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Ramona Getting Back to Business

Business is back to normal in downtown Ramona as people start to recover from the wildfires. KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce has more.

Ramona Getting Back to Business

Business is back to normal in downtown Ramona as people start to recover from the wildfires. KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce has more.

The first sign you see that life is beginning to return to normal is just that - a sign. It flashes on Highway 78 telling everyone it's no longer necessary to boil water. The Albertson's store on Main Street brought in a truckload of bottled water. The oversupply will be sent to other stores.

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Most other businesses are now open. Last week they were closed due to the wildfires. Downtown is again filled with traffic and shoppers.

For some Ramona residents it will take much, much longer to recover. Many here have lost homes, farm buildings and animals. And there's still that tinge of fire smoke in the air. Not that anyone needs a reminder of how quickly "life as normal" can change. In Ramona.

Ed Joyce, KPBS News.