The Black Forrest Fire which destroyed 509 houses and the Waldo Canon Fire which destroyed 379 houses were both man caused according to the experts, but there have been no arrests or suspects named.(Two of the most damaging Colorado Fires)
I remember a thread here on FR last year which stated that Islamist leaders were postulating that setting such fires anywhere in the Western states of the USA would be devastating and would cost millions in lost assets & fighting. That is a true loss.
I live where the lightning is a culprit more often than not, but some of these fires sure seem suspicious.
It doesn’t help when the Enviros stop ranchers from grazing on Federal lands, which keeps ‘ladder fuels’ to a lower risk of fires getting out of control. Plenty of ladder fuels added to thousands of trees damaged by the bark beetle and you have a catastrophe just looking for a flash point.
I live about 35 miles east of Carson City, Nevada. Today is the 8th day of a fire which started about 20 miles south of Carson City started by lightning.
It is in an area which hasn’t burned in over 30 years, and the winds here have driven it well. There are now about 1000 people fighting the fire. I have been smoked in for over 5 days of the 8 the fire has been running. Wind currents put the smoke over my property & literally blocked out the sun.
Evacuations of ranches in an adjoining valley where the fire went over the mountain were underway yesterday. Ranch animals had to be trailered out- cattle/horses and others.
The smoke isn’t kind to one’s voice, either.
Started on purpose?
Would not surprise me one little bit...whether by Islamists or the Eco-crazies like those who have burned down construction & damaged large auto sales lots.
I remember back in about 2005 there was a huge fire somewhere. There was an arrest made very shortly after that and the news was posted on Free Republic, credited to a news station local to the area of the fire. It was definitely a middle-east sounding name. The article was removed from FR in about 15 minutes and I never heard any more about it. I found that very strange.
I don’t recall, in my nearly 60 years, fires being so frequent and devastating as they are now. I have always thought it was a very easy way for islamists to cause the country severe damage and financial devastation.
Just about all of our worst fires have been set deliberately.
AQ + ELF = O Zhit!