Post #704142

2026-03-18 20:46 UTC

Hmm, how is it there was 800,000 acres of wildfires in Nebraska and hardly saw any news on it. Nebraska Public Media: Containment increases as Nebraska wildfires surpass 800,000 acres https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/containment-increases-as-nebraska-wildfires-surpass-800000-acres/ #Wildfires #NEwx

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@wohali@timeloop.cafe 2026-03-18 20:48

@ai6yr quick math... that's 1.6% of the state!

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@cvvhrn@sfba.social 2026-03-18 20:50

@ai6yr Well have you been there? Its mostly corn, corn silk, corn husks, and yep more corn Nebraskas Tourist Slogan "Come for the corn… stay because you got lost in the corn.”

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@DeniseGutzmer@mindly.social 2026-03-18 21:01

@ai6yr The fires are in the western, less populous part of the state. It's a big deal to us Nebraskans, of course, but in the overall scheme of things with the U.S. bombing Iran, issues in the Strait of Hormuz, etc., it might not rank in importance to others.

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@michael_w_busch@mastodon.online 2026-03-18 21:04

@ai6yr I have heard reports from people on the ground in Nebraska: https://bsky.app/profile/celestelabedz.bsky.social/post/3mh2wlenp3c26 And it shows up on satellite monitoring from a million miles away. But there is not enough national attention on this one.

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@jerzone@techhub.social 2026-03-18 21:17

@ai6yr Damn.

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@coolcalmcollected@mastodon.social 2026-03-18 21:50

@ai6yr this is what happens to news in a fascist state (not that it was in great shape before)

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@mbpaz@mas.to 2026-03-18 22:00

@ai6yr Current data (from EFFIS). Orange = active during last week, magenta = active today.

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