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are burning near each other, their convection columns can be drawn together so violently that a “tornado” of fire is created. In extreme cases these whirlwinds can sometimes reach half a mile across with winds up to 200 mph.

Superheated gasses kill everything, and firebrands are flung for miles in all directions.

no rain fell that entire summer. The previous winter had been very dry as well, with far less than the normal four feet of snowfall. Many local streams had gone dry and the swamps dried up, becoming highly combustible peat.

• The use of fire was considered an essential tool.

Loggers burned their slash; railroads burned their right-of-ways; settlers and farmers burned their fields and clearings. Because the summer had been so dry, many people held off their burning and waited for fall rains to lessen the fire danger. After a short rain on September 5th, some people began setting fires. Afterwards, a number of uncontrolled fires popped up as the rain stopped, and some began to spread.

• By 8:30 pm on October 8, there was a glow in the southwest and a low moaning growing louder. At 9:30 pm the wind began to blow hard.

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raging wind several times. He survived.

• A lumberjack had been nursing a friend who was bedridden with a fever. The man carried his sick friend outdoors, dug a trench, laid him in it, covered him with dirt, and then ran for the river. He never made it. The sick friend lived; the lumberjack died.

• Logs floating in the river caught fire and burned to the water line. A cow came swimming downstream, and clinging to the horns was a five-year-old girl. Someone reached out and grabbed her. The bridge burned and collapsed, killing several who clung to it. Some who sought refuge in the river couldn’t swim and drowned.

Some were badly injured by floating logs and gored by swimming cattle. But without the river, it is likely that few of Peshtigo’s residents would have survived at all.

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Owning an aggressive dog and doing nothing about it is like watching a cancer grow. That cancer turns out to be especially insidious when you add small children to the equation. You know on some level it’s not going to end well. And usually, it’s the dog that gets burned.

Couples who at first are married without kids often get a dog to dote on and hone their caretaking skills. They know they want to have kids someday, but someday seems so very far away.

Years go by, and the dog rarely if ever is exposed to children. He’s living large, the center of attention, and then one day his whole world flips upside down -- and he’s none too pleased.

Here’s another scenario, sent to me from a dog owner looking for help:

“We are looking to find a non-kid house for our 6-year-old dog. He has bitten two children in the past three months, one of which was my 1-yearold. Some say he is jealous, but we feel he has issues isolated to children. He came to us at three months of age and growled at a little girl that same week.

“He had two years of obedience training with a retired K-9 cop who trains police dogs. My heart is breaking for my children and for my husband and I, as parting with him was the furthest thing from our minds. However, the next time it may be a face or worse. Please help. He does quite well with adults, and we fear he is miserable here with the kids.”

A little shy of six years ago, this couple saw the beginnings of a tumor and let it go. They did the right thing in getting obedience training for the dog, but obedience training isn’t enough when dealing with an aggressive dog, and K-9 training is its own beast that has nothing to do with socializing a dog and curbing or eliminating aggression targeted toward children.

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And these latest headlines won’t come true either.

Why? Just go back to the trustee’s report.

You’ll note it says the system faces insolvency “if no changes are made to the program by 2034.” And here is the deal. Congress will implement Social Security reforms long before we get to 2034. Anyone who knows Social Security history knows we’ve been down this road many times before. The last time was in 1983, when the system was just five years away from insolvency. Then-President Ronald Reagan formed the National Commission on Social Security Reform and Congress implemented many of their proposals (like increasing the full retirement age).

So, sometime in the not-too-distant future, we’ll likely see another such Social Security reform commission. And how will they change Social Security? Listed below are eight commonly mentioned reforms. Four involve cutting benefits and four deal with raising revenues. Next to each is a number expressed as a percentage. The number indicates the portion of Social Security’s long-range deficit that would be eliminated if the proposal became law. Also listed is a brief argument for and against each proposal.

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Here we go again. Another round of scare stories about the impending doom of Social Security.

Headlines, such as this one in my local newspaper -- “ Social Security Moves Closer to Bankruptcy “ -- have many of my readers on edge.

These kinds of headlines were prompted by a report released last week from the Social Security Board of Trustees that said the nation’s bedrock social insurance program is one year closer to insolvency. It said that if no changes are made to the program by 2034, the system would be unable to pay full benefits.

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My hunch is that most senior citizens reading their benefits. this column have been paying attention to Social Secu- Q: Why is this a bad idea? A: Would you realrity issues for the last 10 years -maybe 20 at the most. ly want to until you are 70 years old? Employers arefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices work Hours But I’ve been paying attention to Social Security for will be faced with higher health care costs for older ur Tidbits representative withgood changes or corrections. the last 50 years. And immediately I’m also a pretty student workers.

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 No. 3: Make folks pay income tax on all Social Security benefits (currently only a portion is taxed) -- a 16% fix.

Q: Why is this a good idea? A: All other pensions are fully taxed.

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Even when they are not associated with a Are you taking advantage of all your veterknown condition, people with a strong family hisans’ benefits? The Department of Veterans Affairs retory for SAH are at increased risk for one themcently launched a program to bring awareness of the selves. Someone with one first-degree relative benefits that elderly veterans might be missing. Per (like your wife’s mother, in her case) has about a the VA’s notice, only 189,800 wartime veterans and

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