Now, they are burning up our state:

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Vicious squirrels set fires in their ongoing war against humans. (I may possibly be editing the considerably calmer headline written by NBC, but mine's more accurate.)

In related news, we had a slight tinge of wildfire smoke in the air last night, which seems fortunately gone now. Hoping -- really hoping -- for rain tonight and then this weekend when a frontal boundary comes through. Not just to bring my roses back into shambling zombie life.