On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 6:52:21 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi1yahoo.com> wrote in message
> ...
> > On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 4:40:36 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
> >> eb.com...
> >> > On 7/22/2016 11:42 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> >> 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.
> >> >
> >> > We've had some dangerous and damaging weather here too. Saturday some
> >> > damaging rain with lots of flooding came through, and one nearby city
> >> > was
> >> > flooded in a way I haven't seen here outside of hurricane remnants in a
> >> > long time.
> >> >
> >> > Look at these "rapids" going down Main St Ellicott City MD
> >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgiddVgBZlQ
> >> >
> >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4rn1g_24Mc (watch for one guy trying
> >> > to
> >> > stop his car, he doesn't die)
> >>
> >> Wow. Just not good. It's getting dark here now and we're supposed to have
> >> a
> >> thunder storm. I will believe it when I see it.
> >
> > Sounds exciting! We had some exciting times last week with thunder and
> > lighting. It's your turn now. Meanwhile, we're all smiles over here.
> >
> > http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/HT_Vo..._12x5_1600.jpg
>
> Apparently we also had a shooting here 11 days ago. The block and street
> looked extremely close. I looked it up and under the map was a pic of my
> house, next door neighbor's house and Angela's car. Say what? I saw nothing
> on FB or on the news about this. I got an e-mail from spotcrime.com. Lovely!
> There is a disclaimer that the pic is not necessarily the actual address.

Spotcrime.com is funny. It actually sounds like a pretty good idea. People are always interested in crime.