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The Virus and the Martians

In H.G.Wells' The War of the Worlds, a humble microbe devastates a powerful civilization.https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/epidemic/virus-and-martians

MCT: Monday, September 14, 2020

Rain Chance;
Evacuation Order;
789 Cases;
Evacuations Lifted;
Satellite View;
Waiting Room;
Litter Training;
Tangents Closing;
La Nina;
Fire Hoax;
Defensible Space;
1931 Fire;
Swinging Bridge;
Skunk Engineers;
State Option;
Early Logging;
Police Reports;
Navy Blimp;
Ed Notes;
Yesterday's Catch;
Vote Early;
Seabiscuit;
MRC Pellets;
Boom Brigade;
Icon Smote;
Isla Negra;
Cat Guy;
Accuse First;
Ultimate Responsibility;
Traitor Within;
Record Fires;
Mega Grows;
Covid Dining;
Conehead;
Dumbing Down;
Barr Babe;
Dissolution;
Bailout/Handout;
Class Tension;
Cemetery Chat;
Truck Lightning;
Remembering Alex

MCT: Sunday, September 13, 2020

Oak Fire;
August Complex;
Smoke Thinning;
Golden State;
785 Cases;
Thomas Miller;
Pet Wiley;
Macdonald Book;
Housing Bill;
Feeding Nevermore;
Ed Notes;
Noyo Vista;
Voters Guide;
William Standley;
Yesterday's Catch;
Red Ryder;
Demoralized Pollinators;
Greenwood Rock;
Racist Friend;
Early Ukiah;
Story Life;
2020 Treats;
Silence Types;
Reclaim Populism;
Hicks Sketch;
Tiny Spark;
Pandemic Consumption;
2020 Calendar;
Really Stupid;
Interconnected Disasters;
Found Object

MCT: Saturday, September 12, 2020

Widespread Smoke;
Oak Fire;
Zero Cases;
August Complex;
Activity Restricted;
Air Now;
Elk Ridge;
Air Advisory;
Ukiah High;
Self Defense;
Grammar School;
Cleaning Up;
Arson Nabbed;
Mission Taco;
Ed Notes;
Hotel Cecille;
Media Attention;
Ukiah Courthouse;
Hotelier Defense;
Tortoise Heist;
Colombini Grocery;
Streetscape Update;
Yesterday's Catch;
Forest Management;
Vote Jo;
Fawn Cafeteria;
Peaceful Yuts;
Farmers Club;
Crooked Politicians;
Trump Song;
Desenan's Barbecue;
Water Trash;
Which Revelation;
Active Opposition;
Offical Language;
Portland Protests;
Abalone Notice;
Whose Fault;
CNN Boss;
Understanding Germany;
Allende's Farewell;
Found Object

MCT: Friday, September 11, 2020

More Smoke;
One Resurrection;
Oak Fire;
August Complex;
Albion Sky;
Microgrid Machinations;
Squaw Rock;
ATV Evacuation;
Brooktrails Repopulating;
Courthouse Gents;
Apple Press;
Willits Decisions;
Anton Stadium;
CVS Experience;
Freighter Cruising;
La Nina;
Bogner Moving;
Yesterday's Catch;
Keller's Band;
Women Known;
Downtown Ukiah;
Fascism Transition;
Hutchison & Roeder;
Remote Schooling;
Who Better;
Q Who;
Album House;
Herd Immunity;
2020 to Life;
Orange Menace;
Found Object

MCT: Thursday, September 10, 2020

Abundant Smoke;
Martian Landscape;
Oak Fire;
Another Death;
Forest Fires;
Lynda Aubrey;
Apocalyptic Skies;
Two Rocks;
Zoom Rochat;
Place Hotel;
August Complex;
Relocated Pomos;
Ed Notes;
Ring Toss;
$500 Reward;
No Country;
Power Restoration;
Yesterday's Catch;
Fishing Family;
Still Evil;
Left Note;
Tolstoy;
Say Hi;
Anti-vax Book;
Point Cabrillo;
Oregon Fire;
Peter Sellers;
Assange Defense;
Defoe Pilloried;
Found Object

Letters (September 9, 2020)

Voting by mail should replace voting at the polls in its entirety. The two institutions that can definitely be trusted is the County Board of Elections and the United States Postal Service

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