Easy enough to point the finger at Antifa, BLM and everyone else who doesn't believe in the Easter bunny or Santa Claus, and I'm sure there is some arson going on here as targets of opportunity for psychopaths who live in the woods and act out in their own little world-
However, ignoring the low hanging fruit- if you've spent much time in the back country in Oregon you soon realize that the power lines in most of the more rural area are ripe for fire starting. As an electrician I've always noticed that the antiquated power lines that run in most of the back country are extremely low mounted relative to how they are in towns where heavy traffic and heavier electrical loads require them to be mounted much higher. The poles are shorter and in most cases , very, very old and ready to fall over in many cases. Also, the back country overhead power lines were installed a very long time ago when electrical loads were substantially lower than they are now- meaning much smaller primary wiring which is getting warm in these conditions with everyone running electrical equipment like Air conditioners and the like. This not only causes the power lines to get hot, but also causes them to droop from the heat relaxing the wire. Add in a wind storm blowing limbs across these high voltage wires- 4160 Volts up to 13,000 volts in some cases and you have instant fire starting in these conditions.
So, though it is easy to blame Antifa for all our ills, it is just as easy to point fingers at the power companies who have neglected to maintain the power grid due to cost and time.... California the last few years is a perfect example of this- fires caused by power lines that weren't maintained were the source of major lawsuits- both public and private- in the last few years... no different here. The results speak for themselves...
Bob
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