Comments on: Who starts fires for thrills? http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/who-starts-fires-for-thrills/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Annie Kate http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/who-starts-fires-for-thrills/comment-page-1/#comment-466501 Annie Kate Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:47:46 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=16802#comment-466501 If his motivation is genuine then perhaps he can help some others - if he only helps one person it would be at least a few fewer fires. I'm glad he is getting help in prison on a psychological level for this. I hope when he gets out he stays clean. <a href="http://anniekatec.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Annie Kate</a> Birmingham AL If his motivation is genuine then perhaps he can help some others – if he only helps one person it would be at least a few fewer fires. I'm glad he is getting help in prison on a psychological level for this. I hope when he gets out he stays clean.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

]]> By: Dan from MN http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/who-starts-fires-for-thrills/comment-page-1/#comment-466499 Dan from MN Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:47:11 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=16802#comment-466499 Kirkwood is a pyromaniac... just like the person responsible for the recent fires in CA. Kirkwood is a pyromaniac... just like the person responsible for the recent fires in CA.

]]> By: GF, Los Angeles http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/who-starts-fires-for-thrills/comment-page-1/#comment-466474 GF, Los Angeles Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:38:42 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=16802#comment-466474 As someone who knows two people who lost their homes in Sylmar, I find Wade to be pathetic and all that mumbo jumbo about being wired differently is a bunch of BS. Does it excite him to see all these people crying after coming back to see there is nothing left of their house? Plain and simple he's a LOSER! As someone who knows two people who lost their homes in Sylmar, I find Wade to be pathetic and all that mumbo jumbo about being wired differently is a bunch of BS. Does it excite him to see all these people crying after coming back to see there is nothing left of their house? Plain and simple he's a LOSER!

]]> By: Xavier Black http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/who-starts-fires-for-thrills/comment-page-1/#comment-466279 Xavier Black Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:34:05 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=16802#comment-466279 Wow, this is amazing to find out. I had no idea there were people amongst us this sick. When I say sick, I mean it literally. The sad thing about this is that arsonists don't get caught and prosecuted as often as (traditional)criminals. Their market is so vast and they can strike at any time. How do you defend against these types of people? They could just go into a forest and start a fire. Next thing you know hundreds and thousands of families are without a home. Just because they get a kick out of it. One thing is for sure, criminals are seduced by crimes they committ and get away with. This is gonna be an uphill battle, but I am sure we will eventually figure a way to combat this type of people. Too much is riding on it. I think the FBI should put this guy on the payroll. Maybe they could use his criminal mind to help in the fight against this hideous crime. Wow, this is amazing to find out. I had no idea there were people amongst us this sick. When I say sick, I mean it literally. The sad thing about this is that arsonists don't get caught and prosecuted as often as (traditional)criminals. Their market is so vast and they can strike at any time. How do you defend against these types of people? They could just go into a forest and start a fire. Next thing you know hundreds and thousands of families are without a home. Just because they get a kick out of it. One thing is for sure, criminals are seduced by crimes they committ and get away with. This is gonna be an uphill battle, but I am sure we will eventually figure a way to combat this type of people. Too much is riding on it. I think the FBI should put this guy on the payroll. Maybe they could use his criminal mind to help in the fight against this hideous crime.

]]> By: MC http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/18/who-starts-fires-for-thrills/comment-page-1/#comment-466204 MC Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:15:08 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=16802#comment-466204 We helped some neighbors evacuate during several of these fires and nearly had to evac ourselves during once incident. Towards the end of the summer of 2004 it got so bad we would watch the horizon for the next column(s) of smoke on our way home from work. I will never forget the helicopters working on the Elk Heights fire, a giant bucket swinging underneath them in howling wind between the basalt walls of the Yakima river canyon... I turned to my husband and told him that someone was going to die if the fires kept going. It still makes me sick to think about the damage the fires caused and the risk and effort our firefighters took to beat them back, and it is a miracle that nobody got hurt or killed. 9 years in prison frankly doesn't seem like much given the scope of the crime. We helped some neighbors evacuate during several of these fires and nearly had to evac ourselves during once incident. Towards the end of the summer of 2004 it got so bad we would watch the horizon for the next column(s) of smoke on our way home from work. I will never forget the helicopters working on the Elk Heights fire, a giant bucket swinging underneath them in howling wind between the basalt walls of the Yakima river canyon... I turned to my husband and told him that someone was going to die if the fires kept going.

It still makes me sick to think about the damage the fires caused and the risk and effort our firefighters took to beat them back, and it is a miracle that nobody got hurt or killed. 9 years in prison frankly doesn't seem like much given the scope of the crime.

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