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From Reddit: Idiots lighting fire balloons on beach 100 miles from LA (Original Post) OnlinePoker Jan 12 OP
I remember 35 years ago in Santa Barbara county when some guy left his camp fire burning. Jacson6 Jan 12 #1
Fuking brilliant... EarthFirst Jan 12 #2
After inauguration Traildogbob Jan 12 #3
my god! people are such assholes. check out the comments below the video at the link--nobody approves of their orleans Jan 12 #4
Not surprised at all Arthur_Frain Jan 12 #5
Reminds me of the teenager who burned down the Columbia Gorge in 2017 Thunderbeast Jan 12 #6

Jacson6

(1,007 posts)
1. I remember 35 years ago in Santa Barbara county when some guy left his camp fire burning.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:31 PM
Jan 12

It expanded into a huge forest & wild fire. The bill was $84M and 6 months in prison. That debt is not discharged in bankruptcy. People just have this attitude that it can't happen to me. But it will if the person doesn't use their brain.

orleans

(35,537 posts)
4. my god! people are such assholes. check out the comments below the video at the link--nobody approves of their
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:46 PM
Jan 12

bullshit lantern crap from what i can tell

Arthur_Frain

(2,210 posts)
5. Not surprised at all
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:47 PM
Jan 12

After Maui crisped, we had idiots dying this new years from huge, poorly planned, poorly executed private fireworks display. What? 4? 6 people died, and that’s because a mortar type firework fell over and spewed flame into other stored fireworks.

Humans may not be innately evil, but we are exceptionally stupid.

Thunderbeast

(3,588 posts)
6. Reminds me of the teenager who burned down the Columbia Gorge in 2017
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:20 PM
Jan 12

Deep in a forested canyon on a dry Labor Day weekend, a kid threw smoke bombs for a thrill. The fire burned down miles of the most beautiful landscape in the country. 140 hikers had to walk ten miles to safety with the fire at their backs.

Someone was a witness, and the kid was sued by the forest service for damages....$37 Million. Pretty large debt for a high school student.

The scars remain. Thousands of standing dead Douglas Fir snags are providing habitats. Hiking my favorite trails will not be the same in my lifetime.

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