Paradise No Longer

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Now named among the deadliest fires in California, Campfire, has destroyed the town of Paradise. A town of 27,000 lost 8,000 structures of which 7,700 were homes.

Forty-eight people are confirmed dead. An estimated 228 are missing.  Recovery teams and dogs are finding more, most of them in pieces and bone fragments.

California is dry with a strong Santa Ana winds and high temperatures. The fire is considered to be 30% contained.

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Donations may be made. American Red Cross is a good site for this.

Cardboard Town

cardboard alley

Cardboard Town
Where the bounced are trounced, 

The in-flamed are out-flamed.

Variety of rich to poor,
Poor to beyond poor.

Raspberry, Blackberry,

Gangrene black
Creep and seep.

Down and up,
up and down.

All in Cardboard Town.

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This is a re-post from June 2014, using underlined words as a writing prompt. The words were provided by Delores at Mumblings, who threw out some words and invited bloggers to use them. The "Wednesday Words" challenge is still happening! Go to either of these sites: Elephant's Child and River -  to see what words are being used this week.

Young Willie McBride

Christiane David

November 11, 1918, at 11 A.M.

The end of the Great War, the war to end all wars

Green Fields of France, The Fureys and Davey Arthur 

What have we learned?

From Peanuts Movie

Never forget.
Take what we know, have seen, and use it.