"it was some kind of directed energy beam. It pushed all the clouds out of its way"
That's not how electromagnetic radiation works. It doesn't "push" clouds anymore than your flashlight pushes fog out of the way. And antifa punks with Bic lighters are roughly 1000x cheaper, and expendable if they're caught.
But 99% of "spot" fires are caused by embers raining out of the smoke plume. Once a fire is over an acre in size, it'll begin generating firewhirls that'll suck material up like a tornado. The ability of a wildfire to propagate in windy conditions are jaw-dropping if you've never seen it before. Spend a few hours watching this on a large screen. You'll see all "modes" of fire behavior.
That's a dumb video. The maker is either unaware of (or lying about) the fact that satellites will frequently shut off for hours at a time when their orbit places the earth in an eclipse orientation relative to the sun. This is to prevent the sun from frying the satellite's optics (which are otherwise shaded when the sun is off to the side).
As a hurricane-buff, it's been a constant annoyance for decades to have imagery go "dark" for several hours when there's a cat-5 growling in the Caribbean.
"it was some kind of directed energy beam. It pushed all the clouds out of its way"
That's not how electromagnetic radiation works. It doesn't "push" clouds anymore than your flashlight pushes fog out of the way. And antifa punks with Bic lighters are roughly 1000x cheaper, and expendable if they're caught.
But 99% of "spot" fires are caused by embers raining out of the smoke plume. Once a fire is over an acre in size, it'll begin generating firewhirls that'll suck material up like a tornado. The ability of a wildfire to propagate in windy conditions are jaw-dropping if you've never seen it before. Spend a few hours watching this on a large screen. You'll see all "modes" of fire behavior.
That's a dumb video. The maker is either unaware of (or lying about) the fact that satellites will frequently shut off for hours at a time when their orbit places the earth in an eclipse orientation relative to the sun. This is to prevent the sun from frying the satellite's optics (which are otherwise shaded when the sun is off to the side).
As a hurricane-buff, it's been a constant annoyance for decades to have imagery go "dark" for several hours when there's a cat-5 growling in the Caribbean.