The rash of grass fires surrounding Austin and Central Texas didn’t affect my neighborhood…yet. From what I could make out with Somara’s assistance (she’s the Maggi Republic’s official Internet/Reference Desk), most took place in the less dense (population-wise, not intelligence) areas.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, La Niña has contributed heavily to our ongoing drought (be ready for the inevitable food-price jackings this Winter) in the area. Hell, I can’t remember the last time it rained. I know it didn’t at all this Summer, barely this Spring. Yesterday, it was windy. The end of Summer or the current tropical storm hammering Alabama and Nawlins? Not sure yet. However, the wind was the last element needed to make the perfect outbreak. All we needed were reckless BBQs and careless smokers throwing their butts out their car windows and voila! Instant craptacular Michael Bay flick!
Now we get to see Governor Goodhair, Führer Ron Paul and Bizarro Dan Patrick (the moron from Houston, not the ESPN guy) do a 180 on FEMA helping out. Nutjob Alex Jones of (mis)infowars will be consistent by claiming the fires were a conspiracy to steal our bodily fluids.