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Not ELF style ... from a knowledgable person in SD emailed me a few hours ago ...

As I think most of those I am writing know, we have a series of fires here in Southern California. Rancho Cucamonga, about 100 miles north of San Diego and where the fires began, has suffered a spate of fires since Tuesday last. Santa Ana winds helped sustain the last, and most successful, fire on Friday 24 October. On Saturday and Sunday 25 and 26 October, a series of fires erupted along the inland route from Rancho Cucamonga to the Mexican Border. At this point, there are at least one dozen people dead, thousands of acres and dozens of homes burned. According to one of my contacts inside the San Diego Fire Department the fires are almost certainly arson. The weather was clear and lightening was not a factor. It is unlikely that these fires are related to recent fires set by Earth Liberation Front as the M.O. is wrong: land is being burned and not just buildings.

I have a report this hour that there may have been a related incident in Big Bear, a mountain community just North East of the Cucamonga area. Officials there report that at least one, and perhaps two, vehicles were seen firing signal flares in that area. One was reported as a grey van and the other a sedan. One official called to inquire whether the fires could be traced to terrorism, not an unusual question today. However, he put that question in context with his report of the flares being fired and also asking if Ramadan does not start in a few hours. The official refused to answer a question asking the description of anyone seen in the vehicles saying that they did not want to call any group or ethnicity into question. He did, however, ask further questions about the possibility of the incident with the flares being linked to the fires and other questions about Ramadan. I have asked the location of the vehicle or vehicles and any other information they would care to share that wouldn’t upset their P.C. little hearts. If relevant information becomes available, I will let you know. Meanwhile, may I suggest that we take another look at the idea that this is either some kind of low level terrorist attack or that there is an organized group involved and not just an individual.

One official called to inquire whether the fires could be traced to terrorism, not an unusual question today. However, he put that question in context with his report of the flares being fired and also asking if Ramadan does not start in a few hours.

Interesting. I recall also that there were multiple reports of power lines being tampered with, damaged and destroyed. Any connection? It makes one wonder.

As for Ramadan, I got an early start on that "holiday" (sic) by cleaning and prepping my firearms. Even did some laser sight scoping with my 30.06 Winchester.

I figure if some al Qaeda wing nut wants to start something, I might as well do the Christian thing and do something spiritual for him...like help him meet his Creator. ;)