INSTRUCTIONS: Add punctuation to the following paragraphs. Include underlining. (Do not eliminate any punctuation already in the paragraph.) On October 27 2007 the people of southern California saw one of their worst fears come true: wildfires. North and east of Los Angeles the wildfires began in the hills. Because the hot desert Santa Ana winds were blowing the flames quickly spread through the dry brush on the hills. With the Santa Anas blowing up to fifty miles an hour the flames became a firestorm. Soon brush was not all that fed the flames. One after another homes in Altadena and Laguna Hills burned to ashes. Within a few hours fires started in other parts of southern California roared down the canyons to the sea and took home after home. In the wealthy area of Malibu more

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blazes appeared. In all these fires people had so little warning that most of them were able to take only whatever they could pack into one or two cars. Firefighters worked constantly but people's homes were lost and, in many cases most of their personal property, such as furniture clothing family heirlooms and photographs, was also lost. Before all the wildfires were extinguished this disaster caused millions of dollars worth of property damage. In addition people suffered overwhelming personal losses that money can never restore.

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     On October 27, 2007, the people of southern California saw one of their worst fears come true: wildfires. North and east of Los Angeles, the wildfires began in the hills. Because the hot desert Santa Ana winds were blowing, the flames quickly spread through the dry brush on the hills. With the Santa Anas blowing up to fifty miles an hour, the flames became a firestorm. Soon, brush was not all that fed the flames. One after another, homes in Altadena and Laguna Hills burned to ashes. Within a few hours, fires started in other parts of southern California, roared down the canyons to the sea, and took home after home. In the wealthy area of Malibu, more blazes appeared. In all these fires, people had so little warning that most of them were able to take only whatever they could pack into one or two cars. Firefighters worked constantly, but people's homes were lost, and, in many cases, most of their personal property, such as furniture, clothing, family heirlooms, and photographs, was also lost. Before all the wildfires were extinguished, this disaster caused millions of dollars worth of property damage. In addition, people suffered overwhelming personal losses that money can never restore.