susie kosher is a forestry advisor for the university of california cooperative extension.et your last name right? >> cooker. >> thank you. especially since were good enough to make the time for us. before we get to evacuees was that experience like? >> i have been watching this fire for several weeks. i have actually been prepping my property and packing for a week and a half. i have to say, i felt ready. i still waited a few hours after the order and went in the afternoon. it was very orderly. there was lots of police presence. i would say tahoe locals are used to terrible traffic and it did not seem worse than your average ski weekend. >> the circumstances are different. i should mention, this is your second time in a month escaping from fire. you had to get out of the way of the dixie fire. you work as a professional forester and we need to make peace with fire. what do you mean? >> fire can be a very useful tool for managing forests. we have, for a hundred years, considered fire something we want to keep out. during terrible weather conditions, i agree, but during the