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I've done numerous controlled burns on my ranch. This is the Hill Country so the terrain, soil, and over course, vegetation, vary greatly. We've done burns from 20 acres to 400+. I've been on burns in South Texas that much larger, thousands of acres torched.
Rarely do I ever lose an oak tree. Once the fuel around the oaks burns out, the bark and leaves may get a little toasty but typically the tree is fine. Now, park a car where the flames come through and it will probably burn down to the body and frame for what should be pretty obvious reasons.
So many factors involved in how hot a fire burns, which direction it moves, and how random it can be. Air temperature, humidity, wind, and drought being the biggest factors. It doesn't surprise me at all to see a car or a building burnt to ashes and palm tree just ten feet away relatively unscathed. Keep in mind, the palm tree is basically a sponge full of water while the car is a box filled with flammable materials, chemicals, and fuels.
I don't see any basis for conspiracy here. This is just democrat incompetence in a 100% democrat controlled place. Of course the media will downplay as needed. They're protecting their team.
One other thing. Not unlike palm trees, human bodies are not easily incinerated, because they are mostly water too with no accelerants. If there huge numbers of missing children that died in the fires it would take a massive cover up to keep the pics of the corpses from getting out there. This was a wildfire that got out of control, not Dresden.
I've done numerous controlled burns on my ranch. This is the Hill Country so the terrain, soil, and over course, vegetation, vary greatly. We've done burns from 20 acres to 400+. I've been on burns in South Texas that much larger, thousands of acres torched.
Rarely do I ever lose an oak tree. Once the fuel around the oaks burns out, the bark and leaves may get a little toasty but typically the tree is fine. Now, park a car where the flames come through and it will probably burn down to the body and frame for what should be pretty obvious reasons.
So many factors involved in how hot a fire burns, which direction it moves, and how random it can be. Air temperature, humidity, wind, and drought being the biggest factors. It doesn't surprise me at all to see a car or a building burnt to ashes and palm tree just ten feet away relatively unscathed. Keep in mind, the palm tree is basically a sponge full of water while the car is a box filled with flammable materials, chemicals, and fuels.
I don't see any basis for conspiracy here. This is just democrat incompetence in a 100% democrat controlled place. Of course the media will downplay as needed. They're protecting their team.
One other thing. Not unlike palm trees, human bodies are not easily incinerated, because they are mostly water too with no accelerants. If there huge numbers of missing children that died in the fires it would take a massive cover up to keep the pics of the corpses from getting out there. This was a wildfire that got out of control, not Dresden.
