The text notification woke Ashley Bryn Carter at 12:38 a.m.solare, hours after the start of the most destructive wildfires in California history. She packed quickly, imagining she’d be back soon.

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But earlier that day, something had possessed her to go room by room and film her cottage.

Speaking in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight edge in recent polls, Mr. Trump bristled at the notion that his struggles with women voters could cost him the election and suggested that his tough talk about immigration and economic proposals would resonate with them.

Such a scenario would represent a notable degree of ticket-splitting, perpetuating a trend captured by surveys throughout this election cycle. Democratic Senate candidates in a number of swing states, including Arizona and Nevada, have consistently polled ahead of the top of the ticket, especially when President Biden was the party’s standard-bearer. As Ms. Harris’s nomination has made the election more competitive, the gap between her and those down-ballot Democrats has narrowed — but the trend persists in most races in swing states.

This visual log is now among the few pieces of evidence showing what existed until a few weeks ago — the living room with the curved walls, the chimney facing a shaggy rug,betpk login the nook that cradled her sewing machine, the racks and racks of vintage clothes. Almost nothing of Ms. Carter’s former home in Altadena is now recognizable — except a claw foot tub that was blown on its side.

She and a circle of friends have been using the three-minute, 52-second iPhone video to create a detailed inventory.

ImageThe walls of Ms. Carter’s home collapsed, including the one that includes her address. Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Losing one’s home in a fire is devastating, with the first priority being to find somewhere to live. The trauma is then compounded by the onerous requirement of most insurance carriers to submit an exhaustive list of lost belongings — “with line items as specific as the number and brand of toothbrushes in a bathroom,” according to a report about unfair insurance practices.

Many homeowners had to scramble to even get insurance. In recent years, companies have left the market or have raised rates in California. On Monday, State Farm, the largest insurer in the state, asked regulators for a 22 percent average rate increase to cover the fallout from the catastrophic fires.

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