Look closely at these pictures and read & digest the commentary slowly. This was not a few (or even a lot of) maniacal terrorists with gasoline and matches but “Space Age” weaponry.
“It is a terrifying thing for innocent, law-abiding people to be attacked by the same force to which they had spent a lifetime pledging allegiance.” William Bicket, page 54 of Miracle in Atlanta.
SANTA ROSA, CA – OCTOBER 11: Hundreds of homes in the Coffey Park neighborhood that were destroyed by the Tubbs Fire on October 11, 2017 in Santa Rosa, California. At least 21 people have died in wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 3,000 homes and businesses in several Northen California counties. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP
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SAN ANDREAS, CA – SEPTEMBER 13: Structures around a pool lie in ruins after the Butte Fire destroyed the Golden Spur mini market north of Murphys, California on September 13, 2015 near san Andreas, California. California governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Amador and Calaveras counties where the 100-square-mile wildfire has burned scores of structures so far and is threatening 6,400 in the historic Gold Country of the Sierra Nevada foothills. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
Only a chimney and burned cars remain at a home destroyed by fire Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Hidden Valley, Calif. (AP Photo | Eric Risberg)
Melted metal flows from a burned out car abandoned on a highway during the Valley fire in Middletown, California on September 13, 2015. The governor of California declared a state of emergency Sunday as raging wildfires spread in the northern part of the drought-ridden US state, forcing thousands to flee the flames. The town of Middletown, population 1,300, was particularly devastated by the Valley Fire, according to local daily Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, which said the fire grew from 50 acres to 10,000 over just five hours Saturday — before quadrupling in size overnight. AFP PHOTO/JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
SAN ANDREAS, CA – SEPTEMBER 13: A burned truck and structures are seen at the Butte Fire on September 13, 2015 near San Andreas, California. California governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Amador and Calaveras counties where the 100-square-mile wildfire has burned scores of structures so far and is threatening 6,400 in the historic Gold Country of the Sierra Nevada foothills. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)