[Ron61]

Mulv,

The fires in California were started by arsonists as well and they caught them:
Most of the fires here last year were started by lightening and the five around this area that were started by idiots they only caught one of them and he started the fire by threatening some of the fire officials who went to tell him to stop mowing dead grass in a field. The fire started while he was threatening them and it only burned a few hundred acres. If you walk over into some of the canyons where the big fires were you can see rock that melted. This little town that I live in has been ringed by fire two times in the past 5 years and it got in to the edge of town both times and burned some of the buildings. But we have never had a loss of life that compares with what our friends down under are going through and it will take a long time after it is over for the real impact to sink in. So far all they have did to that guy who started the one fire they tried to stop has been charge him with assault on the fire officials and threaten to bill him for the cost of the fire. As if he could pay the millions it cost.
I will be watching the news for more updates on the Australian fire today and hoping to see that they are getting control of it.

Ron