Stevens County asks the almighty for help in fighting fires

Commissioners in fire-stricken Stevens County,  in northeast Washington, have passed a proclamation for a day of prayer, saying that “no one controls the weather except God.” The appeal to the almighty evokes the Rev. Pat Robertson’s bid to turn away a 1985 hurricane set to strike the East Coast, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s 2011 call for help from upstairs in relieving his state’s drought. Perry officially proclaimed three “days of prayer for rain in the