I don't know if it was ever officially declared, but we're in a state of emergency! http://www.khq.com/story/29834926/okanogan-complex-fire-at-88000-acres There are video and photos in there. However, that's just the latest. Several others have already been evacuated. It's so bad that firefighters from Australia and New Zealand are being mobilized to assist. Edit: It should be noted that, on the bright side, our county's still holding strong with regard to not having a fourth summer in a row with a major wildfire. Thanks to wind today, we're clear, but we've been dealing with smoke in our valley, and we don't even have any fires in the vicinity.
And now we're officially in a state of emergency! Obama singed the Washington Emergency Declaration, declaring that an emergency exists. We should get the aid we need now, but I've never fully understood how the state of emergency declaration works. We do?
A map: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...9315512080.372902.653087079&type=1&permPage=1 Flame icons: Fires Red: Smoke Pretty much the entire eastern part of Washington is on fire. Spokane, the blue dot, is surrounded, but it's a pretty big city, so it hasn't needed to be evacuated like Chelan was for the same reason.
