Fiona Apple. Daughter of former singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. She was classically trained as a pianist as a child and began composing songs when she was eight years old. She crafted a demo tape while in Los Angeles finishing High School.
The Miramichi Fire. (A View of Miramichi, 1760, oil painting by Francis Swaine) These blazes whipped up into a firestorm during a dry summer in Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick in October 1825, charring a massive 3 million acres and taking out settlements along the Miramichi River.
NC Forest Service: Chestnut Knob Fire is 'Historic Event', Now Burned Over 3900 Acres. BURKE COUNTY, N.C. - Wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow by the day, including the Chestnut Knob Fire burning at South Mountain State Park. According to the North Carolina Fire Service, the fire began Sunday November 6th and has now burned more than 3,900 acres, and is 20 percent contained.