Re: (alleged) Arson reports

On 8/2/2026 7:43 PM, Dude wrote:
> On 8/2/2026 2:33 PM, Creon wrote:
>> SRPD & SRFD News Release: Arson Arrest Following Grass Fire Near
>> Highway 12 7/31/2026 - 1:30 PM PDT Arson Arrest Following Grass Fire
>> Near Highway 12 On July 30, 2026, at approximately 2:23 p.m., the Santa
>> Rosa Fire Department (SRFD) and Santa Rosa Police Department (SRPD)
>> responded to multiple reports of a vegetation fire south of Highway 12,
>> just east of Fulton Road. Firefighters arrived to find a fire primarily
>> burning in dry seasonal grass located between Highway 12 and the Joe
>> Rodota Trail.
>>
>> Due to dry conditions and the fire's proximity to the roadway, the fire
>> grew large enough to disrupt traffic in the area. Multiple fire engines
>> responded, and firefighters were able to quickly contain and extinguish
>> the fire to an area that measured approximately 50 by 70 feet
>>
>> While crews were responding, SRPD patrol officers and several SRFD Fire
>> Investigators were also dispatched due to recent fire activity in the
>> area that has resulted in several arson-related arrests in recent
>> weeks. California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers also assisted because
>> of the location near the freeway.
>>
>> As fire investigators and officers arrived on scene, an SRFD Fire
>> Inspector observed an adult male walking in an area adjacent to the
>> freeway near the fire's origin. The Fire Inspector contacted the
>> individual and observed him discard a lighter.
>>
>> SRPD officers responded and contacted the subject, who was later
>> identified as Humberto Moya-Gonzalez, a 32-year-old transient. Officers
>> observed soot on his hands, singed arm hair, and located additional
>> lighters on his person. Based on his proximity to the fire, the
>> observations made by investigators and officers, and corroborating
>> evidence located at the scene, Moya-Gonzalez was arrested and booked
>> for the following offenses:
>>
>> 451(d) PC – Arson
>>
>> 1203.2(a) PC – Violation of probation
>>
>> The Santa Rosa Fire Department and Santa Rosa Police Department remind
>> the community that dry seasonal vegetation can create dangerous fire
>> conditions, allowing even small fires to spread rapidly and threaten
>> lives, property, and critical transportation corridors.
>>
> Apparently, human activity causes roughly 85% to 90% of all wildfires, 
> with nature accounting for the remaining small fraction.
> 
> Wildfires are getting less frequent worldwide, not more, as the globe 
> warms.
> 
> Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global 
> burning is oddly decreasing
> 
> AP:
> 
> "It seems as if the world is afire this summer. But even as wildfires in 
> Europe and North America grow more extreme, key worldwide burning 
> statistics are at a record low largely because Africa and Asia are 
> controlling fire more.
> 
> And yet the world went into July this year with record low global 
> emissions from burning fires, a key measure of their prevalence, the 
> European climate center Copernicus reported."
> 
> The Associated Press, July 29, 2026
> 
> https://tinyurl.com/36e3weew
> 
> 
We're told climate disasters are getting worse.

According to the world's leading disaster database, climate-related 
disasters show no trend since 2000.

And climate-related deaths have collapsed by over 98% since 1920, with 
deaths dropping from nearly 500,000 per year to under 10,000 today.

Floods, droughts, storms, and wildfires are not increasing. And on top 
of that, humanity is just far more resilient than it used to be.

There is no crisis, just progress.