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.
Now, does it seem like a group of highly intelligent terrorist couldn't figure out yearly wind patterns and neglected burn regions??? It was in their handbook…
Even the Japanese tried this sort of thing in WWII with bombs and balloons..(yes I watch the Discovery Channel)
Its not one fire. Its numerous fires. An entire small mountain town in San Diego is gone. Off the map. The Mountain communities of Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear, where 10's of thousands of homes are, may be lost.
We just got through a hot summer and a hot 4th of July were numerous fires broke out due to fireworks. All these fires were easily and quickly contained. The first major fires this past week began before the Santa Anas. The most deadly ones were set as the Santa Anas were beginning to enter the area.