Omg, I can't believe to begin how bad things have gotten... We've gotten horrible at our own geography, and have no sense of balance to even fact check basic conspiracy theories. I've visited this site since early 2000's, and I have to say it's really getting scary. But I have to say I'm a bit better at geography than most, but our schools have really failed us.

SO

1: The CAL FIRE Map is not a map of the fires that burned California, it's a warning to cities in path that fires can occur. The original quote literally said

"A #RedFlagWarning has significantly increased in size, now spanning across California through Monday, due to gusty winds and low humidity. This is #CriticalFireWeather and precautions should be taken when outdoors to avoid any potential sparks. "

San Diego, and San Francisco is not burning down......


2: The comparison isn't even close, even if that path was actual fires, the rail isn't even close warning spots. This gif shows a much more literally overlay which doesn't force one to pretend not to see the miles of distance.

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THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE RAIL THE FIRE WARNING IS A MASSIVE 40 MILES APART...

Do not underestimate the scale of California and measuring distance between locations. The Rail is traveling to each populated city in California, while the path of the wildfire warning is through the california mountain forest area, very different.

But, the conspiracy theory was much more fun and took a lot less thinking behind, just ignore this post and go with that...