[deport]

Also—does anyone remember the wild fires that struck our state parks last year?

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Are you referring to the fires of Sep/Oct. 2011? That is when Bastrop County got
hit very hard losing some 1600+ homes and two deaths. The fires were started
by very severe drought and strong winds up to 30mph which impacted electrical lines
causing sparks which in turn started the fires.

[kiryandil]

The fires were started by very severe drought and strong winds up to 30mph which impacted electrical lines causing sparks which in turn started the fires.

We need moar SWAT teams, armed with M1 Abrams main battle tanks, MRAPs and squad machine guns to combat the illegal alien electrical lines hiding out in the forests.

And the wind. The wind is our enemy, too.

As Ben Franklin would have said in this instance: "They who would give up essential SWAT teams with armored support vehicles, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Wind nor Drought nor Electrical Lines."

[basil]

Partly, you are correct. There was certainly arson involved, too.

I live here-—less than 30 miles from Bastrop. I was born in Smithville, which is a very few miles from Bastrop. I spent a lot of my childhood in both Buescher and Bastrop state parks. There is one woman who was jailed for starting more fires and making it worse..and according to some firemen I spoke with, there was evidence of illegal alien presence in Buescher State Park who were responsible for some of the fires.