On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:45:24 GMT, Shadow_7 <wwwshadow7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
*> ...desert that got enough rain last year to fill the hills with
scrub
*> brush that'll burn REAL nicely, that is.
*
*Except it normally doesn't burn until October. And it doesn't matter
how
*far you live from the fire. That scrub burns at about 30mph. Even
faster
*with a good wind.
*
*Shadow_7
hmmmmm, well, traditionally our "fire season" runs just about all
summer long (or, easier, it starts when it gets hot, and windy,
enough to dry out all the green stuff). The green stuff is a result
of rains in the wintery months. Fire troopers around here have a
loooooong season.
he will insist middle affairs, do you cease them ...Burn Baby Burn... Yet the government charged her with bank robbery even though ... They apparently cannot be deployed without setting a place on fire?... If a place gets set on fire, and the government has many guns pointed at ... (sci.crypt)
Re: Camp fires ... The roots,peat and pine duff are real problems but most abandoned fires I see are in previously existing fire pits at least. ... I like standing in the updraft of the last coals and smelling the dry fumes of the coals. ... It just makes a huge pile of coals and ashes that can take a week to burn up. ... (rec.backcountry)
Re: Oh those thilly Army Guys... ... He mentioned wildfires - well, ... when there is the inevitable fire,... affluence and hence summer homes and cottages, ... there being more dwellings in spots that can burn than there were in the ... (sci.military.naval)
Re: whats your favorite piece of backpacking gear? ... If you burn a fallen tree in place it will have a lot less useful ... I definitely have come into camps where there are smoldering large logs where someone unsuccessfully tried to burn them in half then just left them there. ... You can go ultra light with one of those crappy cable saws.... Remember the three elements of fire:... (rec.backcountry)
Re: Car fires (was Re: Aston Miata?) NMC ... during the days of the huge car-mounted cell... have let the building burn down. ... I easily put it out with the fire extinguisher underneath the sink. ... the cat complains a little that I've ... (rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata)
