Paradise...Lost

[regnaD kciN]

4. There are many, many wildfires right now...

...at the moment, the Norse Creek Fire is burning just east of Mount Rainier (fortunately, it doesn't seem about to jump into the park itself). It's close enough to our home that there's a persistent smell of smoke in the air, the sun is a dark orange disk, and ash has been lightly falling since last night.

Still, as bad as that is, it can't compare to the loss of the entire Columbia Gorge. That's as if an arson fire had completely destroyed the Louvre.