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It's low on oil! (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)
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FILE - In this Monday, June 19, 2017 file photo, Fremont County undersheriff Ryan Lee inspects a bridge that was destroyed by flooding outside of Riverton, Wyo. Rivers and streams in central and western Wyoming are receding after a melting record snowpack poured the equivalent of 30 inches or more of water down mountains over the last three weeks. The high water caused widespread flooding, interrupted travel on a route to Yellowstone National Park and cut off water to farm crops by damaging an irrigation canal. (Daniel Bendsten /The Ranger via AP, File)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 - In this June 21, 2017 photo, Freddie Garcia gets a pallet of fire scanners ready to ship to Texas City in the warehouse of Industrial Equipment Company in Houston (Michael Wyke/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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A fire burns near Mayer, Ariz, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as seen from Spring Valley, Ariz. The fire has burned over 28 square miles (73 square kilometers). More than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that's near the small town where 19 members of an elite firefighting unit were killed while battling a blaze four years ago. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A fire burns near Mayer, Ariz, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as seen from Spring Valley, Ariz. The fire has burned over 28 square miles (73 square kilometers). More than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that's near the small town where 19 members of an elite firefighting unit were killed while battling a blaze four years ago. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A fire burns near Mayer, Ariz, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as seen from Spring Valley, Ariz. The fire has burned over 28 square miles (73 square kilometers). More than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that's near the small town where 19 members of an elite firefighting unit were killed while battling a blaze four years ago. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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FILE - In this June 20, 2017, file photo, Flint, Mich. Mayor Karen Weaver listens to a question during a closed news conference discussing the water source recommendation made for Flint at City Hall. The state of Michigan sued Flint on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, alleging that the city council's refusal to approve a broadly backed deal to buy water long term from a Detroit-area system is endangering public health in the wake of a man-made crisis that left the supply contaminated with lead. The Department of Environmental Quality had threatened legal action if the council did not approve Weaver's recommendation or propose a reasonable alternative by Monday.(Shannon Millard/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)
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In this Tuesday, June 27, 2017 frame from video, flames and smoke rise from a fire near Mayer, Ariz. The Arizona fire forced the evacuation of Mayer along with several other mountain communities in the area. (Jennifer Johnson via AP)
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FILE -- In this May. 15, 2017 file photo, women are treated for a suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. More than two years of civil war have led to continually compounding disasters in Yemen. Fighting rages on in a deadly stalemate, the economy has been bombed into ruins, hunger is widespread, and a new misery has been added: Cholera, the world’s biggest current outbreak with more than 200,000 cases. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
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FILE In this April, 13, 2017 file photo, Yemenis present documents in order to receive food rations provided by a local charity, in Sanaa, Yemen. More than two years of civil war have led to continually compounding disasters in Yemen. Fighting rages on in a deadly stalemate, the economy has been bombed into ruins, hunger is widespread, and a new misery has been added: Cholera, the world’s biggest current outbreak with more than 200,000 cases. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
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FILE -- In this Jun. 9, 2017 file photo, people stand on the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. More than two years of civil war have led to continually compounding disasters in Yemen. Fighting rages on in a deadly stalemate, the economy has been bombed into ruins, hunger is widespread, and a new misery has been added: Cholera, the world’s biggest current outbreak with more than 200,000 cases. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
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Hunter safety instructor Jose Alvarado stands in front of his Belmont neighborhood home on June 21, 2017 in Pueblo, Colo. (Bryan Kelsen /The Pueblo Chieftain via AP)
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Hunter safety instructor, Jose Alvarado, demonstrates the method for cleaning a .22 rifle on June 21, 2017 at his Belmont home in Pueblo, Colo. Alvarado has been honored for 50 years of teaching the course. (Bryan Kelsen/The Pueblo Chieftain via AP)
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Jose Alavarado of Pueblo, Colo., has received several awards, shown here on June 27, 2017, for his work as a hunter safety instructor for more than 50 years. (Bryan Kelsen /The Pueblo Chieftain via AP)
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The sun peeks through heavy smoke from a wildfire locally called Goodwin Fire as seen from the town of Mayer, Ariz., Tuesday, June 27, 2017. More than 500 firefighters braced for windy conditions Tuesday as they continued to battle the northern Arizona wildfire. (Tom Tingle/The Arizona Republic via AP)
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In this photo taken June 23, 2017, a car is nearly covered by water as the Chippewa River floods Island Park in Mount Pleasant, Mich. (Lisa Yanick Litwiller/The Morning Sun via AP)
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In this photo taken June 25, 2017, firefighters rescue a driver from a car stuck in the flooded intersection of West Michigan and South Center in Michigan's Saginaw Township. (Jeff Schrier/The Saginaw News via AP)
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In this photo taken June 25, 2017, firefighters float a driver they just rescued from a car stuck in the flooded intersection of West Michigan and South Center in Michigan's Saginaw Township. (Jeff Schrier/The Saginaw News via AP)
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Smoke billows from a wildfire locally called Goodwin Fire, near Prescott, Ariz., Tuesday, June 27, 2017. More than 500 firefighters braced for windy conditions Tuesday as they continued to battle the northern Arizona wildfire that has burned 6.8 square miles (17.6 sq. kilometers) so far. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier via AP)
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In this Oct. 20, 2011, photo, Johnny Galecki arrives at the premiere of "In Time" in Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for, Galecki, the 42-year-old actor, says his home on a ranch in the San Luis Obispo area was destroyed by the wildfire on the state's central coast. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
