The Yukon was also a tinderbox with dry conditions and a record warm May to August, tying 1989 as the warmest such period on the books. |
Iron and flint I had in my brass tinderbox, and I knelt down by the rocky ledge and began to gather bits of bark. |
Everyone knew the stand was a bit of a tinderbox, but none actually thought it would go up. |
Though neither superpower has troops on the ground, Alderaan could become the tinderbox that sparks a return to a galaxy-spanning war. |
I flicked open the tinderbox, struggled with the flint several times before getting a light, and held it up with a shaking hand. |
The city decided to cancel the Canada Day fireworks for the first time in history due to tinderbox conditions in city ravines and woodlots. |