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You're absolutely right. I am just so tired of one bad thing after another happening in the world today. Take care.

I’m hearing reports of massive livestock loss, and ammo becoming scarce.

I share in the hope that these wildfires can be contained, and that past and present members here are safe. I saw where this thread was turning earlier today when one of our Global Warming Alarmists was again shouting that the Sky is Falling. I'm sure none of them will believe that conditions contributing to these seasonal fires may actually be caused by sub-freezing temperatures. But here's what a Texas A&M Forest Service wildfire prevention specialist said:

Winter might not seem like prime fire season, but wildfires in this region are “pretty typical for this time for year,” says Heather Gonzales, program specialist for wildfire prevention at the Texas A&M Forest Service. The period from mid-February into April is called the “dormant” fire season, whereas the summer fire season is termed the “growing” season. Hard winter freezes can effectively “cure” the grasses that cover much of the panhandle, making them act as fire fuel, Gonzales says. These grasses “almost need constant precipitation to have any moisture in them,” she adds. Drier grasses burn much more readily and intensely.


Actually, there are multiple wildfires in Texas right now, and there has been some speculation that illegal immigrant campfires could be involved. But I'd expect the media to suppress any stories like that in an election year. Last March, 38 people were killed at a Texas Migration Center near El Paso in a fire started by immigrants who thought they might get deported.

At more than 1 million acres burned so far, the Smokehouse Creek Fire is Texas' worst wildfire ever, and the second-largest in U.S. history.

According to a filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, investigators from several insurance companies notified Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy on Thursday that one of its downed utility poles may be a possible cause.

Investigators also want to preserve a fallen utility pole "situated within the vicinity of the fire's potential area of origin."

You can argue with every automobile manufacturer in the world because they are trying to stop greenhouse gases, NASA, major scientists in the world and every weather expert on whether the sky is falling. I'll stick with them over you. And as I said earlier, this affects so many other people in the surrounding states also, with the smoke. So, I pray for them too. And I also mentioned earlier that 90% of the forest fires in the world are caused BY HUMANS. Thank you for your input. Good luck.

In the U.S. at least, every Auto Manufacturer that has added pollution controls to their vehicles has done so only because of laws and government mandates. In the 1970's, Volvo stopped importing the 1800 ES to the U.S. because they did not wish to install power robbing pollution controls on a sports car. Tetraethyl lead was removed from gasoline only because of government mandates. That's not a bad thing, because there is no question that internal combustion engines produce harmful pollutants... just the same as the fossil fuel and nuclear power plants that are used to charge electric vehicles. Internal combustion engines have also helped mankind to enjoy the highest standard of living in history, and to grow enough food to feed a global population that was predicted to destroy the entire planet, another Sky is Falling prediction that hasn't happened. Famine is almost non-existent compared to 50 years ago when the population was half what it is now. One of the pollutants produced by engines is ozone, which is beneficial in very small amounts in the upper atmosphere, but not good in densely populated places like the Los Angeles basin. But our Auto Manufacturers are not installing catalytic converters and pollution controls because they are voluntarily trying to stop so-called greenhouse gasses. We will not solve the world's problems by giving up our wealth, freedom, and autonomy to China and the Globalists. I see you are in Florida now Jimmy. Did you walk there from Indiana, or did you drive or fly, and add to this big climate change problem?

Please stop claiming that every climate scientist and weather expert has bought into the Left's Climate Change propaganda. We have taken the time to repeatedly show you that is not true. And please stop claiming that last year was the hottest year on record when your own Al Gore graph shows that is simply not true. You deleted every post you made yesterday, but are now back again with your Liberal Democrat dogma, trying to get another Thread locked. It may be your religion, but some of us can actually read and comprehend the data. I can't thank you for your input when so much of it is not factual.

A lot of utility poles have fallen due to this fire. I'd bet quite a few are "situated within the vicinity of the fire's potential area of origin." I read that nearly 200 miles of utility lines and poles will have to be replaced to restore power in the area affected by one fire. I hope investigators are able to accurately and truthfully tell us the cause of these wildfires. It can be difficult or impossible to determine the exact cause of a fire when most of the evidence has been destroyed by that fire. Utility poles rarely just fall on their own and cause fires, but it could happen. However, we constantly see masses of cigarette smoking illegal immigrants, and also see them burning campfires in areas that are as dry as a popcorn fart.

I would expect to be arrested for starting a campfire or tossing cigarette butts in a dry fire prone environment. Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. But not nearly as big a disaster as an open border policy that is killing Americans, enriching drug cartels, and allowing an illegal invasion of millions of unvetted unvaccinated military age males.

I've come to the decision that it's best for me to place this site's resident environmental dufus, Jimmy W, on ignore. I recommend anyone else here with the good sense God gave them to do likewise.
JR

I am leaning toward the sentiment shared by Mr. Roberts..... I am located 3 hours South of the fire center in the Panhandle..... Have LOTS of friends badly affected by this disaster.....

Good. Then I wont have to listen to you. I'll do the same. That way some of us can message each other like we have been without listening to your BS. And I can say what I want to say. Good luck.