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Nina Dobrev reveals that she is experiencing "survivor's guilt" for returning home unscathed to her post-LA fires home after she was forced to evacuate.
The Vampire Diaries actress says she evacuated her house on January 9, her birthday, in a video that was uploaded to Instagram three days ago. Although her house was near one of the flames, Dobrev said she was fortunate to escape, adding that "so many others were not so lucky."
"I have been absolutely sick to my stomach with all the destruction and devastation that these fires have caused and displaced so many families. I don't know about you, but I have been feeling survivor's guilt."
As a birthday present, Nina Dobrev asked her followers to donate and support the victims, adding that leaving her house during the fire was definitely not how she had intended to spend her birthday.
"What people really need right now is financial advice," says Nina Dobrev
While expressing guilt about surviving the L.A. fires, Nina Dobrev urged her followers and fans to donate to the victims. The actress has added a link to a Google Docs page that contains a list of all donation links, including 816 families, businesses, and individuals.
"What people really need right now is financial aid to help them get back on their feet and start rebuilding their lives and their homes. The Pacific Palisades, the Altadena-Pasadena community, in particular, needs it the most."
Nina Dobrev noted that she has included a "dedicated section for the Black families & other historically marginalized groups in the Altadena community who have been hit especially hard."
The actress mentioned that she donated to the GoFundMe pages for her birthday and urged her followers to do the same.
"I put myself in the shoes of all these people whose homes have been burned down to the ground with their belongings, their memories, their everything that made them feel safe in the world now gone, and their insurance dropped them."
According to CBS News, State Farm canceled over 1,600 policies in Pacific Palisades in July. In March, State Farm General, the biggest home insurer in the state, declared that it would not be renewing 30,000 homeowners' and condominium policies.
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As per The Guardian, homeowners insurance for houses in Pacific Palisades was increased four times, making it out of the reach for many residents in the area. The current insurance scenario in California has forced residents to either pay up, live in an uninsured home, or move elsewhere.
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