lSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iTYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3753,1771979&hl=en 214.(Shampoo or lotion name change.)Finess Shampoo/Finesse Shampoo
(Nothing.)
215.(Fictional Character name change.)Spike from Gremlins/Stripe from Gremlins
(Nothing.)
216.(Toy name change.)Playdough/Play-Doh
(Nothing.)
217.(Action Figure or doll name change.)Cupie doll/Kewpie doll
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=20010322&id=uV0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PtsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5722,5803765&hl=en 218.(Famous Singer name change.)Laura Brenigan/Laura Branigan
(Nothing.)
219.(Famous Singer name change.)Bob SegaBob Seger
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=932&dat=19951210&id=ZbdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vFMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4439,1594903&hl=en 220.(Restaurant name change.)Western SizzleWestern Sizzlin
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19871012&id=3vMcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rnIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2846,3928412&hl=en 221.(Toothpaste name change.)Colegate Toothpaste/Colgate Toothpaste
(Nothing.)
222.(Earth or outer space change.)Jupiter being more than 11 times bigger than Earth.
(Nothing.)
223.(Celebrity death that happened or didn't.)Jeff Buckley dying in 1997 even though people remembered him being alive past that, while other people remembering him dying years after this.
(Nothing.)
224.(Celebrity death that happened or didn't.)Conrad Brain(Star of Different Stokes.) has died numerous times and dates.
(Nothing.)
225.(Celebrity death that happened or didn't.)Mesach Taylor(For those of you who know him.) has died a couple different times.
(Nothing.)
226.(Celebrity death that happened or didn't.)Jack Palace has died on more than one occasion according to some. (The guy who told me he and some people remember Dennis Miller saying in an interview with Bill O Reilly "Is it me, or does Jack Palace die every year?")
(Nothing.)
227.(Reversed Reality.)Chevron logo red on top, blue on bottom./Chevron logo blue on top, red on bottom.
(Nothing.)
228.(Reversed Reality.)One way signs have the colors reversed now.
(Nothing.)
229.(Way something once was is now no longer that way.)Soft Suds having a dishwasher soap, and not just auto soap(There's only one supposed picture of Soft Suds dish soap, but after researching, I couldn't find it.)
(Nothing.)
230.(New characters that have always existed.)The characters in Alice in Wonderland are new, and they don't recognize them.(I don't about this one, I remember all of the "new" characters. What do you guys think?)
(Nothing.)
231.(Confused Dates.)Many people have issues with agreeing on a date for the Challenger explosion.(1984, 1985, and 1986 are years people remember it happening.)
(Nothing.)
232.(Changed or altered T.V Show or movie title.)Ghost Hunters(Was it called TAPS before? People remember it being called TAPS.)
(The team is called TAPS, so that may be enough evidence.)
233.(Double change name and different date.)Mother Theresa/Mother Teresa(Was she a saint before 2016? Some people remember her being one before then.)
(Nothing.)
234.(Missing person actually found.)Many recall Agatha Christie never being found in 1926. However, "we all know" she was found 10 days later, but we were never given an explanation on how she was found.
(Nothing.)
235.(Death that never happened.)Brian Dennehy dying, but he's still alive.
(Nothing.)
236.(Death that never happened.)Charles Spencer died, he's still alive though.
(Nothing.)
237.(Name change.)The Cohen brothers/The Coen brothers.(John Coen, Rob Coen, and Charles S. Coen.)
238.(Death that never happened.)The death of David Soul, he's still alive.
(Nothing.)
239.The death of Dick Clark, others remember another death of the same Dick Clark.
(Nothing.)
240.(Death that happened before the actual day of the death.)Dick Van Patten(Died before his death in June of 2015.)
(Nothing.
241.(Died more than once.)Dom DeLuise's numerous deaths.
(Nothing.)
242.(Death that never happened.)Don Rickles dying even though he's still alive.
(Nothing.)
243.(Death that happened before the real death.)Ernest Borgnine(Dying before his death in 2012.)
(Nothing.)
244.(Died before actual death.)Forrest J. Ackerman(Different death dates from his "actual" death in 2008.)
(Nothing.)
245.(Died before actual death.)Mister Rogers dying before his death in 2003.
(Nothing.)
246.(Died before actual death.)Helen Thomas dying a different date then her 2013 one.
(Nothing.)
247.(Died more ways than one.)Henry Ford's not agreed upon numerous causes of death.
(Nothing.)
248.(Died before actual death.)(Jayne Meadows Allen(Dying in 2015 or earlier.)
(Nothing.)
249.(Died then came back to life.)Jerry Lewis(Not Jerry Lee Lewis.) dying in late 2013, early 2014, but still alive as of October of 2014.
(Nothing.)
250.(Died more ways than one.)Jim Henson's not agreed upon numerous causes of death.
(Nothing.)
251.(Died then came back to life.)Jimmy Swaggart passing away even though he's still alive.
(Nothing.)
252.(Died more than once and in multiple areas.)John Denver's not agreed upon date and location of death.
(Nothing.)
253.(Died before actual death.)John Lennon passing away a different date from the one he actually died on.
(Nothing.)
254.(Lunch meat name change.)Oscar MeyeOscar Mayer
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19590701&id=Fj0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xSUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2111,454231&hl=en 255.(Position change.)The sun's position in the Milky Way has moved from the outskirts to halfway from the center.
(Nothing.)
256.(Died before actual death.)Do you remember Shirley Temple's death as a child? You might be shocked to hear she lived until 2014.
(Nothing.)
257.(Geography change.)The Bahamas are closer to Florida and Cuba and are inside the Bermuda Triangle now.
(Nothing.)
258.("New Geography" that's always been there.)Venezuela now has always had a lake known as Lake Maracaibo, which has lightning storms every night.
(Nothing.)
259.(T.V Host name change.)Kathy Lee Gifford/Kathie Lee Gifford
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=20040206&id=7lMqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C1MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3485,3047293&hl=en 260.(Singer name change.)Kate Perry/Katy Perry
(Nothing.)
261.(Different Date.)Leonardo DiCaprio winning an Oscar before 2016.
(Nothing.)
262.(Died then came back to life.)Li Qi(Chinese comedian.) still alive as of early 2014 even though people thought he died.
(Nothing.)
263.(Died then came back to life then died again.)Muhammad Ali's 2009 death that never happened as he's still alive which now he's dead again.
(Nothing.)
264.(Died on different dates.)Did Neil Armstrong pass in 2012, or 2013? People remember both years as his death year.
(Nothing.)
265.(Was alive after death)Patrick Swayze making a full recovery and not dying, but he's dead in this reality.
(Nothing.)
266.(Was dead even though still alive.)Peter Fonda dying while he's still alive.
(Nothing.)
267.(Death that never happened.)Richard Chamberlain died in the 1990's, but came back to life.
(Nothing.)
268.(Death that never happened.)Robert Crumb didn't actually die in the 1990's and is still alive.
(Nothing.)
269.(Death before death.)Robert Stack died earlier than his actual death.
(Nothing.)
270.(Died in more ways than one.)Rodney King died numerous times.
(Nothing.)
271.(Actual death before supposed death.)Terry Pratchett dying in 2013 instead of 2015.
(Nothing.)
272.(Alive after death.)The actor William Daniels still alive even though he passed in the early 2000's.
273.(Died before actual death.)The athlete Yogi Berra dying earlier than his actual death date.
(Nothing.)
274.(Divorced while still together.)Some of you remember Will Smith and Jada Pinkett divorcing, but they're actually still together.
(Nothing.)
275.(Different Date.)Not agreed upon date when writers' strike in Hollywood happened.(2007 or 2008.)
(Nothing.)
276.(Certain way before it was a different way.)Adam's Bridge being fully above sea level in the late 20th century, while it's been partially submerged underwater ever since the 15th century.
(Nothing.)
277.(Movie change.)Alternate ending to the movie Big.
(Nothing.)
278.(Fictional Character Appearance change.)Carmen Sandiego used to wear a yellow trench coat people recall, none remember her having a red one.
(Nothing.)
279.(Altered or different characters.)Characters in Cinderella that are no longer there, and never have been.
(Nothing.)
280.(T.V Show name change.)Different Strokes/Diff'rent Strokes
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19781109&id=nw0dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9pcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6576,1927017&hl=en 281.(Altered or different characters.)Characters missing from big scene in Independence Day.
(Nothing.)
282.(Altered or different scenes.)A scene is now missing from Jurassic Park.
(Nothing.)
283.(Altered or different characters.)Some of the members of the Justice League are new or missing.
(Nothing.)
284.(Altered or different actors.)Nicolas Cage starring in K-PAX, it's actually Kevin Spacey in that role.
(Nothing.)
285.(More than one actor recalled being in a role.)One character played by two people in Married...With Children.
(Nothing.)
286.(Dead character alive later in a series.)An important character dying in MASH dying, while it never happened at all in the story in this reality.
(Nothing.)
287.(Different numbers.)Mystery Science Theater numbers in title(2000,3000, or 4000.)
(Nothing.)
288.(Dead character alive later in a series.)Star Trek character Chakotay dying, even though it never happened in the story.
(Nothing.)
289.(Different or altered scenes.)Important scene missing from Star Wars movie.(Never existed.)
(Nothing.)
290.(Altered scenes, endings and predictions.)Scenes and endings from Terminator that didn't happen, as well as predicted scenes that existed, but never made it to the final movie.
(Nothing.)
291.(Different or altered title, and ending.)Different title and ending with Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
(Nothing.)
292.(Altered powers.)Alternate abilities of Professor X of X-Men.
(Nothing.)
293.(Different pronunciation of words.) Arnold Schwarzenegger pronouncing "I'll be back" with a thicker accent on back in Terminator 2. Now, it sounds completely different than people remember.
(Nothing.)
294.(Popular natural occurrence name change.)Haley's Comet/Halley's Comet
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19720526&id=eeNMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wTUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3361,4095085&hl=en 295.(Different Dates.)Flushed Away before its release in 2006.
(Nothing.)
296.(Died in different ways and died more than once.)Abraham Lincoln dying differently and his son Tad dying on a different date.
(Nothing.)
297.(Died in different ways.)Martin Luther King Jr. dying differently than being shot with a gun.
(Nothing.)
298.(Dying before actual death and not dying at all.)Gaddafi dying before he did and others say he fled his country.
(Nothing.)
299.(Altered Appearance.)Benito Mussolini looking completely different than he's depicted today.
(Nothing.)
300.(Death before it happened.)Osama Bin Laden's death before it happened.
(Nothing.)
301.(Different deaths, causes of death and time being something.)Ronald Reagan's not agreed upon time of presidency, time of death, and how he died.
(Nothing.)
302.(Commercial Quote change.)The Mikey Life Cereal commercials.("Mikey likes everything."/"Mikey eats everything."/"Mikey eats anything."/"Mikey hates everything.")(Which one was it to you, people remember them all.)
(Nothing.)
303.(Commercial Quote change.)"Nobody does it like Sara Lee."/"Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee."
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20001224&id=yoc1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1110,5061380&hl=en 304.(Spelling change.)Liason/Liaison
(Nothing.)
305.(Soft drink name change.)Coke Zero/Coca-Cola Zero
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2213&dat=20051105&id=9_cvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ezkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2491,924861&hl=en 306.(Spelling change.)Stalagtite/Stalactite
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19540925&id=IqgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=5373,2750803&hl=en 307.(Vacuum name change.)Bissel/Bissell
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19150507&id=KhJNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HUgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2930,1585925&hl=en 308.(Restaurant name change.)IHOPS/IHOP
(Nothing.)
309.(Beer name change.)Johnny Walker Whiskey/Johnnie Walker Whiskey
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19770602&id=upBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8qQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2898,292630&hl=en 310.(Altered Character Appearance.)Didn't Dolly from Moonraker wear braces in the opening part of the movie?She no longer does.
(Nothing.)
311.(Toy name change.)Rubix Cube/Rubik's Cube
(Nothing.)
312.(Soft Drink name change.)Mt Dew/Mtn Dew
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19951012&id=10hWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3502,2650295&hl=en 313.(Restaurant name change.)The Olive Garden/Olive Garden
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19900301&id=B-8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1876,325793&hl=en 314.(Author name change.)J.R.R. Tolken/J.R.R. Tolkien
(Nothing.)
315.(Website name change.)eBay/ebay
(It's still on the link, but when you enter, the B is lower cased.)
316.(Vinegar name change.)Bragg's/Bragg
(Nothing.)
Penzoil/Pennzoil
317.(Celebrity Quote change.)"You like me. You really like me."/"You like me. Right now. You like me."(Sally Field at the 1995 Oscars.)
(Nothing.)
318.(History change.)Dwight D. Eisenhower on U.S dime./Franklin D. Roosevelt on U.S dime.
(Nothing.)
319.(Celebrity Actress name change.)Sally Fields/Sally Field
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19641028&id=jMIdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NlkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6712,8142278&hl=en 320.(Soap name change.)Mr. Bubbles/Mr. Bubble
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19580716&id=x_1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=999,3521468&hl=en 321.(Singer name change.)Axel Rose/Axl Rose
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1906&dat=19910703&id=OfcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bQEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1158,2922152&hl=en 322.(Singer name change.)Pete Townsend/Pete Townshend
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19910614&id=RRkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m0cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6686,3842317&hl=en 323.(Theme song lyric change.)"Catch the pigeon."/"Stop the pigeon."(Dick Dastardly theme song.)
(Nothing.)
324.(Water name change.)Poland Springs/Poland Spring
(Nothing.)
325.(Altered Appearance of animal.)Russian Blue Cat commonly has blue fur and blue eyes, now they commonly have green eyes instead.
(Nothing.)
326.(Alive after death.)Kirk Douglas passing away even though he's alive.
(Nothing.)
327.(Candy name change.)Taffy Taffy/Laffy Taffy
(Nothing.)
328.(Beer name change.)Captain Morgan's Rum/Captain Morgan Rum
(Nothing.)
329.(Production Company name change.)Metro-Goldwyn MeyeMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19820716&id=MaIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4201,2832801&hl=en 330.(Store name change.)K-Mart/Kmart
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19810707&id=PlpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6160,4295060&hl=en 331.(Famous Actress name change.)Katherine Hepburn/Katharine Hepburn
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19760920&id=Q-ZLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A4wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3311,2606030&hl=en 332.(Movie name change.)The Adams Family/The Addams Family
333.(Makeup name change.)Maybeline/Maybelline
(Nothing.)
334.(Gelatin name change.)Jello/Jell-O
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=19950329&id=sL4oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QgYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2329,6950772&hl=en 335.(Store name change.)Sav a lot/Save a lot
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19890604&id=Q2IeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hsgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6180,514388&hl=en 336.(History change.)The John F. Kennedy assassination happens differently now.
(Nothing.)
337.(History change.)Hawaii became a part of the union in the 1950's instead of earlier as you may remember.
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338.(History Change.)The Vietnam War happened in 1955 instead of the 60's.
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339.(Fictional Mascot altered appearance.)The Count Chocula mascot looks different, but has always looked the way it does now.
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340.(Soft Drink name change.)Cocacola/Coca-Cola(Coke Cola for some as well.)
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341.(Soft Drink name change.)Dr. PeppeDr Pepper
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342.(Store name change.)Lowes/Lowe's
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19970930&id=55cbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wlIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4990,3081808&hl=en 343.(Company name change.)Vick's/Vicks
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/d5/7d/94/d57d946b0ef3df896e1d09eaf207693e.jpg 344.(Restaurant name change.)Quizno's/Quiznos
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19980930&id=R4xXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BfIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4781,6740302&hl=en 345.(Chip Brand name change.)Lays/Lay's
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19950406&id=R39RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xgcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3169,3754024&hl=en 346.(Medicine name change.)Peptobismol/Pepto-Bismol
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347.(Redirects to something different.)Mandela Effect in Wikipedia or Wiki now redirects to confabulation instead which is misunderstood memories, made up memories, and altered memories.(So, they basically say we have a shitty memory like we haven't heard that before.)
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348.(T.V Show name change.)The Andy Griffin Show/The Andy Griffith Show
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19620803&id=VgcTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EgUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6574,496414&hl=en 349.(T.V Show name change.)Bewitched-Darrin and Samantha Stevens/Darrin and Samantha Stevens
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350.(Snack name change.)Marshmellow/Marshmallow
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19820606&id=BI0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-ucFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3378,847756&hl=en 351.(Quote change.)"Dearly Beloved, we are here to celebrate this thing called life."/"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life."
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352.(Quote change.)"There's something else, the afterlife, a life of never ending happiness."/"There's something else, the after world, a world of never ending happiness."
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353.(Actor name change.)Andy Griffin/Andy Griffith
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19620803&id=VgcTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EgUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6574,496414&hl=en 354.(Movie title change.)Bridget Jones' Diary/Bridget Jones's Diary
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=20010411&id=d1FWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EOwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6622,2564481&hl=en 355.(Gum change.)Orbitz Gum/Orbit Gum
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=20080202&id=cz8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I2YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2352,284888&hl=en 356.(Restaurant name change.)Lil' Ceasar's/Little Caesar's
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357.(Synthesizer name change.)Moog Lil' Phatty/Moog Little Phatty(Personal Mandela effect messaged to me.)
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358.(Frozen Food name change.)Tostino's/Totino's
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359.(Candy name change.)Cow Tails/Cow Tales
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360.(Company name change.)
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361.(Geography change.) The Great Pyramid Of Giza changed position from the two lesser sized ones.
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362.(Movie title name change.)Transformers:Dark Side of the Moon/Transformers:Dark of the Moon
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363.(Candy name change.)Blue Ribbon Chocolate/Blue Riband Chocolate
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19880927&id=Fh1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7099,360927&hl=en 364.(Song lyric change.)"We are the champions." then ends./"We are the champions of the world." then ends.
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365.(Inventor change in Appearance.)Eli Whitney(Inventor of Cotton Gin.) Caucasian/Eli Whitney(Inventor of Cotton Gin.) African American
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366.(Celebrity death that never happened.)Ricky Tomlinson(U.K Actor.) is now alive even though he died a few years ago.
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367.(Painting change.)Mona Lisa appears to be smiling even more now than before.
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368.(Energy Bar name change.)Cliff Energy BaClif Energy Bar
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369.(Internet Tool name change.)Piccasa Web Albums/Picasa Web Albums
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369.(Pickle name change.)Vlassic/Vlasic
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1988&dat=19750106&id=lKMxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XKwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2657,866851&hl=en 370.(Geography change.)The Island of Malta is one lone island./The Island of Malta shares water with another distinct island known as the Island of Gozo.
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371.(Song Lyric change.)Michael Jackson's Billie Jean "The child is not my son."/The kid is not my son."
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372.(Song Lyric change.)Phil Collins's In the Air Tonight "Hold on."/"Oh no."/"Oh lord."
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373.(Store Logo change.)Staples has normal white text./The Staples L is shaped to look like a staple.
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374.(Beer name change.)St. Paulie Girl/St. Pauli Girl
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=20050426&id=h24rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L3UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1816,3303541&hl=en 375.(Car Logo change.) Buick logo colors are different Blue White Red/Red White Blue
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376.(Mascot History change.) Mr. Clean is slowly losing all evidence of him being a genie.
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377.(Mascot appearance change.) Brawny Man no longer has a beard or axe.
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378.(Cereal name change.)Coco Puffs/Cocoa Puffs
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19700316&id=hABYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4368,847020&hl=en 379.(Pill name change.)Alieve/Aleve
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380.(Bandage name change.)Curaid/Curad
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381.(Candy Bar name change.)Hershey BaHersheys BaHershey's Bar
(The article links say Hersheys, but in the actual article, it says Hershey's and nothing on Hershey.)
382.(Toilet Paper name change.)Scott's/Scott
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=20000405&id=6_8jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nAgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6464,3131248&hl=en 383.(Hardware Company name change.)Cool MasteCooler Master
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384.(Celebrity Actor name change.)Gene WildleGene Wilder
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385.(T.V Show name change.)It's Gary Shandling's Show/It's Garry Shandling's Show
(Already said it was Gary Shandling.)
386.(Bandage name change.)Bandaid/Band-Aid
(The article links say Bandaid, but the actual paper say Band-Aid.)
387.(Beer name change.)Jim Bean/Jim Beam
(It says Jim Bean on the links, but the actual papers Jim Beam.)
388.(Condiment name change.)Nutrella/Nutella
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19870205&id=_6hOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4644,2454378&hl=en 389.(Famous Magician name change.)Henry Houdini/Harry Houdini
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20070316&id=ypQ_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=DFYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2812,3421627&hl=en 390.(Famous Author name change.)Dr. Suess/Dr. Seuss
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=20010307&id=NaZGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2478,1154383&hl=en 391.(Spelling change.)Occurence/Occurrence
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1290&dat=19921026&id=3PxTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zYwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3252,6430308&hl=en 392.(Spelling change.)Yesturday/Yesterday
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19040212&id=m6JVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qrkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1080,1911120&hl=en 393.(Company name change.)Osborne Book Co/Usborne Book Co
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394.(Movie Title name change.)Suddenly 30/13 Going On 30
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395.(Fictional Character name change.)Snuffaluffagus/Mr. Snuffleupagus
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396.(Movie Quote change.)"It's lunch time."/"It's breakfast time."(The Hills Have Eyes.)
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397.(Protein drink name change.)Up'n'Go/Up & Go
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398.(Soap name change.)Murphy's Oil/Murphy Oil
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=886&dat=19930506&id=UisPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A4UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4010,576465&hl=en 399.(Book Title change.)The Portrait of Dorian Gray/The Picture of Dorian Gray
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19941006&id=VL0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eHwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6806,399782&hl=en 400.(Movie Title change.)The Picture of Dorian Gray/The Sins of Dorian Gray
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401.(Geography change.)Alaska is no longer connected to the U.S.
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402.(Ending change.)Lost ends with everyone being fine and getting off the island./ Different people survive and others who originally survived die.
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403.(Celebrity death before actual one.)Bob Marley alive after reported death.
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404.(Different causes of death.)Bob Marley killed by firearm./Bob Marley overdoses./Bob Marley dies of skin cancer.
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405.(Anatomy change.)Wrist Pulse check is in middle./Wrist Pulse check is in the inside.
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406.(Historical change.)All the new photos of Abraham Lincoln that have now recently popped up(Search for yourself.)
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407.(Celebrity appearance change.)Marilyn Monroe's famous mole has changed location.
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408.(Word definition change.)Opaque meaning changes to meaning not see through from what it was before.
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409.(Video game change.)2 or 3 magic meter upgrades in A Link To The Past./1 magic meter upgrade in A Link To The Past.
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410.(Movie Artwork change.)The Scream dark sky./The Scream orange sky.
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411.(Disney Park change.)Entering the Magic Kingdom through the castle, and the castle was closer to the end of Main Street.
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412.(Disney Park change.)Taking a monorail from the Orlando Airport to Disney World, it's now a train and it doesn't take you to Disney World.
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413.(Disney Park change.)A separate theme park in Orlando that itself is smaller that Walt Disney World and is not Universal Studios.
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414.(Space change.)Mars has no moons./Mars has 2 moons.
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415.(Political Figure name change.)Condoleeza Rice/Condoleezza Rice
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=20060105&id=uwUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5373,309393&hl=en 416.(Plant Species name change.)LavendaLavender
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19900309&id=W_kgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dXQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3421,1341058&hl=en 417.(Movie Ending change.)The ending of Rosemary's Baby shows Satan's eyes flash over the screen when it used to show a demonic baby.
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418.(Pronunciation change.)"Welcome to Earf."/"Welcome to Earth."(Independence Day)
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419.(Added, altered, or missing characters.)A mysterious fifth character in The Young Ones.
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420.(Disney Park change.)A monorail at Disney World not all remember, but it's always been there.
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421.(Cleaning Product name change.)Dettox/Dettol
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422.(War Criminal name change.)Adolph HitleAdolf Hitler
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19781122&id=ex0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9sYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3039,5934672&hl=en 423.(War Criminal name change.)Josef Stalin/Joseph Stalin
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19780301&id=xYRjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=znkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7079,43869&hl=en 424.(Famous Person appearance change.)Hitler's mustache being much smaller than it is today.
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425.(Phantom item.)McDogs still being sold today in one timeline, not being around for a while in another, and not existing in another.
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426.(Geography change.)Sandy Island being on numerous maps, websites, etc despite not even existing when people actually went to the area it supposedly was at.
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427.(Cereal name change.)Coco Krispies/Cocoa Krispies(Take a look at the previous mention of it being Crispies as well.)
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428.(Apparel Brand name change.)Osh Gosh B'gosh/Osh Kosh B'gosh
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429.(Logo change.)Yves Saint Lauren logo being different than today with letters going from up to down and not words going left to right.
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430.(Logo change.)Compaq logo being different than today with a different looking q.
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431.(Logo change.)The vo5 logo being different than today with a different sized o5 and no red over the v.
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432.(Logo change.)T.J. Maxx logo being different than today with the last x being in line with the other letters.
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433.(Painting change.) 1350 painting of humanoid in aircraft now looking behind himself instead of forward.
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434.(Board Game change.)Monopoly's Ventura Ave/Ventnor Ave
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435.(Movie Quote change.)"You dirty rat!"/"You dirty yellow bellied rat!"
(Not exactly referencing the film, but the articles seem to name it that phrase if it means anything.)
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS692US692&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=site:google.com%2Fnewspapers+%22you+dirty+rat%22 436.(Chocolate Milk name change.)Yoohoo/Yoo-Hoo
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS692US692&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=site:google.com%2Fnewspapers+%22yoohoo%22 437.(Medicine name change.)Immodium/Imodium
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19990725&id=LEtPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2247,3412146&hl=en Add-On: Crispy Creme as well as the others on here I can't find.
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Add-On: Cup 'O' Noodles as well as the others on here I can't find.
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438.(Character Appearance change.)Mickey Mouse no longer seems to have shoulder straps.
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439.(I can't think of a name.)Daylight Savings Time/Daylight Saving Time
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2121&dat=20070222&id=oNkkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GhIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2685,1133018&hl=en 440.(Actor name change.)Lyle WagoneLyle Waggoner
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19751107&id=Cd9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BYsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6984,1028258&hl=en Add-On: Steven Segel as well as the others on here I can't find.
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441.(Laundry Detergent name change.)Tide Clean And CleaClear And Gentle
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442.(Animal change.)Cats now have a rough ridge around the ears.
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443.(Geography change.)Kazakhstan is much bigger now than before.
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444.(Painting change.)American Gothic woman is no longer looking straight, but instead right. She is also claimed to have had wrinkles and was the farmer's wife, not daughter.
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445.(Fictional Character name change.)Cousin It/Cousin Itt
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=20020609&id=jiQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_v0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6463,6755681&hl=en 446.(Dessert name change.)Joey Louis/Joe Louis/Jos Louis
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19780817&id=boMuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1084,735272&hl=en (Nothing on Joey Louie.)
447.(Famous Area name change.)Bridge Over The River Kwai/Bridge On The River Kwai
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19901119&id=6kseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IscEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5744,2844702&hl=en 448.(Board Game name change.)Candyland/Candy Land
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19991124&id=kWdeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M2ENAAAAIBAJ&pg=6237,4181711&hl=en 449.(Game Company name change.)Bethseda/Bethesda
https://www.google.com/#q=%22bethseda%22 450.(Actress name change.)Shannon Doherty/Shannen Doherty
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Agoogle.com%2Fnewspapers&rlz=1C1NHXL_enUS692US692&oq=s&aqs=chrome.2.69i60j69i59l2j69i60l3.2274j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=site:google.com%2Fnewspapers+%22shannon+doherty%22 451.(Musician name change.)Desi Arnez/Desi Arnaz
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19660504&id=m0grAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ktQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4575,281325&hl=en 452.(Musician name change.)Meatloaf/Meat Loaf
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19800619&id=SZcxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=utwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2748,6441361&hl=en 453.(Shampoo name change.)Nivea used to have a hyphen which is no longer there.
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454.(Anatomy change.)There may have not been a brain stem in your memory.
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455.(Candy Bar name change.)Babe Ruth/Baby Ruth
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456.(Candy Bar name change.)Jaw Breakers/Jaw Busters
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19811215&id=DfVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5046,4067814&hl=en 457.(Gum name change.)Fruit Stripes/Fruit Stripe
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=20010919&id=1PghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rKIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1224,3159169&hl=en 458.(Cigarette name change.)Marboro/Marlboro
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Got this from Marge today, totally fine with this, that Kmart is a wreck. Buddies in California have good things to say about Seafood City.
Kmart Closing, Seafood City Moving In
I've recently learned that the Kmart store at 5033 N. Elston will be closing their doors in the near future. Sears Holding Company, the parent company for Kmart, informed their employees this morning that the store will close. The closing date is not yet finalized. A California-based grocery store, Seafood City, is taking over the lease and planning to invest over $1 million to completely remodel the building.
Established over 20 years ago with the opening of its first store in San Diego, Seafood City features fresh seafood and meat departments, produce, bakery, grab-and-go options, health and beauty items, and a wide selection of Filipino and Asian grocery products. With more than 20 stores on the west coast and Hawaii, the Elston Avenue location will be the first Seafood City in the Midwest. In addition to opening the Seafood City grocery, the developers are seeking additional retail tenants to fill new storefronts on the west side of the existing building.
I've asked the developer to share their plans with the community. I will be reaching out to you soon with details of a community meeting.
I'm sorry to see Kmart leave our community, but I'm glad the building won't remain vacant and abandoned. This new development will bring significant new investment and additional retail amenities to our community.
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