Can't possibly be caused by something the world have been saying could cause something like this for years, in an area that is most likely to have an occurrence of this.
It has to be something we just thought of now that makes very little sense.
I heard something similar about the Maui fire. Something about how blue umbrellas and houses with blue roofs were spared because it was a blue laser that started the fires, which, even if that were true, once a fire gets started, it doesn't GAF what color something is
Because to admit that yes, climate change is real, and it's effects are terrifying, is to admit that they've been effectively duped for so many years of their lives, and these folks tend to come from a culture of rugged individualism and American exceptionalism. That kinda admission of defeat is unthinkable to that type.
Quite silly to think anything other than climate change is causing this but I'm certain there is a weapon capable of doing this in space, most likely owned by the United States, and it's probably been discussed at length as a potential strategy.