Yesterday it was reported that firefighters were close to stabilizing the fire in Tenerife, but so far there hasn't been any English-language news sources reporting that it's been stabilized yet....
Yesterday it was reported that firefighters were close to stabilizing the fire in Tenerife, but so far there hasn't been any English-language news sources reporting that it's been stabilized yet. They were also expecting some rain yesterday.
We just escaped a wildfire that forced us to evacuate our home for nearly two weeks. But it begins to beg the question of how many fires are going to be human caused as we move forward. Its not at...
We just escaped a wildfire that forced us to evacuate our home for nearly two weeks.
But it begins to beg the question of how many fires are going to be human caused as we move forward. Its not at all improbable that a contingent of radical climate 'enviro-activists' would see it as a noble cause to ignite forest fires to push the climate change narrative even harder than it already is.
According to our local fire inspectors, our fire was started by a lightning strike - passably believable although we live only 3 km from the place it started and dont recall any lightning storms for at least a week before the fire. I dont want to be a conspiracy theorist but something seems a bit off. I think an abandoned fire or even kids playing in the forest is far more likely. We often get off road vehicle bans here when it gets really dry and I can see that doing the trick. I once started a grass fire myself just by idling my van in tall grass before I realized that the grass beneath had ignited. Fortunately it was small and we stamped it out in a hurry.
Doing a bit of reading one of the odder things that starts forest fires that I wasnt aware of, is sparks from rail car wheels. Who knew? And then of course there's the more common campfires or bush fires left unattended. Apparently the oft cited 'cigarette butts out the window' is fairly far down the list of most common causes.
Yeah, it implies some sort of causal link that isn't there at all.
Yesterday it was reported that firefighters were close to stabilizing the fire in Tenerife, but so far there hasn't been any English-language news sources reporting that it's been stabilized yet. They were also expecting some rain yesterday.
We just escaped a wildfire that forced us to evacuate our home for nearly two weeks.
But it begins to beg the question of how many fires are going to be human caused as we move forward. Its not at all improbable that a contingent of radical climate 'enviro-activists' would see it as a noble cause to ignite forest fires to push the climate change narrative even harder than it already is.
According to our local fire inspectors, our fire was started by a lightning strike - passably believable although we live only 3 km from the place it started and dont recall any lightning storms for at least a week before the fire. I dont want to be a conspiracy theorist but something seems a bit off. I think an abandoned fire or even kids playing in the forest is far more likely. We often get off road vehicle bans here when it gets really dry and I can see that doing the trick. I once started a grass fire myself just by idling my van in tall grass before I realized that the grass beneath had ignited. Fortunately it was small and we stamped it out in a hurry.
Doing a bit of reading one of the odder things that starts forest fires that I wasnt aware of, is sparks from rail car wheels. Who knew? And then of course there's the more common campfires or bush fires left unattended. Apparently the oft cited 'cigarette butts out the window' is fairly far down the list of most common causes.