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Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84760) • Daytona Beach, Florida 9 May

Despite it being spring, we have not had enough rain. Today George and I took an unplanned impromptu drive. We went through a new subdevision with a mix of empty lots, houses under construction and fully completed homes. During...

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Heat waves causing wildfires in Israel

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1740) 30 Jun

It seems the war in Israel is not the only thing the country will content with right now. Hot temperatures are sparking wildfires especially in the Northern part of Israel, leading to destructions of properties. The dry, desert...

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Are the wildfires affecting your area?

Ken @kanuck1 (4424) 1 Jul 23

I will have to wear a mask today if I go out as the air quality where I live is very bad. This is due to the wildfires raging in my country. I'm in my seventies and I don't remember ever being concerned about wildfires. One more...

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19 May - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 19 May 23

Good afternoon. It's been a good day. We still have a hazy day due to the wildfire smoke from Canada. It will be with us for a couple more days. I'm thankful I woke when I did this morning in time to watch the news at 4:30. I'm...

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Are we putting our heads in the sand

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5966) • Greece 5 Aug 21

I am enjoying the Olympics, it is impressive, enjoyable and inspiring to watch these young men and women showing us what can be achieved with effort , determination and courage. Of course it is competitive as well but such good...

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What's for dinner tonght?

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 1 Oct 20

A certain MyLotter friend, who will remain unidentified, requested that I do more dinner posts. I have been eating a lot of frozen food recently (I cook it first) and decided to have my ritual sushi tonight. What are you having...

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The wildfire smoke came back yesterday! How's the weather where you are?

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 27 Sep 20

I haven't been following California's wildfires closely over the past few days, as the smoke finally cleared, and we had some lovely sunny days. But yesterday, the smoke came back, and it made it a tad hard to breathe. I could...

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California Wildfires Are Man-Made

Jim Bauer @porwest (112812) • United States 12 Sep 20

Okay. Let me be clear here. So, the California wildfires are actually a naturally occurring event. But, they are also a man-made event. I think this is an important distinction to be made here as we discuss...

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California Is on Fire

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 25 Aug 20

I know I'm not the only one here that's been affected by the fires. I took this photo a couple of days ago -- in the evening of the day our city of Paso Robles had the worst air quality of any city in the world. The smoke came...

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The smoke is getting worse here in the Bay Area

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 21 Aug 20

We still have several wildfires burning in California, and the smoke is getting denser. I can breathe OK, but I haven't heard from a couple of friends who love closer to the fires than I do. I hope they haven't had to ecacuate. No...

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Travis Airforce Base Evacuates, Helicopter Pilot Killed

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 20 Aug 20

My Dad was in the Air Force up until I was around nine or ten, so I’m familiar with Travis, at two I was determined that my Dad was going to get me a C-5 Galaxy never mind that the thing was bigger than our main street lol....

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California Declares State of Emergency!

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Aug 20

The surprise Summer thunderstorm I was chirping about the other day turned out not to be such a good thing. Dry lightning touched off a series of wildfires, and a week-long extreme heatwave is making things worse. It's a...

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It's raining in the San Francisco Bay Area!

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 21 Nov 18

This could be a major event. It's raining in the San Francisco Bay Area. It had not rained in months until last night. Hopefully this will suppress the on-going wildfires and clear the air a bit. The rain is still coming down,...

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The air here in the Bay Area is worse today

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Nov 18

I was hoping the air quality would improve in the San Francisco Bay Area today. Yesterday, I took a very brief cycle, and my young neighbor friend joined me on his scooter. Today, the smell of wood smoke is heavy, and it is hard...

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What book(s) are you reading right now?

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 17 Nov 18

As @Maluse knows, I survived Angela's Ashes, but struggled through the last 100 pages. At the same time, I was re-reading some Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories and working my way through a developmental psychology book called The...

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Friends near the fires in California

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 12 Nov 18

I have a lot of friends in California, both from my college days and from my work here. I also have internet friends there. One of my online friends works at an animal hospital. If you saw something in the news about a cat who...

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More fake news?

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 6 Aug 18

I admit that I sometimes check the Huffington Post headlines before checking my email (I use AOL's free service). It's not a news source that I trust, but I want to know if WW III has started or if a wildfire is raging toward my...

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A 200 Acre Wildfire is Burning Near my House!

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 29 Jun 18

My commute home from work in Berkeley was slow today, in part because of the fire engines and police cars racing by us on Highway 24 East. There is a wildfire burning where my horse and I used to ride sometimes, about two miles...

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Checking in on my friends in Southern California

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 9 Jan 18

As you've probably heard, there have been some vicious landslides in Southern California. Or were they mudslides? I'll have to check. The wildfires down there left a lot of fallen trees uncleared, and the recent rains led to...

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Rain in the San Francisco Bay Area!

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 3 Jan 18

Last Winter was a rainy one in California. Especially early Winter. Our snow pack was decent, our reservoirs were at least partially filled, and many declared the drought over. This year, it has been the opposite. The tall...

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