<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">New York Times July 10 2017 <span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); text-align: center; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Wildfires Spread Across at Least Six States and Canada</span><div class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">By</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><span class="Byline-bylineAuthor--d8i20" data-reactid="74" style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block;">CHRISTINE HAUSER</span></div><div class=""><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;" class="">Brief excerpts</b></div><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: center; widows: 2;" class=""><font color="#333333" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; text-align: center; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Wildfires rolled across dry terrain in the Western United States and through a region of Canada, fueled by lightning, whipping winds and temperatures in the triple digits that have fanned the flames across parched lands. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The National Weather Service early on Monday issued red flag warnings, signaling critical conditions over the next 24 hours, for regions in at least six states.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">More than 14 active wildfires in Nevada</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">A state of emergency in Arizona</span></div><div class=""><span data-reactid="211" style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span data-reactid="211" style="color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Oregon, Washington and elsewhere across the West - </span><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Wildfires have also been reported in New Mexico. Idaho’s first warnings for the season came on Monday with the National Weather Service saying expected thunderstorms, humidity levels and powerful winds made conditions in the eastern part of the state susceptible to wildfires.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Thousands evacuated in Canada. </span><span data-reactid="234" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Further north, in Canada, wildfires raged in multiple spots dotting British Columbia. Kevin Skrepnek, a spokesman for the Provincial Wildfire Coordination Center, </span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/us/california-wildfires/index.html" class="OakText-link--3Lfti" data-reactid="236" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(50, 104, 145);">told CNN</a><span data-reactid="238" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> that up to 10,000 people were ordered to evacuate as of Monday from what he described as major fires.</span><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><span data-reactid="134" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></span></div></div><div class="">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">———————————————————————————————-------------------------------------------------------------—</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">"What would happen to the climate if we were to stop emitting carbon dioxide today, right now? Would we return to the climate of our elders?<br class=""><br class="">"The simple answer is no.”</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/if-we-stopped-emitting-greenhouse-gases-right-now-would-we-stop-climate-change-78882" class="">https://theconversation.com/if-we-stopped-emitting-greenhouse-gases-right-now-would-we-stop-climate-change-78882</a><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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