Forest Fires: Personal responsibility
We have had fires threaten us in 3 houses in 3 counties. Yes, we have global warming and dry forests and grassland. All but one of these fires were certainly caused by people. The first was caused (we were told) when the sherrif's son and his friends went only a grassy hillside to shoot off fireworks. 69 homes lost. The second could have been caused by almost anything in extremely dry condidtions with a hot high wind, 1262 homes lost in Berkeley and Oakland, CA. Another 2 were caused by arsonists. A great many people lost their homes. Then one was caused by a drunk driver plowing into dry grass (then down the hillside into the river). Yesterday, we are told, a couple fought, he went out with his chain saw to cut down trees, put the hot saw down in high dry grass. Many of my friends are evacuated from their homes.
People do need to take responsibility for their actions.