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KPN

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7. 100 mph winds! Wow! That's frightening wind in fire season.
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 12:44 AM
Jul 2024

A few years back, two simultaneous fires on the west side of the Cascades here in Oregon (Archie and Hollywood Fires) burned over 160,000 timber acres in one 24 hour period with 70 mph east wind. That was on day 1 for both of those fires. Can’t imagine what 100 mph could do.

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