this is incredibly abnormal and scary. always a possibility this decade, extremely bizarre to experience in real time. we’ve got important stuff loaded in the car, not going anywhere at the moment because by all accounts traffic is already very bad www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into cityA wildfire driven by high winds has jumped the Spokane River and is threatening neighborhoods near and within the city of Spokane.www.spokesman.com