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Washington State Braces for ‘Inevitable’ Megafire. Climate Change May Bring It Sooner. (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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The famously rainy state is facing longer, hotter and drier fire seasons, raising the risk of a mammoth fire that will be nearly impossible to fight. All the state can do is prepare.

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[–] Seaguy05@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago*

At least gender reveal parties aren't popular here.

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