By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Potential record breaking temperatures along with dry and breezy conditions have prompted weather watchers to warn of a serious risk of fire danger.
Western Washington is ripe for wildfires into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
A fire weather watch was issued last night for the Southwest Interior lowlands along with much of the western side of the state.
Temperatures are forecast to be in the middle-90s in Chehalis over the next three days, reaching as high as reach 97 degrees on Friday.
The Department of Natural Resources today expanded its burn ban to prohibit campfires in state parks, state forests and all forestlands protected by DNR.
The weather service urges people to avoid outdoor burning of every kind, not to use fireworks and to use ashtrays in motor vehicles.
“After a relatively mild summer, we are entering a period of critical fire weather on both sides of the Cascades,” Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark stated in a news release. “The greatest fire danger right now comes from carelessness. It’s essential that people understand the risks involved and do not spark any fires.”
An excessive heat watch issued this morning by the weather service is in effect tomorrow through Saturday evening.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
Who cares if low income people have a fkn pool, we already pay there rent, food, schooling supplies , clothes , what’s next do I have to take my lunch break and run around town wipeing lazy fkrs asses , this is becoming out of control!! 😳
Oops new phone. To run a city you have to be a real boss, this includes hiring and firing. You have to leave your desk and monitor the people you employ. No city manager can do this without going out into the field and checking up on your employees. As a Boss you gotta just show up and monitor your people, I know for a fact this is not happening in Centralia.
Trusting the city of Centralia is the problem. But we need community oversight to see it through. Then when we get it open you would have to charge a few bucks for each swimmer so we can buy chlorine and supplies to keep it up and running. There are lots of folks in the community that can help. The problem we have is no structure in local Government, City officials do as they please with no checks and balances and with no comment or suggestions from our Citizens of the community. To run a City you have to be a real boss that means hiring snd firing
A tax for a short period of time? Once a tax is established, the Government doesn’t work up a sweat ending it.
And once the tax is in place, we have to trust that the City of Centralia will actually use those funds for their intended purpose.
Great plan there, Slim.
To bad the community pool is no longer open. Looks to me like it needs a good pressure washing and some weeding done over there. Simple fix, craft a special tax on alcohol within the city limits of Centralia say an extra 5 cents a bottle or can and that pool will be up and running in no time. If the City Council members can pass a Moratorium on Legal Marijuana, a Pool Tax on Alcohol for a short peiord of time could easily get that community pool ready for the next heat wave. People it’s time to vote the usual suspect Tax Feeders out of office that are just driving through town to pick up their pay checks.