Interesting observation from retired newspaperman Don Surber:
9-in-10 wildfires are set by humans
Dear Facebook,
Before you flag this as fake news, my source is the National Weather Service.
NWS reported that 87% of the wildfires were caused by humans this year -- 7,072 in California alone. Not all were arson, of course, because humans are pretty careless. But enough are arson to cause concern in light of Democrats setting cities aflame this summer. The last thing we want is the Antifa arm of the Democrat Party expanding into rural areas.
Don cites a bunch of news articles to back this up including this one from the London Daily Mail:
The Daily Mail reported, "Stark data showed that 36,383 of the 41,599 fires that have ripped through the nation in the first nine months of the year were started by humans, burning a total of 2,510,743 acres.
"California has been hardest-hit by human-caused fires, with a total of 7,072 as of September 10.
"Texas was second with 4,170, followed by North Carolina with 1,889, Florida with 1,779 and Arizona with 1,552.
"Despite the prevalence of human-caused fires, authorities in Oregon have waded in on rumors that wildfires in the state have been deliberately started by extremist political groups."
Prompting this note in the comments section:
J MelcherSeptember 15, 2020 at 2:57 PM
Why is the UK Daily Mail cited for US weather/wildfire data, instead of CNN, or NPR?
Oh, right ...
So true.
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