The numbers of people reported missing and dead reported in the media do not add up. The real number may be many thousands.

The media has reported 100...500..1,000 missing, increasing numbers based on the uncertain methodology of call-ins.

One reason to suspect that the death toll is very high is that the entire town burned down on Nov 8th, the same fire was discovered source: Cal fire. Here is the initial fire dept tweet, describing a small fire that morning

I propose an alternate methodology to arrive a worst-case death toll than the ones being reported:

Population of Paradise, CA: ~ 26,218 people

Population of people in local shelters: 1,400 people

Which begs the question: Where are the remaining 24,800 people?

Many are certainly evacuated, staying with family, in hotels, spread far and wide perhaps. But there is room for the real death toll to be much, much higher.