“Is it our card without a prison?” He said cameraman Gabriel Patay (40) and wondered after he and his wife, producer of the documentary, lost a house they spent nine years restoration.
“We are attached to this property, we got stuck in LA,” he thought. “Should we leave?”
It is clear that its insurance will not cover the cost of reconstruction. He and his wife are considering postponing a mortgage and recently asked their bank for emergency status.
Even job opportunities were not too big. Patay recently finished working on a document for Hul, but described the current prospects of employment as “gloomy”. Now the couple are considering the reconstruction of their home, slowly over time if they can somehow get the economy.
Some have reconsided their future in other ways.
Madeline Power, a 32 -year -old producer, was ready to leave Los Angeles just before the disaster.
Without work, the last 12 months were “the worst financial year of my life,” she said, remarking that she was alternating small works such as babysitting and cleaning. Sometimes she felt that the city itself would reject it.
Then her house burned down. The producer’s skills found the purpose to help raise money for her neighbors, and when people heard of her situation, some came up with the job offer. Now she also has $ 30,000 gifts – more money than she says.
There is no question in Power’s mind. She stays.
“La caught me,” she said. “La came and just appeared.”
John Koblin contributed with reports from New York and Alyce McFadden from Los Angeles.
