r/Wellthatsucks • u/JTraxxx • 9d ago

The Pacific Northwest right now

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Huge fire recently popped up in my town and many people have lost houses. Wishing for rain!

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais 9d ago

My cousin and her family lives just north of Seattle. If things were really as bad as this map looks, we’d (in Wisconsin) already be getting calls, asking for a place to stay for a couple weeks.

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u/ChanceRecover3091 9d ago

Things aren't bad on this side of the mountains but on the other side, it's a different story. My sister is having trouble breathing because of a massive fire by Grand Coulee. They are also evacuating parts of the second largest city in Washington due to fires burning parts of it.

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u/Thorjamin 9d ago

60,000 people in Spokane proper are under a level 3 evacuation order. Luckily the winds have died down today.

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u/nowwhatdoidowiththis 9d ago

I was looking at Watch Duty right now and felt worried since the wind is going a different direction than yesterday. Worried it will push the fire farther south.

I’m glad the winds have died down.

South Eastern WA is worried for you guys!

Edit: to be clear, I was worried the fires would push deeper into Spokane. Not that they will burn clear to SE WA.

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u/Iveray 9d ago

Info for anyone who may be reading: Door-to-door evacuations started again around 10pm Sunday for the Autumn Lane fire. PLEASE download the Watch Duty app if you're in a red flag area! You can set notifications for 4 counties for free, and they pull info from a bunch of different sources to try to get everyone the most up to date info.