Alright, so obviously there’s a lot of misinformation spreading about #OregonFires on Facebook. I try ignore. Don’t have bandwidth. But a quick glance at this one caught my eye because I know, or reported, on one of these fine fellows.
So the map wants to to believe these guys were charged with arson. Or starting fires. Scary mugshots after all! But my dawg, this dapper cat right here, who’s on said map and goes by the name Anthony Travis Bodda, wasn’t charged with arson. He was charged with ...
As far as I can tell, stealing from the homes of people evacuated by wildfires started, in this case by downed power lines, doesn’t actually ignite wildfires.
There has been one person charged with arson for starting a wildfire in Oregon (Mapleton). There may be a few others. A few were called suspicious. It’s not widespread. But that doesn’t make for a very scary map does it? Ok all done. Going on Facebook cleanse for a bit
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