Comments | ozma914: Fire report with some pictures -- let's play "Where's Mark" in some of them!

ozma914

Fire report with some pictures -- let's play "Where's Mark" in some of them!

Apr 27, 2009 04:53

Yeah, it was one of those weekend. The Big One wasn't in our county, but we got involved anyway; meanwhile, we had a whole bunch of little ones to contend with. (Pictures -- not dial-up friendly.)

( Somedays it just doesn't pay to light a match ... especially if you're a runaway kid sneaking into the barn behind your house to sleep and have a smoke. But you didn't hear that from me. )

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curiouswombat April 27 2009, 17:04:52 UTC

I claim the prize for spotting Mark...

ozma914 April 28 2009, 05:18:35 UTC

You were first! Um, there's not actually a prize ... :-(

curiouswombat April 28 2009, 07:34:47 UTC

Spotting Mark is enough in itself... ;~P

ozma914 April 28 2009, 20:08:46 UTC

Well, it's not as exciting as finding Waldo!

lifefailsme April 27 2009, 18:53:20 UTC

I see you! I win a prize right?

ozma914 April 28 2009, 05:19:34 UTC

Well, years ago Marvel Comics used to give out something called a "No-Prize" to people who spotted mistakes in their comics ... I think you're up for one of those, now!

lifefailsme April 28 2009, 07:00:19 UTC

I'll take it!

ozma914 April 28 2009, 20:09:43 UTC

I'll have to come up with a No-Prize certificate!

sockmonkeyhere April 28 2009, 03:37:26 UTC

Stupid property-owner dick. When you accidentally start a grass fire while playing with matches clearing your land, you should never get in the firemen's way. You should run off and hide in your house and let your friend Tracie down the street shoulder all the blame for the fire by herself. Memmmmmm-ries...

ozma914 April 28 2009, 05:20:59 UTC

I wonder who you could possible be talking about ...? ;-)

Well, to me running off and hiding makes a lot more sense than criticizing firefighters and taking an attitude when they show up to help, but that's just me.

vilajunkie April 28 2009, 19:34:45 UTC

Next time the guy should have left controlled prairie burns to the experts--the firefighters!

ozma914 April 28 2009, 20:11:58 UTC

When we do controlled burns we look for advice from the other experts -- meteorologists. Get the wind and humidity level right, along with a good fire line and some knowledge of fire behavior, and the rest is easy.

These people know nothing of such things. :-(

vilajunkie April 28 2009, 22:29:02 UTC

I know (in general, not by personal experience) how tough controlled burns can be. The farm I volunteer at owns property towards the forest preserves and closer to the residential neighborhoods that they burn every year to kill off invasive species. If that property suddenly turned wild, it's not just a farm going up in flames, but a forest preserve and some houses too. Plus, it's by a major road so I can only imagine passing cars getting caught in the fire. :(

ozma914 April 29 2009, 05:33:06 UTC

I've felt the heat from inside vehicles once or twice!