Maximum Yield Cannabis USA February/March 2018 | Page 29

So when devastating wildfires struck Northern
California in October 2017, the destruction shook
the cannabis industry to its core. Businesses burnt
to the ground, employees lost their homes, and
daily living was, at best, disrupted.
WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION
Beginning on October 8, 2017, the LA Times
reported that these fires, which impacted Sonoma,
Napa, Mendocino, and Lake counties, destroyed
more than 7,500 structures and caused $1 billion in
damages. Forty-two people perished. According
to reports, the Tubbs fire was responsible for 22
deaths alone, destroyed 5,500 str