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Climate Migration: California fire pushes family to Vermont

Soraya Holden climbs a tree with her parents in the background, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Afternoon sunlight shines across James Holden's "Vermont" cap, while walking on his family's new homestead, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Soraya Holden plays with a goat named Tea Cup as her brother Jack watches, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Jack Holden waters flower plants with his mother Ellie, at their home, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Isa Holden holds a seedling while planting gardens with her mother Ellie, at their home, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Ellie Holden plants seedlings with her children Soraya, Jack and Isa, from left, in the garden and farmland of their home, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) In this January 2019 photo, the remains of kitchen appliances stand in the ashen remains of the Holden family home, which was lost during a 2018 wildfire, in Paradise, Calif. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (Sue Womack via AP) In this January 2019 photo provided by Sue Womack, James Holden sifts through the remains of his family's homestead, which burned to the ground in a 2018 wildfire, in Paradise, Calif. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (Sue Womack via AP) Ellie Holden holds burnt wedding silverware, which survived the fire of her family's California home, while looking at a box of "fire treasures", Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. The few things the Holdens recovered are now boxed in the dairy barn — a burnt trombone, plant hanger, piano brackets, a jewelry box, a ladle, wedding silverware. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Ellie Holden prepares to open a box of "fire treasures", which are the burnt remains of their family's California home, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. The few things the Holdens recovered are now boxed in the dairy barn — a burnt trombone, plant hanger, piano brackets, a jewelry box, a ladle, wedding silverware. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Ellie Holden, center, examines a box of "fire treasures", which are the burnt remains of their family's California home, with son Jack, left, and husband James, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) FILE - Flames climb trees as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) James and Ellie Holden pose with one of their goats and a camping trailer brought when they left California, at their home, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Soraya Holden, left, chases a chicken while walking with her family past their family home, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Proctor, Vt. After fleeing one of the most destructive fires in California, the Holden family wanted to find a place that had not been so severely affected by climate change and chose Vermont. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)