On Friday, July 22, 2016 at 9:44:54 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> http://www.king5.com/news/local/mass...hell/279666139
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> > That's too bad about the fire, but it is good that nobody was hurt at
> > least, and your dinner sounds good.
>
> Scary. I've never heard of cars melting before!
>
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That's rather odd - the Brits are at the cutting edge in car melting technology.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/world/...ing-melts-car/