Drought-abandoned house on the edge of the Great Plains near Hollis, Oklahoma

#theGreatPlains #Hollis #Oklahoma #GreatPlains #America #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

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#Wildfire in nearby #WaterboroMaine right now. Back in 1947, an unusually dry summer led to devastating fires, with nine towns wiped out!

The Year a State Burned: Maine Fires of 1947 Wipe Out 9 Towns

Warning signs of the #Maine fires appeared as early as March. An abnormally warm spring caused snow to melt early in the woods. Mid-July to October were unusually #dry, with 108 consecutive days without rain.

New England Historical Society, updated in 2024

"An eight-mile-long wall of fire burned in #Kennebunkport. In #NorthWaterboro, nearly 60 residents and volunteers were trapped for more than an hour behind a line of fire before escaping.

"In York County, the fires destroyed most of the homes in #Shapleigh and #Waterboro. then swept toward the sea and consumed swathes of #Alfred, #Lyman, #Newfield, #Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, #Arundel, #Dayton, #Wells, #Biddeford and #Saco [and #Hollis]."

Read more:
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/maine-fires-1947-year-state-burned/

#Wildfires #Drought #Drought2024 #Drought1947

The International Criminal Court (#ICC) has intensified its investigation into Russian war crimes committed in #Ukraine, with a focus on torture chambers established by Russian forces in the #Kharkiv Oblast. Brenda J. #Hollis, who leads the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s investigations into international crimes in Ukraine, along with her team and representatives from the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office, inspected these torture sites.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/09/13/icc-team-investigates-russian-torture-chambers-in-kharkiv-oblast/

#Russia

Drought-abandoned house on the edge of #theGreatPlains near #Hollis, #Oklahoma

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