"The pyrocumulus cloud allows the smoke and ash from the fire to travel much higher in the air than it would typically go, he said.
If there is enough moisture in the air above the fire, the pyrocumulus cloud can also generate rain and lightning, potentially causing new fire starts in the region.
"In central Washington, a fire that sparked on Monday near the town of Naches prompted mandatory evacuations, while another near the town of Bickleton also forced evacuations and threatened .....a 1903 Brunswick pool table, which is still used by regulars."
Bickleton is known as the bluebird capital of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bickleton,_Washington
"The bluebirds are a North American group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas."
"Bluebirds lay an average of 4 to 6 eggs per clutch. They will usually brood two or three times in a year.
Bluebirds nest from March all the way through August.
Bluebirds have blue, or blue and rose beige, plumage. Female birds are less brightly colored than males, although color patterns are similar and there is no noticeable difference in size."
"traditional Iroquois cosmology, the call of the bluebird is believed to ward off the icy power of Sawiskera, also referred to as Flint, the spirit of the winter. Its call caused Sawiskera to flee in fear and the ice to recede."
"referencing Charles Bukowski's poem "Bluebird", wherein bluebirds represent vulnerability that Bukowski felt "
pyrocumulus
rose beige blue habitat goes,
returns right as rain
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