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Yesterday's primary election results certainly suggest that Wyomingites have their alarm on snooze. Nature, however, chose to give another warning overnight.
Many Casperites woke up in panic to the strong smell of smoke. It woke us up, (smelling much like bacon). I figured the smoke was from yesterday's fire near Glenrock, but no, it's from a huge fire in Johnson County.
Apparently the Police Department received so many calls it decided to post on Facebook. Numerous replies demonstrated that many Casperites thought a fire was nearby, and woke up in panic.
I'm sure some will be waking up like me, a childhood and teenage asthmatic condition somewhat returned, and therefore impairing the ability to breath. For some, it'll be much worse.
A big fire is apparently also burning in Campbell County, one of the epicenters of Wyoming populism.
No matter. The 2025 Wyoming State House will be certain that the old days will return, and nothing is the matter.
ATTENTION!
BLM fire crews are assisting in response to the House Draw Fire located southeast of Buffalo, WY. The fire is currently estimated at 4,000 acres. Fire engines from Johnson County, Powder River Fire Department, and the Forest Service are also responding in addition to aerial support from Single Engine Airtankers and a Large Airtanker. A Very Large Airtanker has been ordered. The fire is fast-moving and wind driven – for the safety of firefighters and the public, ple…
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In a more primitive time, as we define primitive, which tends to mean any era other than our own, generally, people looked for signs of the Divine in disasters. Some were taken as warnings to correct an errant path, or as punishments for having taken one. As late as the closing days of the Second World War, Germans widely came to the conclusion that the disasters that were befalling them were Divine punishments for their actions under the Nazis.
Now, of course, even in a religious country like the United States, such views are never expressed. But there's something to them, even if what there is amounts to elevating our personal desires above reality and the long term interest of ourselves and our descendants can be sinful, and often will have negative outcomes simply by their very nature.
We didn't use to have massive grass fires every year.
Of course, a lot of Wyoming's "Freedom Caucus" isn't from here, and they have no real recollection of what the state is naturally like. Some time looking into it would benefit us all, even if that means looking at some uncomfortable truths. There's less excuse for those who hold certain views and are from here.
Jeanette Ward, the Freedom Caucus import from Illinois who went down in defeat in her bid for reelection in a Casper district, noted upon her losing:
I’m grateful to the Lord Jesus for the last two years I have been able to serve Him and the people of Wyoming in House District 57. Unfortunately I did not win reelection tonight. I called Julie Jarvis to congratulate her, and I pray she will serve the people and do what is righteous.
Ward infamously said in one legislative session that we were not our brother's keeper, something that Jesus stated we were.
Ward's comments were gracious in defeat. And we might all hope that servants of the people will do what is righteous, and that we all might, no matter how uncomfortable that might. That might start by considering our dedication to the truth and discerning it, which isn't always a fun thing to do.
