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niyad

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7. When I heard about those horrific deaths, my mind went to Storm King

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:47 PM

11 hrs ago

Mountain, and the 14 firefighters lost there. The anniversary of that horror is next week. . 6 July 1994. So many reasons for those deaths,, most of them avoidable.. We never seem to learn.

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