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sl8

(16,928 posts) Sat Sep 12, 2020, 09:34 AM Sep 2020

Oregon braces for a "mass fatality incident" as wildfires rage in western states

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-wildfires-state-braces-for-mass-fatality-incident/

By CARTER EVANS CBS NEWS September 12, 2020, 1:53 AM

Oregon braces for a "mass fatality incident" as wildfires rage in western states

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Oregon braces for a "mass fatality incident" as wildfires rage in western states (Original Post) sl8 Sep 2020 OP

Why hasn't republicans and trump used their positions of power duforsure Sep 2020 #1

I have a niece and nephew in Portland and its a mess with evacuations as all the beachbumbob Sep 2020 #2

Are they IN Portland? 3Hotdogs Sep 2020 #3

Yep. beachbumbob Sep 2020 #4

duforsure

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1. Why hasn't republicans and trump used their positions of power

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 09:55 AM

Sep 2020

To hire thousands unemployed to help fight this now? Trump can blame others it's from not keeping the Forrest floors from being cleaned when he knows a large part of it is in federal National Forrest's, his responsibility, not states.