http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/californiafires Questions tagged with 'californiafires' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:44:53 -0800 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:44:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/75672/Privatized%2Dfirefighting%2Din%2DCalifornia Were private insurance companies putting out fires for their high-end customers during the recent California wildfires? I just heard Naomi Klein (author of <i>The Shock Doctrine</i>) in a radio interview say that people in California reported seeing private firefighting units (working, specifically, for AIG) attempting to save the homes of their clients while the surrounding houses burned. Has anyone seen anything in the media confirming this? Anecdotal evidence from eyewitnesses? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.75672 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:44:53 -0800 californiafires azure_swing