Re: spokane

On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 15:20:17 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 8/3/2026 10:06 AM, Dude wrote:
>> On 8/3/2026 6:26 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>> NY Times,
>>>
>>> "Spokane Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Buildings as Thousands Evacuate
>>> Firefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in
>>> Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which
>>> officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of
>>> Spokane."
>>>
>>> That is county, not city, but still populous.  It hits close to home
>>> for me because I went to grade school there.  1st through 7th.  That
>>> area always was very dry, like eastern oregon and calif.  The best
>>> vegetation you could get there was some scattered scrub pine.  How
>>> could a widespread fire burn there?
>>>
>> Apparently there's more than one fire north of Spokane. Also a grass 
>> fire out by Mount Diablo, in CA. and in Mendicino and Sonoma.
> >
>The biggest of the three fires burning in Spokane, the Old Trails fire, 
>jumped the Spokane River on Saturday afternoon and crossed into the city 
>proper.

As I remember, that river runs through a deep ravine through town.

>Another resident, Tena Risley, said she saw flames behind trees near her 
>home and, in a panic, she grabbed her dog and a few things. She got 
>stuck in traffic trying to flee as the fast-moving fires blocked routes 
>out of the city.
>
>Yahoo! News
>
>Mon, August 3, 2026 at 8:22 AM PDT
-- 
Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain
Don't get political with me young man
or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
<<<talk>>> to <<<YOOooooo>>>
Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
dares: Ned
does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away