[AT] Fire danger

[Ralph Goff]

Dan you are right about the fire risk in spring. My Dad always used to say
that spring was the most dangerous time as the old grass from last year was
so dry and there was no green growth yet to slow things down. Yet theres
nothing like a good fire to green up the prairie in a hurry. Thats the way
it used to work before us sodbusters came along.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

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Subject: [AT] Fire danger


> Most people don't think of early spring as a fire season but here in North
> Dakota prairie fires are common this time of year. There was quite a bit
> information on the news today about the spring fire season and the high
> fire danger level with high winds today.  Sure enough, about 3 pm my
> pager went off. Our volunteer fire department responded with 4 trucks to
> a grass fire about 10 miles northeast of town. Someone was burning
> garbage and a burning cardboard box was carried into some old straw
> bales on the edge of a hay field. Fortunately no one was injured and
> there was no real damage. About 10 acres of dry grass was burned off.
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