[ Thanks to Andrew
Weber for this link. ]
“I live in mountainous Northwest Montana. I have always
been intrigued by an attitude from my US Forrest Service friends
who each summer tell me they are, “hoping there are lots of big
forest fires this summer”. What…I thought Smokey the Bear
wanted to prevent forest fires. But no, many of those who work for
the US Forrest Service actually depend on fighting fires to provide
the finances for their vacations and Holidays. Now let me be quick
to say these people do not start fires nor encourage starting
fires, it just works out that forest disasters are great
paydays.”