The fires in the state that aren’t yet contained include a 250,000 acre blaze burning in Hutchinson County.

A nuclear weapons facility in the Texas Panhandle said it had evacuated some staff Tuesday amid wind-fueled wildfires that covered thousands of acres and prompted the governor to issue a disaster declaration.

The Pantex Plant, which handles nuclear weapons, said it was monitoring the situation but that there was no fire on the plant site. All weapons were safe and unaffected, the facility said.

  • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    At least The Gays haven’t summoned another hurricane!

    Yeah, we really need people to get out and vote in November. We were the first state to have an in-person early voting period (since 1980), but it’s still not widely utilized and the news largely ignores that 2 extra weeks we have.