>>3946530

Okay … So … Where does this "revelation" take us?

The GDI Ion Cannon is blowing up cars to start fires in California… So, it's not California's fault? Is there a Scrin invasion?

I'm not saying to disregard the anomalies - I am saying that the focus is pulled away from California's culpability. Strange things are interesting - but many things play out in nature against our intuition.

We can argue about what is causing the fires all day, but the fact of the matter is that nothing special is required to explain how the fires began.

If you suspect the fires are a cover for something else, entirely… Well - that is a different proposal, but I haven't seen many working that angle or finding a pattern to fire oddities. (Clustering to a region while other areas are wiped out).

I think we tend to jump to sensational explanations, which are entertaining and fun, but thinking should be expanded logically and incrementally in these things.

>>3946669

Pine?

Nature's gasoline. All evergreens, actually, tend to burn rather impressively once allowed to dry. Why real pine trees went out of style for Christmas Trees… And the traditional candles mounted to the branches.

Although the needles will burn far faster than the tree will catch. It's a hot and intense fire - but it's like taking a torch to a log for a few seconds and removing it. Leaves burn easy and quickly. Wood… Takes a while, but lasts.

Fire needs underbrush to really catch the trees; dead branches and kindling to ensure those catch and can, in turn, catch the trees. Suburban areas with rather clear ground and trees with dry leaves will see the leaves burn right off without being able to catch the tree, proper.

I forget that the majority of the population has grown up in cities and doesn't have much experience burning things they find outside.

>>3946955

I don't think anyone wants to live in the city. People want the things in a city. Compare midwestern city structures (post automobile) to new england and coastal regions. Classically, cities exist to facilitate easier trade and commerce among trades.

Further, I think many are simply creatures of habit. I was talking to a guy a while back who moved to Missouri from Orange County in California. He was down in West Plains - so throw a rock and you hit Arkansas. Anyway - he literally didn't know that places like the midwest existed.

My brother brought his wife down from the New England territories - an animal ran across the road in front of them and she freaked out, asking what it was. It was a deer. She couldn't believe something that large was a deer - their deer up in the northeast are the size of some of our dogs.

Wait until the smart cars start crashing into those elk someone thought was a good idea to reintroduce - because explode on impact cars and demi-moose are a good combination.