File this under 'sometimes you just can't win'

[JRTomlin]

Wet weather can help fire containment, but also trigger mudslides

https://www.koin.com/am-extra/wet-weather-can-help-fire-containment-but-also-trigger-mudslides/

[notthatamanda]

Here we have fire traveling underground via the roots.

The fire is now under control and confined to a third of an acre, fire officials say. But the blaze is burning underground, and has therefore been difficult to snuff.

I realize a third of an acre isn't much relatively speaking, but I find the idea of it traveling underground terrifying. No underground gas pipes in the area, thankfully.

https://www.vnews.com/Killington-Vt-forest-fire-burns-underground-for-three-days-and-counting-36375963

In other news a sink in one of our elementary schools exploded on Monday so the bathrooms were out of commission. My friend's kid asked the teacher what happened and the reply was "2020".

[JRTomlin]

That sounds like an accurate answer. You're right. Fire underground sounds...very 2020. 🤦‍♀️

No chance of schools here opening any time soon. It's all distance learning.