Eastern Washington cities of Pateros and Brewster have had no power or internet for a week. Temperatures are in the 90s and 100s. Why no power?

Over 200 telephone poles were burned up by wildfires. New telephone poles will have to be purchased, shipped and installed and electric lines strung. This takes time.

"Bonney Lake and Sumner schools are cancelled because of no internet service and spotty electricity due to wildfires," I heard on National Public Radio news this morning. These cities are in Western Washington.

It infuriates me that most of the Washington wildfires are human-caused.

Smoke is so thick that Lady Godiva could ride through the streets without the horse seeing her in parts of Washington State.

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Many cars on Wenatchee Avenue were driving with headlights on Monday afternoon in downtown Wenatchee. Smoke from area fires settled into the valley on Monday, downgrading air quality to "unhealthy" levels. We are surrounded by wildfires.

With asthma, I must not hike or run outdoors in the smoke. Feel like a trapped animal.