“Growing up in LA, I’ve always been aware of the wildfire risks that come with living in Southern California,” Marina Lee, a 21-year-old computer science student at the University of Southern California, tells Entrepreneur. “But the urgency truly hit home when my grandmother found herself in the evacuation zones during the recent LA wildfires back in January — she called me because she got an evacuation alert on her phone.”
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Lee recalls being overwhelmed by the situation and unsure of what to pack, where to go and how to stay updated. Realizing that so many other people were probably experiencing the same confusion and