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Antonia Malchik's avatar

Just beautiful. I could watch the sky all day in all its moods and didn't even know about the August Singularity.

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Devakai's avatar

I cannot believe you owned up to that candid revelation. The AS is the hope of those living in this vast wildfire lanscape who have ever been evacuated from our homes and favorite places by the threat. Be well and safe.

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Antonia Malchik's avatar

You too!

I don’t have a problem owning up to my ignorance. Always learning …

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Bill Swaney's avatar

Here in NoDak their idea of being funny is, I suppose, describing wind like this: (these are the actual words from a real forecast) "it's going to be a bit breezy today, with winds 20-30 mph and gusts to 40...

What the actual......

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Anna E's avatar

It's all about context!

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Satya Robyn's avatar

Mammatus 😂 Beautiful piece Anna, I love to read people who are passionate about things I know nothing about. And as Colleen said, that poem!!

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Anna E's avatar

Thanks!

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Colleen Windell's avatar

Now, I'm even more impressed that you stayed all alone in a lookout with an "electric chair"!

That poem!

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Colleen Windell's avatar

Oh, I forgot to say that the August Singularity always happens during fair week in Missoula. They even changed the week to avoid it, but the weather (climate) changed too.

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Anna E's avatar

I remembered this about the fair and thought about including it! But ... it was getting so long. And yes, the electric chair was the stuff of my nightmares!

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