By Ken Adachi <Editor>
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/californiafires22oct07.shtml
October 22, 2007

Irvine, California. I saw a huge smoke cloud over our place yesterday about the time the sun was going down. I took a few photos. I thought it may have been a fire from a large building complex as there was too much smoke for a house fire. Later in the evening, I found out that it was being called a "brush fire" This morning on local news, I found out from the fire department spokesman that the "brush fire" was started in 3 different places along the Portola highway and 241 freeway by unknown arsonists ("please call in if you have a 'tip', no matter how insignificant", etc.).

Well, we don't really get "brush" fires that burn uncontrollably in this area, unlike other parts of California, because the city is too highly developed. We don't have acres and acres of forested trees here in Irvine. There are some forested areas in land owned by the Irving Company some miles from here, but not here within the city limits proper. We only have trees and brush along some highways and so that's where we get OUR fires. However, the 7 or 8 OTHER areas of California that also just HAPPENED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY IGNITE ABOUT THE SAME TIME LAST NIGHT with THEIR fires, are suffering a worst fate and many homes being burned to the ground.

The governor called a national emergency this morning. I notice that when Governor Arnold and all the other politicos and fire officials rattle on about such a swell job they doing to contain this "crisis" (as we see videos of planes dropping water and homes burring away on the right side of the screen -a la 911 style video reportage), they never mention the subject of arson - not even once. No accounting is offered as to WHY so many fires would ALL start on the SAME NIGHT in 8 different regions of California, just within a day or so after the Santa Ana winds started picking up.

We only get police and fire chiefs telling us about the extreme dryness of the wood and low humidity, etc. and how we need to cooperate with "authorities" if we are asked to leave our homes, etc. Officials often make reference to similar fires that caused much destruction 4 years ago in, again, many different regions of southern California breaking out AT THE SAME time. I recall hearing reports on the radio of suspicion of arson with many of those fires, but nothing came of that 'investigation' .

I sort of doubt that we'll even get an investigation this time around, just the "emergency" response. .

Ken Adachi

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