Dude, Forest Fires Harsh Smokey’s Buzz
Bigfoot country is going up in smoke. I traveled through this part of the country last year when I was at my last job and was saddened to hear how hundreds of homes had to be evacuated in that area due to forest fires. Now Fox News is reporting that some California wildfires further south were due to pot farmers who let their cooking fire get out of control. I just wrote last month about how the illegal pot farms were poisoning the California forests.
From Fox here:
Investigators said Tuesday they believe marijuana growers with possible ties to Mexican drug cartels caused an 88,650-acre wildfire in northern Santa Barbara County, and there are many more pot farms hidden in remote areas around the nation.
“No pun intended, it’s a growing problem,” U.S. Forest Service Special Agent Russ Arthur said.
Arthur said an unspecified “cooking device” left at an encampment by suspected drug traffickers sparked the blaze on Aug. 8 that has scorched more than 137 square miles of brush and timber and briefly threatened two dozen ranches and homes.
About 30,000 marijuana plants and an AK-47 assault rifle were found near the origin of the blaze in a remote canyon in Los Padres National Forest.
Mexican drug cartels huh? You mean that people who cross the border illegally commit other crimes too? I thought they were all here to pick lettuce?
Pat, remember George Bush’s famous words….illegals are just here to do the jobs Americans won’t do. I guess that includes destroying national parks and citizens’ homes that Americans won’t destroy, too.