CA hunter fined $18.2 MILLION!!!
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CA hunter fined $18.2 MILLION!!!
WOW I bet this kid wont smoke and wont fall asleep around the campfire anymore. MSNBC is reporting that a 26 year old hunter who set fire too the Mendocino Forest last fall must now pay $18,200,000.00 in fines and restitution for a fire he initially set to stay warm with while lost. He fell asleep and somehow the fire started and by the time it was over the fire had burned ALOT of country and costs so far have been totaled to exceed $32,000,000.00 in firefighting and re-generation efforts.
I can see both sides, he was lost and cold. BUT you must be responsible with fire at ALL times. The story also mentioned smoking and I have NO patience with smokers who set accidental fires as a result of their nasty habit.
I wonder if they will accept plastic or check?
RA
I can see both sides, he was lost and cold. BUT you must be responsible with fire at ALL times. The story also mentioned smoking and I have NO patience with smokers who set accidental fires as a result of their nasty habit.
I wonder if they will accept plastic or check?
RA
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RE: CA hunter fined $18.2 MILLION!!!
Even though the person did set the fire, and cause that much damage, $18 million is rediculous. He will never be able to pay that, unless he somehow wins the lottery!! For all of the people who's houses burned, they should have had homeowners insurance, so the fine won't pay for any of that. The trees didn't cost anything, they were there long before we showed up. What they are fining him for, then, is the cost of the labor, and materials to put the fire out, and the reclamation of the burned area, which the government has set aside already. So basically the guy is screwed for life, because of an accident. He will never be able to pay off that fine, but will be spending all of his life attempting to anyway. He will never be able to live a decent life because of an accident. I can understand that people are mad, but what can you do. I say they put him in prison for a few years, and make him work on the prison fire crews, there he would have a better chance at actually surviving.
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RE: CA hunter fined $18.2 MILLION!!!
oldelk hunter hit the nail on the head. They more than likely have been waiting for the "right" person to come along to make an example of. If it had been some tree huging, flower power, ELF member, or PETA member who acciedtally did it they wouldn't have had the spine to go after someone like that, but a hunter....typical california.