"Wildfire ash is toxic, and the ash of an urban conflagration more so. Especially when most destroyed buildings were pre-1960 and contained unknown amounts of asbestos and lead ..." backwoods has advice and links for evacuees returning to residences affected by smoke and ash
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Too-Ticky has the answer to une_heure_pleine's mystery object Ask Me post, wherein we learn that "treen" is the "generic name for small handmade functional household objects made of wood"
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