Saturday, September 02, 2017
Thanks to the firemen
Got an epidemic of brush fires this week.
It's dry and hot as usual. More persistently dry and hot this year but not extremely hot.
Yesterday a good-sized fire started on the bluff west of downtown, probably from a railroad hotbox. The city and county firemen swarmed it and got it under control fast.
[Update: Not hotbox. Arson.]
Thanks to the firemen who KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
At the same time a flurry of small fires started in the east part of town. These were definitely arson, and the arsonist was spotted and identified.
Observation after watching this pattern for several years: Arson is a daylight crime and it's not a drunk crime. Unlike assaults and rapes and murders, arson doesn't start when the bars close. Intuitively you'd think an arsonist would prefer darkness for maximum delta-drama and minimum detection, but it doesn't happen that way.
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