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Clark County residents awoke Wednesday to find their vehicles covered in ash, despite fairly clear skies Tuesday.
The air wasn’t thick with haze at the surface Tuesday, but there was smoke high up in the atmosphere, according to the National Weather Service in Portland.
Light rainfall early Wednesday morning brought down the ash particles, leaving some residents bewildered as to where the mess came from.
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