just to add: i just read on CNN that they think one of the major fires was deliberately set, and that its 3 starting points are now crime scenes.  and some guy was caught setting another fire.   they say they have no clues regarding motives.

sometimes i find people completely incomprehensible.  i can understand and can even on some level empathize with hurting others by succumbing to envy, greed, anger, ignorance, fear, etc.   it's terrible, but i understand.  i even understand banal reasons like conformity and keeping up appearances.  but i don't know if i can even begin to understand the thinking of someone who would deliberately cause this kind of disaster.