The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[Running Bear]

There are many wildfires burning in many states, so far this year, we've had a good dozen here, most burning just a few hundred acres . Our state is tinder dry and we have stupid people that go out and ignore these conditions and start fires, sometimes just by neglect, others on purpose. It's bad enough when we have one caused by a lightning strike, but these others can be avoided, and I hope this year that they don't build it to the giant fires we've had in past years.

We get a lot of the same here. People burning debris piles mostly. Now there's nothing wrong with that. What's wrong is that they try doing it on windy days or when it's real dry or both. One case involved a guy burning a pile of old old hay. He did it on a day when it was 97 degrees, no rain for weeks and there was a good 20mph wind. He burned the hay alright. He also burned three pastures, a corn field, two tractors, five cars, a barn and his neighbors house. Surprisingly he didn't get the dumbbell award. that went to the guy who parked his truck in a field of high grass. The catalytic converter set the grass on fire and resulted in not only the truck being burned but almost half an RV park as well.