"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> Apparently Washington state is the only state that escaped the high heat
>>> today. Except perhaps for downtown Bothell where sadly, much of it was
>>> lost in the wee hours to fire. The owner of a fairly new restaurant that
>>> serves food and sells board games said that he reported something around
>>> 2:30 a.m. They are open until midnight and he was closing up to go home.
>>> Said he smelled smoke but at first, nobody could find the source.
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>>> We still don't know the particulars except that it wiped out much for
>>> about 5-7 blocks. Two restaurants, at least one bank, a small mall and
>>> much damage to vegetation and cars. They melted. Luckily nobody was
>>> hurt. All we know is that it started in a newly remodeled but not
>>> finished apartment complex. They say it could take weeks to months to
>>> find out the cause, if they ever do.
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>>> http://www.king5.com/news/local/mass...hell/279666139
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>>> At any rate, tonight's dinner is hamburger gravy with celery, onion and
>>> green pepper over mashed potatoes. It's not exactly chilly here but not
>>> hot either and we are expected to have hot weather coming. So...
>>> Tonight's the night for hot food. Got pasta salad and fruit salad for
>>> later.
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>> That's too bad about the fire, but it is good that nobody was hurt at
>> least, and your dinner sounds good.
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> Scary. I've never heard of cars melting before!

I hadn't either. I have pics on my FB feed but it's a closed community group
so I can't post a link to them. But it does make sense as much of the car's
body is no longer metal.