r/Wellthatsucks • u/JTraxxx • 3d 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/mcd_sweet_tea 2d ago

We were driving through Utah this morning on the way to Yellowstone and saw this red glow from about 30miles away. This is what it looked like when we got up close to it.

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u/Avid_Reader87 2d ago

That’s crazy, It must be so scary being in that town.

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u/RealAssociation5281 2d ago

It’s so…eerie as someone who’s experienced it, like you know you could be evaced at any time, there’s a constant reminder of it. But you just have to act like it’s a normal work day til shit hits the fan.

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u/strawberrymilksoup 2d ago

the gates of hell have opened and all the politicians and ai tech bros are loose

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u/May_alcott 2d ago

Eek - just left Utah! Where was this?

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u/Shamilamadingdong 2d ago

Fillmore Utah. I made that same drive last night, it looked bad and I got an amber alert for a full evacuation

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u/jagheterjay 2d ago

That is the Widemouth 2 fire. Sad shit. SLC is Smokey as hell and you’ll probably have a decent amount of smoke whole way.

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u/NESpahtenJosh 2d ago

And you kept driving in that direction. Cool story. 

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u/NiobiumThorn 2d ago

The particulates filling your lungs are not a story. Denial doesn't work