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riversedge

(80,625 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2026, 02:57 PM 13 hrs ago

2h The largest wildfire in Nebraska history, the Morrill Fire, is only 18% contained. The second largest, the Cottonwoo

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The largest wildfire in Nebraska history, the Morrill Fire, is only 18% contained.

The second largest, the Cottonwood Fire, is "larger than the entire city of Omaha."

Crickets from Donald Trump.

Barely a blip from the media.

Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

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Shocking Images Of Nebraska DEADLIEST Wildfire In History - 600,000 acres GONE

Mar 16, 2026 #NebraskaWildfires #NebraskaFire #MorrillFire

youtu.be/M7nK1NF82wE?...
— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-03-17T18:51:03.296Z

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2h The largest wildfire in Nebraska history, the Morrill Fire, is only 18% contained. The second largest, the Cottonwoo (Original Post) riversedge 13 hrs ago OP

Terrifying questionseverything 13 hrs ago #1

omg leftstreet 13 hrs ago #2

okay but like entire towns aren't being incinerated like that hype video implies WhiskeyGrinder 13 hrs ago #3

Horrifying UpInArms 13 hrs ago #4

That last graphic is fucking clickbait bullshit. I HATE misleading AI clickbait Maru Kitteh 13 hrs ago #5

OK, that's what my wife saw flying back from Boston last Thursday. maxsolomon 12 hrs ago #6

questionseverything

(11,776 posts)

1. Terrifying

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:07 PM

13 hrs ago

leftstreet

(40,338 posts)

2. omg

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:12 PM

13 hrs ago

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,876 posts)

3. okay but like entire towns aren't being incinerated like that hype video implies

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:21 PM

13 hrs ago

UpInArms

(54,874 posts)

4. Horrifying

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:22 PM

13 hrs ago

Thank you for posting

Maru Kitteh

(31,667 posts)

5. That last graphic is fucking clickbait bullshit. I HATE misleading AI clickbait

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:29 PM

13 hrs ago

and I refuse to engage with it.

This is a bad enough situation on it’s own without garbage misinformation.

I’m not blaming you at all Riversedge - but we ALL need to guard ourselves from slop like this.

maxsolomon

(38,608 posts)

6. OK, that's what my wife saw flying back from Boston last Thursday.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 03:44 PM

12 hrs ago

I was like "no way its fires - it's MARCH!".

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