#wild fires

Bug Fire

tight chest, pressure cooker

drones bully birds from the sky

dedicating space, investments

the tears and loss of plastic

madness brewing underlie

crest that flames encroach upon

my aunts house a pile of nails

soaking the countryside

tirelessly they work to create something

a dance for safety, teamworks

do not give up when the land is dry

The smog is so thick, I cannot see the Olympic Mountains. They're just a vague shadow in the west

What's even worse, of the 25 or so people on this bus, I am the only one who masked up.

This air is so thick and foul, visibility so limited and the smell is atrocious, and no one thinks about protecting their own health?

Oregon Fire Disaster Escalates | Bench & Beachcomb Merge Into 40,000+ Acre Inferno.

Oregon Fire Crisis Escalates | July 27, 2026 Update The Bench and Beachcomb fires near Warm Springs have merged into a single perimeter — now mapped at 40,296 acres and 0% contained as of Sunday night. Oregon leads the nation with 21 active large fires, nearly 400,000 acres burned statewide, and no containment relief in sight for the next 48 hours.

Still lightning, still windy, still minimal rain. The fire over there has actually created its own weather (pyrocumulus) which is giving them MORE lightning. They've had to pull back firefighters multiple times for their own safety

My town is actually surrounded by fires atm but the ones south of us are small so we could always go that way towards the lakes. If another fire starts north of us it would be between to 2 big ones, and with the wind they could very much combine and very easily wipe out all of central oregon