“What was he arrested for...making a prediction?”
The dude apparently had been making threats against the local volunteer fire dep’t and it’s captain... he fought with his neighbors... kind of an end-of-the-roader who didn’t get along with anyone else at the end of the road in the canyons.
These canyons are really rural, primitive places even though they are real close to the mega suburbs of SoCal. You have to be a different sort to live there, more self reliant than in the ‘burbs. But this guy was a long time problem for his neighbors.
Democrats are everywhere. You move to the boonies to escape them and damned if there isn’t one there.
well gee...no wonder there’s no name attached to the OP article: He/she is an idiot.
Nevertheless, that pic of his cabin portrays a cabin seemingly-prepped for a fire environment. One may have nothing to do with the other. And even if it does, it demonstrates the feasibility of having a defensible space.
We cannot dismiss the human factor in fires, but that does not diminish the need for a prepped structure in the wildland fire environment.
I wonder if they will find a dog eared copy of Al Gore’s Book “earth in the balance” in his Cabin like the one they found in the Unibomber’s Cabin?