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Every year people watch in shock as homes are destroyed and communities devastated by natural disasters. As the media arrives, the information that is reported is mainly statistical. The horror of living through and recovering from the experience is rarely told because almost no one has the emotional strength to speak out while the smoke is still in the air or the floodwaters are still receding. The stories of a disasters most important effectswhich unfold invisibly for months and sometimes yearsare never told. That is, until now.Hail of Fire A Man and His Family Face Natural Disaster is an intimate account of the third worst wildfire in modern U.S. history, and the most destructive in the history of Texas. It is a memoir about what happened to Randy Fritz, an artist turned politician turned public policy leader, and his family during and after, combining a searing account of the fire as it grew to apocalyptic strength with universal themes of loss, grief, and the rebuilding of ones life after a calamitous event.
About the Author
Randy Fritz is an author living in Bastrop, Texas (30 miles east of Austin) with his wife Holly and daughter Miranda. In 2005, he helped coordinate emergency services to evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. Then, in 2011, he learned firsthand what it was like to lose everything in a natural disaster. He writes with vulnerability, honesty, and a bit of poetry.
