Oregon wildfire explodes to half the size of Rhode Island.
Oregon wildfire explodes to half the size of Rhode Island.
The blaze was set off by lightning on July 17, and wind gusts drove the flames across brush, timberland and ranches
Another entry in “Americans measuring thing in everything but measurement units”
600 square miles (1,553 square km)
Using states as a unit of measure for forest fires seems to be a common thing. A couple decades ago I flew into Fairbanks Alaska , and as we were getting close to landing the pilot told everybody not to panic if we smelled smoke because it was just the forest fires that were covering an area the size of Massachusetts.
If I had a good concept of Rhode Island's size beyond 'smaller than all of the other states,' that would be a useful description.
About 50 miles by about 40 miles
See, now I have an idea of how long a mile is, unlike how big Rhode Island is. If only they had just told me how big it was in miles.
Here’s a map of the fires.
I’m a little verklempt. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Here, I’ll give you a topic: Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island.
Discuss
Neither is it rode. But it IS LAND. Even scientists can't explain it.
Time to teach a fun fact!
Up until 2020, the official name of Rhode Island was State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence and surrounding towns on the mainland were the "Providence Plantations", and Newport and Portsmouth, on the island also known as Aquidneck Island, were the Rhode Island part of the equation.
Have you ever seen Rhode Island and Rhodes in the same place? No? I rest my case.
I miss summers when everything wasn't on fire.
We're literally at a point where a small to medium size town is wiped off the map every year here in Canada. Lytton last year and Jasper this year. Will anything be done about it? No... Maybe some pearl clutching and prayers but nothing concrete.
Hey, my house hasn't burnt down this summer yet.
We're out $3000 because a huge storm knocked down our huge oak trees, but...
That’s about the size of Kickapoo, Illinois. Probably. Maybe
A long ass fucking time ago in a town called Kickapoo