Right now there are wildfires burning all over the west coast of the U.S. In Washington State, 100 fires cover 390,000 acres. Two days ago, near Twisp WA, a fire overtook a vehicle carrying seven firefighters, killing three of them and wounding four others.
While the tragedy related to these fires is far from over, I was so moved when I saw this sign on a King 5 TV news report last night. The sign was left by a family who lives near Twisp.
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It’s getting bad here in BC, people keep throwing cigarette butts onto dry brush and starting fires
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I wonder how many of fires start that way. People do that here as well.
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Tons, within the first couple of weeks we had over 100 fires and it hasn’t changed one bit :-\
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So sad.
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It is :-\
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It’s also bad down here in Northern California
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I know. 😦
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I feel so touched by this expression of care for the lives of others. Thank you for posting this photo.
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Incredible isn’t it. I feel moved every time I think of it.
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Thank you for this. One of my nephews is a fireman!
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I’m certainly thinking a lot about the firefighters today. I heard that more than a million acres have burned in Eastern Washington and the fires are not at all contained. The air is smoky here in Seattle. Everything is so dry here too.
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So sad! It’s dry here in Virginia, too.
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My goodness!!! It is so sad to see this…we have so much rain this summer here. That sign is so heart wrenching!
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We had heavy rain one day a week or so ago, and that rain was more than we have had in the last 3 1/2 months combined. And there hasn’t been any since.
I heard yesterday that the fires in Eastern Washington have burned more than a million acres and they are still not in control. It’s bad.
Even on this side of the mountains it is incredibly dry.
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It is also scary!
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