the US West Coast?
First for a recent mainstream look at the catastrophe
Most of you who frequent this blog will know that I am not a climate change denier. In fact, I think that the situation is a lot more serious and fast moving than anyone is willing to admit (and that includes many in the NTHE movement.
However, much of my battle these days is against reductionism and mechanistic thinking where it manifests from the covid-19 Pandemic, to manufactured race riots and to climate change.
There is no single, simple explanation for anything these days; in fact there never has been but never have we seen a time when this approach did more harm.
I would rather look at ALL the information and try to make sense of it (even when it appears not to) and remain uncertain rather than jump to hasty conclusions that usually involve rejecting one side of an argument, often with very spurious and ill though-out "explanations"in the style of social media.
So it is here.
Those parts of the media that are not just blaming this on a weather pattern (this time, la-Nina) are jumping to say this is all down to climate change.
For example, the New York Times.
Officials have worried about cascading disasters. They just did not think they would start so soon.
“We used to worry about one natural hazard at a time,” said Alice Hill, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who oversaw resilience planning on the National Security Council during the Obama administration. “The acceleration of climate impacts has happened faster than even we anticipated.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/climate-change-california-wildfires.html
This is what climate change denier, Hal Turner says:
For weeks, Americans have watched the news of so-called "Wildfires" in western states. Politicians like California GOvernor Gavin Newsome, have told citizens these fires are "proof of climate change." That nonsense is laid to rest by a remarkable coincidence: All the "wildfires" cease at the Canada border!
HMMMMMM. The fires all seem to end at the Canada Border. Gee, how can THAT be? Is Canada fireproof? Are their fire fighters somehow better than ours?
Or are we in the USA seeing the willful acts of people/entities waging actual arson war upon us?
The answer seems clear: We are under attack
Right-winger (and whatever descriptors you like to use) he may be, but the question remains - why would massive fires respect a border unless it has huge firebreaks along its length.
“Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.”
And media on the arsonist, Jeffrey Acord
Tacoma WA Wildfire Arsonist Live Streams His Arrest Jeffrey Alan Accord
Facebook User Jeff Demologik Acord appears to start a live stream after "coming upon" a fire. He was arrested for starting the fire. He has BLM and ANTIFA support protest live streams on his facebook.
On Wednesday evening a Washington man named Jeffrey Acord called 911 to report a fire on the side of SR-167 near Pallyup, Washington.
After calling the police, Mr. Acord then set to live streaming himself to his Facebook Page. The video was later posted to YouTube. During the video you can see the police question Acord and after a period of time, the video ends as they arrest him for Reckless Burning 2nd Degree.
Jeff Acord was seen with a lighter in his hand walking on the highway earlier in the day in Sumner. According to Q13FOX — The Sumner Grade Fire in Sumner and Bonney Lake has burned more than 800 acres and was 20 percent contained as of Thursday morning.
He was later arrested for setting the fire.
He was live-streaming on Facebook when he was arrested!
FOUR people have now been arrested on the West Coast for deliberately starting blazes as wildfires rage.
Cops detained two men in Washington, man in Oregon and woman in California as the desperate battle to contain the fires continues.
This was sent to me by a friend and is from Reddit.
To those unaware Oregon is on fire. 10% of the population evacuated. FBI and police say arson is JUST rumors. How about these10 cases of arson? Why is the arson being ignored? 10 cases in a week is insane.... links below..
September 2 Eugene OR Elias Pendergrass charged with arson
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/09/man-arrested-on-arson-allegation-in-wildfire-west-of-eugene-deputies-say.html
Sept 7 Salinas CA: Anita Esquivel charged with arson
https://kion546.com/news/2020/09/07/woman-accused-of-intentionally-starting-fires-on-highway-101-arrested/
Sept 8 Spokane WA: Christine Comello charged with arson
https://www.khq.com/news/arson-suspect-arrested-after-allegedly-starting-multiple-fires-in-spokane-on-monday/article_62df8a40-f223-11ea-8a02-af6f5dca5965.html
Sept 9: Man seen starting fires at Oregon state park, fire chief says
https://news3lv.com/news/nation-world/man-seen-starting-fires-at-oregon-state-park-local-fire-chief-says
Sept 10 Puyallup, WA Jeffrey Acorde (Antifa) charged with arson
https://thepostmillennial.com/antifa-activist-charged-for-fire-set-in-washington [https://archive.is/nJ9OU]
Sept 10 Parkland WA: 2 men arrested for arson
https://komonews.com/news/local/state-patrol-man-arrested-for-setting-fire-near-sr-512
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/we-got-another-one-second-man-arrested-intentionally-starting-brush-fire-pierce-county/5CA2YAQTEBBBZBOFKIRDGGKOLY/
Sept 10 Junction City OR : Milton Loice Moran, 48, was arrested for lighting a mortar-type firework north of the city.
https://entertainmentoverdose.co.uk/news/are-antifa-members-arsonists-beginning-coordinated-fires-in-oregon-257848.html
Sept 11 Alameda: Michael Jarrod Bakkela charged with arson
https://ktvl.com/news/local/live-press-conference-regarding-almeda-and-obenchain-fires
https://kpic.com/news/local/man-accused-of-setting-fires-near-oregon-homes-during-the-almeda-fire
Sept 11 Springfield/Dexter, OR Jonathan Maas charged with arson
https://www.kezi.com/content/news/Springfield-man-accused-of-starting-small-brush-fire-in-Dexter-572385001.html
I am not one to rush to immediate judgement or to accept just one single argument. I am willing to accept there might be elements of all these things and in the context of what seems to be a kind of civil war in America, nothing surprises me any more.
This may be as much part of a developing civil war between two sides that hate each other as it is an act of Nature.
Make up your own mind.
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