The embers hadn’t yet been extinguished . Ash blanketed the windshields of vehicles that, amid the chaos, had been hastily abandoned in the middle of the road. Families were already itching to return, to search the wreckage for that familiar heirloom, that picture frame, that reminder of the place they once called home. The place that they were determined to call home once again. Rep. Brad Sherman , our longtime congressman, was already explaining what couldn’t be done. He said we simply could