Utah wildfire forces evacuation of small town as extreme heat roasts US west
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There is also a fire above the U of U in SLC. It's practically touching the hospital.
Utah is on fire and out of water. The state legislature is very much partially responsible. I've heard that they've started water restrictions for citizens but are allowing massive AI data centers to be built, powered by natural gas in the valley which already suffers from extreme inversions.
That's a special kind of stupid
Yes, but have you considered that most of the state is filled with stupid people?
Case and point: Mormonism.