[Southack]

"I hope so. But too little too late?"

You'll still see the fires this year...but they won't be as large as last year.

Also, one problem for the terrorists is that it's tough to get people to believe that you've set a big fire. "Ah, lightening did it." "Oh, that happens every year."

Such fires aren't known for killing 9/11-levels of people, either.

And actually, if my read on what we've been doing in Iraq is correct...we're going to see a major bust here in the states due to a mistake that I think the terrorists will likely make.

Or to quote Star Wars, "It's a trap!"

I just don't see al qaeda as being clever enough to figure out how we are setting them up. It's going to be a thing of great beauty, too.

[Travis McGee]

No one will doubt what happened if five mega-fires each over 100 miles long start in five states on one day. It will be obvious that they were all started in lines from a car or light plane. Anyone who posits 500 orderly lightning strikes will be laughed off as a fool.

Immediate casualty numbers are not the only game in town. Proving Uncle Sam's impotence as these mega fires rage unchecked for weeks will also be quite pleasant for the jihadists to behold.