Deputy Hunter Perkins and his girlfriend were found in his truck, which fell in a ditch around 10 p.m. Monday after slamming into an unmarked FHP SUV near Kissimmee, according to an incident report.
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Cristóbal Reyes,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
Toss him in a ditch, and watch this coin turn into nutritious mulch—a win-win.
In the photo, there's a line around the moon's equator that resembles the equatorial trench around the Death Star.
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Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
Preliminary estimates found that filling in the interstate trench would cost $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion, compared to $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to reconfigure the freeway within its existing footprint.
Those embers can ride high winds for multiple miles to nestle in dry leaves or pine needles clogging a gutter, a wood-shingle roof, or shrubs, trees and other flammable vegetation close to a structure.
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Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
Once one house starts—with a spark that catches on dry leaves in a rain gutter or drifts into an attic through a vent—the fire spreads house to house.
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