[AT] Fire danger

[charlie hill]

It is wet here too but with this 25 knot wind and 33% humidity I would not 
want to burn anything.  A fire would burn in the grass and brush above the 
ground real well if it got started.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at loganrec.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Fire danger


>    No fire danger here in western Ohio. Our soil is totally
> saturated and has been all winter from excess rain and snow. I
> have hoped all winter that I could get some fence rows burned
> out, but has never dried enough to do that. We did have a few
> drying days last week and dried enough to get my lawn and
> airstrip rolled. Had more rain today and now we have standing
> water again. We would be more than happy to share some of this
> with you.
>
>                    Gene
>
>
>
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> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 8:45 PM
> Subject: [AT] Fire danger
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>
> : 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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