The Frye Fire was a wildfire that burned 48,443 acres (19,604 ha) in Graham County, Arizona, United States, from June 7 to September 1, 2017. The fire was ignited by a lightning strike on Mount Graham, within the Coronado National Forest, and spread rapidly until it was mostly contained on July 12. The fire destroyed three buildings and briefly threatened the Mount Graham International Observatory. It cost $26 million (equivalent to $32 million in 2023) to contain and suppress, and involved more than 800 firefighters. There were no fatalities, but 63 firefighters were quarantined with strep throat. During seasonal rains beginning in July, ash and debris from the Frye Fire's burn scar washed off the mountain slopes, then clogged creeks and damaged infrastructure within Graham County. The fire particularly impacted the endangered Mount Graham red squirrel, whose remaining habitat on Mount Graham was devastated.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1566:

Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, died at the age of 71. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent

1970:

Black September: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's Field in Jordan and one in Cairo, while the last hijacking attempt was foiled near London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings

2017:

Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irma

2022:

Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister following the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

realize: 1. (transitive) 2. (originally chiefly Canada, US) 3. To become aware of or understand (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time). 4. To sense (something) strongly or vividly as if real. 5. To cause (something) to seem real; to make realistic; specifically, to present (something) clearly to the mind, a person, (archaic) oneself, etc., so that it seems real. 6. (chiefly passive voice, slightly formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real. 7. (reflexive) To achieve (one's) potential. 8. (business, finance) 9. To convert (an asset or property, especially investments such as bonds, shares, etc.) into a more easily usable form such as money, especially by selling the asset or property. 10. To acquire (money, a profit, etc.) by selling an asset or property, through trade, etc.; also (followed by on), to make (money or a profit) on an investment, a venture, etc. 11. Of an asset or property: to generate (a specific amount of money or interest) when invested or sold. 12. (linguistics) To turn (an abstract linguistic object, especially a phoneme) into a speech sound actually used in a language. 13. (mathematics) To obtain an entity from (an abstract group or structure). 14. (music) 15. To arrange (a musical work written for a single performer) to be performed by an orchestra; to orchestrate. 16. To complete (a musical work which is incomplete or not fully notated). 17. Chiefly in Baroque music: to play an accompaniment, harmonies, etc., based on (a figured bass). 18. (obsolete, US) To have an actual or real experience of (something). 19. (intransitive) 20. To become aware of or understand a fact or situation. 21. To cause to seem real; to make realistic. 22. (business, finance) 23. To convert an asset or property into a more easily usable form such as money. 24. Followed by on or upon: to acquire money or a profit from the sale of an asset or property. 25. (obsolete) With an adverb like badly or well: of an asset or property being sold: to generate little or a lot of money. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/realize

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Women, wherever placed, however high or low in the scale of cultivation, hold the destinies of human kind. Men will ever rise or fall to the level of the other sex.   --Frances Wright https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frances_Wright