This is so heartbreaking. That ecosystem is so much more fragile than it seems. I wonder if replanting would help in this instance, or if it would be too difficult/expensive.
Huge nerd. She/her. Friendly.
This is so heartbreaking. That ecosystem is so much more fragile than it seems. I wonder if replanting would help in this instance, or if it would be too difficult/expensive.
Very impressed by the people who do this work; it’s got to be soul-crushing. I’m glad they caught the guy and I hope it brings his victims some peace.
Always good to see Modesto in the news! /s
It seems like if nothing else this would be a public health concern. That they weren’t required to retrieve all of the remains but houses have to be scrubbed and sanitized feels incorrect. Someone screwed up here, and it’s heartbreaking that the families had to pick up the pieces.
Thanks for the article OP. It was a good read! But I think that’s enough news for me today.
That was a rough read. It’s so hard not to project these smaller-scale issues onto our larger political climate. I wonder how this whole situation would have shaken out if it had just been two businesses and noise/odor complaints, without hate and political tension to fuel things.
It’s hard to know from a single article, but it sure seems like the tensions here are motivated by a serious (and unfounded) persecution complex on the part of the Washers. Either that or some very poorly-masked bigotry. It’s hard not to view them as the aggressors in this situation, and my heart goes out to the Front Porch folks (and the whole town).
I wish we could walk back the increasing tensions in our country. It’s hard to keep perspective.
What’s always maddening about this is we tend to do a kind of communal thing in our household where we all connect to the smart TV and stream short little videos.
But shorts won’t stream. So you’ll see one, want to share it with the group, and be completely unable to do so. Why they are restricted that way I have no idea.