Originally Posted by
Drewcar
I guess you know better than the fire prevention bureau. They can take months to determine the cause of a fire.
Regarding what made this unique .... vapor pressure deficit (the ability for the atmosphere to extract moisture) exceeded a 40 year high across most of the West. This was coupled with classic East winds that warm and dry as they push east to west, and super hot temperatures.
I can only speak with confidence regarding ignitions in California, where we had 11,000 ground strikes in mid August. This stretched resources to the extent that many fires were not fully contained when the weather hit. Once the wind came, it was off to the races, with single fires chewing up 100k+ acres in a day.
I have no idea whether Oregon had the same lightning holdover issues. Maybe the wind caused trees to take out owerlines, which has been a huge problem as of late. Maybe Antifa did do it? I don’t know, and you certainly don’t.