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To: Grampa Dave
Still nothing on katu about Bush coming to Oregon. Dims, no doubt.

Only thing over there is this little piece:

August 20, 2002

Crews Contain Bluff Fire
Near University of Portland

PORTLAND - History repeated itself in north Portland Tuesday, as a bluff fire near the University of Portland sent firefighters scrambling.

It was a scene eerily reminiscent of last year, though in this case firefighters quickly contained the smaller blaze; the evening fire just didn't have the fuel to feed it.

Crews contained the 2-alarm bluff fire shortly after it broke out about 6 p.m. Tuesday approximately 6 blocks west of the University of Portland. Hot spots remained as of 11:10 p.m. Tuesday night.

It didn't seem likely that another bluff fire would strike the same area scarred last summer by the 5-alarm blaze on the bluff, but it did.

Once again neighbors grabbed hoses and buckets. Once again firefighters lined the ridge. Once again the bluff was ablaze.

"When they started saying North Wall street for incident command, I thought that is the very same place," said Neil Heesacker with the Portland Fire Bureau--the very same place, the very same month as last year where flames raced up the bluff near Willamette Boulevard.

Firefighters believe sparks from a train ignited a bluff blaze on August 8, 2001 which scorched the earth and threatened nearby homes.

Firefighters have not yet pinpointed a cause of Tuesday evening's fire, the second urban fire sparked on Tuesday. There were 45-50 firefighters on scene as the blaze burned.

39 posted on 08/20/2002 11:35:37 PM PDT by Salvation
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To: Salvation; WaterDragon; dixiechick2000; bybybill
Thanks for your two reports re the Portland fire and the update.

This comment of yours, Still nothing on katu about Bush coming to Oregon. Dims, no doubt. , shows the ability of the left wing mediots in Portland to control news. The President of the country is coming to Oregon to address the fire problem and to help a Republican Senator, and they do no pre publicity news on this event.

They will not tell people that he is coming. If Barney Frank, came, there would be a huge coverage. When the Clintoon came a few weeks ago, there was huge coverage.

Now there have been massive fires due to the Green Weenies, and the President is making a special trip to Medford to address this terrible problem, and the news of his upcoming trip is spiked.

This is why I have not watched our local tv stations in the Bay Area of Kali for close to 10 years.

41 posted on 08/21/2002 4:41:57 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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