A California wildfire which has so far destroyed 7,050 acres of land 40 miles northeast of Palm Springs was started by gender reveal party, it has emerged - leaving the family that hosted the party at risk of prison time and multi-million dollar fines.
Amid a record-breaking heatwave, with record temperatures of 121 degrees turning the state into a tinder box, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on Sunday night that a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device caused the fire.
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...and a girl, Sparkle.
ReplyDeleteFlayme for a girl, Torch for a boy.
DeleteHave you noticed the push on this story, the memes, the topic of this gender reveal being shoved out. It is a conflating story to plant the idea that it is not Cali environuts fault. Its on Facebook, forums, everywhere.
ReplyDeleteSteve in KY
Gender reveal party? Which of the 57 genders did this barbeque fest reveal?
ReplyDeleteThe people holding the party will be held liable unless they are politically connected where upon it will be found that the manufacture and seller of the smoke generator are wholly at fault.
ReplyDeleteGotta wonder if they'll ever learn that it's kind of important to clear brush? Apparently not.
ReplyDeleteWhy did the electric company officials in kalifornia get off with out jail time? I mean, they made decisions that killed almost 60 people. These folks made decisions that burned some trees... Disparity of outcome.
ReplyDeleteUsed to gather mistletoe in that vicinity with the Boy Scouts 50 years ago. It made for a nice fund raiser at Christmas. I suspect I'm glad I can' see how time has changed the area. I'm sure the fire has had an impact too but a fire is self healing.
ReplyDeleteIt is a small thing, but Yucaipa is northWEST of Palm Springs, and closer to Redlands and San Bernardino for reference points. Northeast of P.S. is desert. Goes to show how ignorant journalists are today.
ReplyDeleteOnce again Mentone gets no respect. :-)
DeleteFirst World Problems:
ReplyDeleteOutside temperature is 121°f.
During this phase of this Economic Lock-Down, let's have babies.
We invite people and have them stand six feet apart.
We rent a smoke-generator machine.
We won't have an extinguisher in case the machine mal-functions and catches fire.
We won't have an extinguisher in case we fail to understand the instructions on the machine.
We name the kid some version of 'Expensive Mistake'.
We decide to have more babies.
Learning from our expensive mistake, we rent flame-throwers.