Rainfall slows Southeast wildfires across eight states
Heavy rain helped suppress wildfires that burned 70,000 acres across eight Southeastern states while gusty winds kept embers alive. Firefighters,National Guardsmen,volunteers and inmates battled 560 fires, one firefighter killed, 30+ injuries, millions in damage. Governors and officials activated troops, declared emergencies as arson and accidental blazes spread through North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and others.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
South Carolina
Dick Riley
Riley
Tennessee
Mountain Penitentiary
Southeastern Tennessee Regional Correctional Facility
Pittsburgh No 1 City Joke Stirs Atlanta Billboard Prank
Allegheny Media places a billboard in downtown Atlanta joking that Pittsburgh is America’s No 1 livable city. The polemical ad questions Atlanta’s ranking while a rival radio station seeks to erect a rebuttal billboard nearby in Pittsburgh.
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Atlanta
Pittsburgh
America
Georgia
Rand MccNally
Allegheny Media
Wqxi-Fm
Forecast of 6.0 quake near Parkfield by 1993 official
The USGS announced a 90 percent probability of a moderate earthquake centered near Parkfield within eight years. Officials say a 6.0 quake is likely by 1993 near the San Andreas Fault and are installing monitoring networks to study the event.
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San Francisco
U.S. Geological Survey
California Earthquake Prediction Council
Parkfield
San Andreas Fault
USGS
Donovan Kelly
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Roger Deal
Roane County
Mark van Sciver
State Division of Emergency Management
Alabama
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Jim Winter
Pineville
District Forester
Rome
Mek
Evolor
the Boal
SIZ
Marion
Jacques Boutique, Inc
Golden Scissors OF
Rich’s
West Main Street
West Park Mall
Carbondale
California
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
George Nadal
CLU
S. Wall St
Suite
P.D. Box
Transamerica Pension Services
Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company
Sears Custom Studio
Leveler Lorentzen, Inc
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Det ‘Sears
Ajax
Indian River
Lewis Park
Lewis Park Village Mall
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