Helpful hint:
When developing a logical position don't close your eyes because it is ugly.
I don't know if you live in California but this *is* fire season. Unless Allah has invented the Santa Ana winds (which are right on their annual schedule) for the benefit of muslim extremists, it's most likely this fire simply follows the rules that previous fires in southern California experience at this time of year. It has been a disaster waiting to happen because it is old growth that is not maintained and development is encroaching into these areas. The one possitive out of this (if you can call it that) is that it won't happen again for a long time in these areas. And maybe, just maybe, they'll wisen up as they did in Laguna Beach which experienced a tragic fire ten years ago.... building codes changed and they have learned to keep the old growth cleared.