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Originally Posted by 90Xjay
I expected to hear something of this on our local news today, but nothing.
That was a big story, but it never made our paper or TV
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I would attribute that to the lack of deaths or serious injuries. If they can't show charred bodies in the rubble, they don't bother reporting on it. Although, CNN and CNBC both ran a few 15 second blurbs about it yesterday while it was still burning.
They closed down the town last night to all traffic. The residents who were evacuated were each given 5 minutes to gather their "necessities", i.e., medications and some clothes. They were not allowed to gather any pets, but there were a couple of local veterinarians that were going in and rescuing what pets they could find. The residents were escorted in by KHP officers, and the officers were
very strict on the time limits. They opened up 3 of the 4 quadrants of town at 8am today, and finally opened the SW quadrant (the one that had been evacuated) around noon.