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With the death toll at 83 and counting, the Camp Fire in Butte County ranks as the deadliest wildfire anywhere in the United States in 100 years. But the last time a wildfire killed this many people in America, many of the circumstances were eerily similar: Parched forests. Strong winds. Terrified townspeople killed while fleeing in their cars. Towns wiped off the map. A nation stunned. It happened in 1918 in Northern Minnesota, near Duluth.

Here’s proof-positive that one of the leading entertainers in the anti-Trump Resistance is really singing the blues these days: Bette Midler ✔ @BetteMidler "18 wildfires in California today, Yosemite closed, torrential floods all around the globe, people dying from unprecedented heatwaves, AND NOW, AS WE HURTLE TOWARDS EXTINCTION FROM GLOBAL WARMING, #TRAITORTRUMP DUMPS FUEL STANDARDS. A FIRST CLASS IDIOT." Wow, Trump must have more power than anybody could possibly have imagined.