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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 6, 2007 12:09:51 GMT -5
ok i really had no idea what was burning at first. i wasn't even sure it wasn't someone's house.... this is all i could see from my yard  so i drove down the road and still couldn't tell   it was almost done by the time i got there.  kim |
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Post by hermatite on Jun 6, 2007 12:13:20 GMT -5
that's so bad! bad for the soil...bad for the evironment. Sheesh... Of course they still do that up where I'm from in Canada too...apparently flax straw is wicked hard to get a seed drill through...but still...BAD! And, of course, bad for them giving you a heart attack too!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 6, 2007 12:27:37 GMT -5
herm this stuff really gives you a heart attack when you are coming home from town and you start worrying it might be your own house on fire. you are trying to look at landmarks and get a feel for where it is and find you are driving faster and faster......
kim
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Post by larrywyland3 on Jun 6, 2007 14:45:13 GMT -5
That would be enough for me to start worrying and preparing for the worst; glad it didn't turn out to be someones house or an out of control fire heading your way.
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Post by catmandewe on Jun 6, 2007 15:25:35 GMT -5
They burn stubble fields here every year, the stubble turns to potash which is a fertilizer and the heat kills lots of weeds. Has been standard practice here for years.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 6, 2007 15:40:50 GMT -5
That's bad for everything but blueberries burning is good for blueberries
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blarneystone
spending too much on rocks
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Post by blarneystone on Jun 6, 2007 15:40:53 GMT -5
Cool pics but I bet it was a little scary... that cloud of smoke is huge!
I know from my mother (horticulturalist) that some plants will not germinate without being burned first.. I'm not saying that's the case here but for some plant species fire is essential for survival...
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
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Post by MichiganRocks on Jun 6, 2007 17:11:49 GMT -5
Hey Kim, been a country boy all my life, and field fires were an ordinary occurrence. I spent many a day in my youth out fighting field fires. That's how we contained them, we all went out with rakes and shovels, and didn't come home till it was out. It was worse then because "trash pickup" was something that we had never heard of. Everyone burnt their paper trash outside.
Now I live in the forest, and the smell of smoke strikes a little more fear in me. I've seen some really fierce grass fires in the past, but a forest fire is a whole 'nother thing. I have forest fires here a lot now, and it's a little intimidating to know that if one started in the wrong place, and the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, that I could lose everything in a heartbeat.
But it really isn't such a problem. My alternative is to live in the city and risk getting mugged or shot. No thanks, I'll take the fire.
bd
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Post by BAZ on Jun 6, 2007 20:41:57 GMT -5
Winds out of the SW today with 60 MPH gusts and a huge dry pine forest to the SW (no rain in weeks) I fear some looney with a match today. But yeah BD, I fear some looney with a TEC-9 in the city worse! (plus I can't take my pistol into the city)
Those are some crazy pics Kim, but looks like you got some good moisture. I know my folks in Oklahoma have lately too.
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Post by cina on Jun 6, 2007 21:07:00 GMT -5
We had to leave or home last year when a fire broke out on our mountain it was way scary then but now it is a very nice shade of green better then I have seen it so far we were told it was a 100 year fire and is good for the mountain bad for the people that live on it. This is a pic of our fire as we were packing to leave to the shelter   This is my sons car with all the ash  I know you must have been a bit scared I am glad all is well Steph  |
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Post by stoner on Jun 7, 2007 18:47:51 GMT -5
Hey Kim, you don't have to worry about if it's your place, rocks don't burn!!!
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