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The fire had grown to more than 20,400 acres by Thursday evening, forcing thousands to evacuate and straining local resources.

That sentiment isn’t conducive to a night spent with an information delivery system designed to keep the audience straining on tenterhooks.

Council members said the city of 100,000 had been a dumping ground for homeless projects that were straining the budget and leading to disorder.

As a viral phenomenon, it has been eclipsed by another moment from that Saturday — the phone call in which Vice President Kamala Harris, wearing workout gear, sunglasses and a messy ponytail, proclaimed “We did it, Joe!,” her voice straining with excitement and exhaustion, after the election was called for Biden.

Although lower-income and younger people are straining more to keep up with expenses and make debt payments, households on the whole are managing well.