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samnsara

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15. yes its been mentioned but there are MANY fires in this area..all just as dramatic

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 06:42 PM

Sep 2017

...and just as bad. Our air quality is 'dangerous' and not supposed to clear up til mid October. The Norse Creek Fire and Jolly Mtn Fire have been going longer and bigger and 0% contained.

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Hell on earth...pic [View all] dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 OP

My beautiful Columbia Gorge, gone oxymoron Sep 2017 #1

Oh jeez......I am SO so sorry. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #6

Still can't believe it askyagerz Sep 2017 #11

stay safe...our cabin is in a level 3 evac and we have NO way of samnsara Sep 2017 #16

I am so sorry, it's really scary how dry it is. We're supposed tiki get some rain by the end uppityperson Sep 2017 #20

Smoke bomb I read.. They've got the group of kids. A hiker witnessed one of the kids vkkv Sep 2017 #17

A major, life-ruining fuck up. These kids and their parents will be paying the bill for damages PatrickforO Sep 2017 #19

Getting almost no coverage underpants Sep 2017 #2

PO's me. All I hear is Trump Trump Trump, so tired of it. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2017 #4

No coverage on the national MSM???? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #7

yes its been mentioned but there are MANY fires in this area..all just as dramatic samnsara Sep 2017 #15

I just spoke to a friend who lives in Portland, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #28

Mordor? (nt) GopherGal Sep 2017 #3

There ya go....n/t dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #8

Frightening!!! RKP5637 Sep 2017 #5

Posted here: L. Coyote Sep 2017 #9

it jumped the Columbia river now in Wash and Oregon .. samnsara Sep 2017 #13

defacto7 said in your thread Duppers Sep 2017 #23

Just now was able to view your images. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #26

Such fond memories of visiting there. Grand, natural beauty. suffragette Sep 2017 #10

Multnomah Falls ....we stopped by there every summer on our way samnsara Sep 2017 #12

I've lived in the Pacific NW cilla4progress Sep 2017 #14

I lived there for my first 40 years. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #21

Good web site for national fires: Inciweb.. see link in text vkkv Sep 2017 #18

Thank you...I will share that. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #22

K&R and Tweeted yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #24

There's a simple solution for this, and for hurricanes Orrex Sep 2017 #25

There was ash all over my truck this morning SonofDonald Sep 2017 #27