Volkswagen van that survived Palisades fire in Los Angeles is a ‘beacon of hope’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/14/volkswagen-van-palisades-fire it's called chance, actually...
@glynmoody Yeah, but if you're surrounded by devastation anything that survives feels like hope.
@wendyg sure, it's a natural human instinct; but hardly worth a story in the Guardian...
@glynmoody Fair enough. But these things can be very weird. A friend's condo burned down c. 20 years ago and the only thing that survived was his sourdough starter. Because: he'd stored it in the oven.
@wendyg must be especially tasty thereafter...