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Patrick says

Maybe they're not allowed to raise premiums as much as they'd like.

Right, but wouldn't it make starting fires in their coverage area a losing proposition for them in the first place?

Depends on how much they hoped to raise them.

Scaring people to get them to pay more for insurance is a long tradition.

Patrick says

Depends on how much they hoped to raise them.

Scaring people to get them to pay more for insurance is a long tradition.

They have all the numbers - how much they want to raise premiums, the legal limits, etc. So if fires lead to insurance co's pulling out it means that it's not started by them.

Besides, it's not like they need to scare anybody into anything to raise premiums: they can just go ahead and do it anytime because everybody with a mortgage are required to have fire insurance and people w/o mortgages are but a small blip on the radar.

https://twitter.com/Ben_Scallan/status/1684906738628136960

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/manmade-saturday-july-29-2023-c-and

🔥 The UK Guardian ran a narrative-snarling story yesterday headlined, “Most fires in Greece were started ‘by human hand’, government says.” Oops. The sub-headline explained, “Official blames arsonists for the majority of 667 blazes that have spread in the extreme weather.”

Recently Greece has been suffering from a nationwide wildfire crisis like Canada’s. Last week, in a single day nearly 20,000 tourists were evacuated from hotels on Rhodes, the island worst affected by the fires. It was the largest evacuation in Greece’s history.

Yesterday, Greek minister of climate crisis and civil protection, Vassilis Kikilias, told reporters that “During this time 667 fires erupted, that is more than 60 fires a day, almost all over the country. Unfortunately, the majority were ignited by human hand, either by criminal negligence or intent.” Kikilias pointed out that in many places, blazes had broken out close together and at the same time, suggesting multiple arsonists were working together to ensure the fires took and spread further. ...

Bizarrely, at no point did the article even begin to speculate about who might be setting up to 60 fires a day in Greece. There was not one word about the identity of the arsonists or even any investigation.

And don’t even get me started on corporate media. For some reason, corporate media is completely uninterested in THIS manmade climate disaster.

https://twitter.com/runews/status/1685549025062240256

Patrick says

https://twitter.com/runews/status/1685549025062240256

Damn, I miss the innocent times when firefighters were routinely being caught doing that.

https://www.democracynow.org/2007/10/29/fema_admits_it_held_fake_press

FEMA Admits It Held Fake Press Conference About California Wildfires; FEMA Staffers Posed as Journalists

OCTOBER 29, 2007

From 2007, but I'm sure they're even less trustworthy now.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greece-wildfires-arson-athens-corfu-b2399312.html

Minister calls out ‘arsonist scum’ as 79 arrested over Greece wildfires
‘You will not get away with it, we will find you, you will be held accountable,’ climate minister vows

Greek police have made 79 arsonic arrests after wildfires ripped through the country as ministers lambasted “arsonist scums”. ...

Civil protection minister Vassilis Kikilias said arsonists have attempted to start new fires on Mount Parnitha, north-west of Athens.

“You are committing a crime against the country,” Mr Kikilias said during a televised emergency briefing on Thursday.

He added: “Arsonist scum are setting fires that threaten forests, property and, most of all, human lives.

“You will not get away with it, we will find you, you will be held accountable.”

https://twitter.com/vancemurphy/status/1696222655727468962

@vancemurphy
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Clear proof that climate activists are lighting these fires.

https://slaynews.com/news/largest-wildfire-louisianas-history-caused-arson-officials-conclude/

Officials in Louisiana have concluded that the recent wildfire, the largest in the state’s history, was caused by arson.

The Tiger Island fire has ravaged Louisiana for nearly two weeks.

The wildfire, which broke out in southwestern Louisiana on August 22, has damaged nearly 50 square miles so far.

On Saturday, it was determined by the state’s Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) to have been the result of arson, the agency announced in a press release.

“LDAF investigators, Louisiana State Fire Marshal deputies, and the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives are actively investigating this matter,” the release stated.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12969185/quebec-conspiracy-theorist-sets-fires-pleads-guilty.html

Quebec climate change conspiracy theorist pleads guilty to starting 14 fires
Brian Paré, 38, has plead guilty to staring 14 forest fires, including fires in Chapais and Lake Cavan, at a courthouse in Chibougamau in Quebec
Two of the 14 fires set by him had forced the evacuation of around 500 homes in Chapais in June 2023