"Scary. I wonder if we have some firebugs on the loose."
This is serious, and it calls to mind something happened when I was in high school in Ponca City in 1961. Though from Phoenix, I moved there when my dad was transferred. That year, some of us were running around at night and turned a corner at high speed. There was a guy striking old fashioned kitchen matches and throwing them into a dry field of wheat.
He took off like a shot. Fortunately, the field did not catch fire. (We went back to make sure of that.)
For several months, there were several unexplained fires including a downtown variety store and a major drug store.
You have raised a good question.
DFW area fires in Joshua, Grandbury, Colleyville, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Arlington, Kennedale.
One fire was caused by some nitwit burning trash, in direct violation of the burn ban. The news also said, as soon as the firefighters got one fire out, they found another genius shooting off fireworks.
The problem is not fire bugs, but rather a terrible drought, the worst in North Texas in more than 40 years. On my farm, we have literally had one inch of rain since June.
Winds were 20-30 mph today, with humidity in single digits and record-breaking heat, the highs in the 80s.
One spark can spread like wildfire, pun intended.
All Freepers, please pray for rain for us.