One of the best posts I've read in a long while

Adding to what folks have said, one of the single largest factors in Wildland fires destroying houses is the widespread use of tarpaper or shingle roofs. Wildfires in high winds launch large quantities of extremely hot embers and even chunks of burning materials, and generally the way these fires spreads to houses is those landing on roofs or vegetation next to houses. Less flammable roof options such as corrugated metal, slate or tile are significantly more expensive, so they are not used generally.

Almost all native trees of California are also fire adapted, because we have had large annual wildfires for a long ass time. I obviously can't tell what kind of trees those are, but this is a common trend with wildfire damage

They can last surprisingly well. I've seen 90s Yukons with well over a quarter million miles doing fine.

One of the funniest days in American history

Seven emoji type of day

I didn't think this is the case but I deeply want to believe this lol.

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This is pretty cool

Edit 2: the fact that the driver was an ex green beret seems like strong evidence it was an accidental detonation rather than an attempted bombing, a green beret should know the difference between pyrotechnics and explosives

I highly doubt that a green beret would not understand the difference between pyrotechnics and explosives. This seems like solid evidence in my mind that this was an accidental blast and that the terrorism story is fabricated.

Also possible.

My personal view is this is most likely an accidental detonation of fireworks. If this is was in fact a deliberate "bombing" than it is one of the goofiest and most incompetent jobs I've ever seen.

Watching the video it is clear that the explosion comes mainly from the storage area (meaning it probably was initiated by something stored in the storage bed). Initially there is a slow moving fire ball/explosion, followed by a fire and numerous pyrotechnics going off. There is little evidence of a significant shock wave, and in fact it seems that the hotel lobby windows feet away are undamaged. The massive fireball accompanied by little damage from shock waves seems more consistent with pyrotechnics than with destructive explosives. Therefore my guess would be accidental detonation of pyrotechnics (likely with other combustible materials in the bed as well). This is also consistent with the driver still being in the vehicle when it went off. I cannot rule out two other possibilities

1. It was a deliberate detonation and There was an explosive charge in the bed as well which failed to detonate properly, and instead the secondary explosive caught fire. I don't know why large quantities of fireworks would be used for this. Or
2. The guy is just a massive idiot and tried to blow up a hotel lobby with a car load of pyrotechnics. Doesn't make that much sense but Americans have rotted brains.

Edit 1: another video of the aftermath does show combustible materials (camping fuel canisters, has cans) in the bed, but no evidence of actual explosives. In my view that eliminates the first of the deliberate scenarios I listed and adds more evidence to the second.

CW brief mention of sexual violence

My aunt got drunk (usual) and that means she has to strenuously defend something controversial. This year she is defending this guy who apparently

Light it on fire in a public place

Herzl?

A true philosopher

I've seen them eat other ground squirrels as well