[AT] Burn bans

Cecil Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Thu Apr 23 05:56:21 PDT 2020 

Here in OK, we have not had decent burn weather for the last 5 years.  
For 30 years we burned our trash in a big concrete culvert.  During a 
burn ban 20 years ago my Dad burned some bedding from a sheep and caused 
a storage trailer to burn up costing me at least $20k in lost spare 
parts.   Our wind here has been so unpredictable that burning is just 
not feasible  anymore. I bought an old municipal tree chipper to shred  
the trees & brush I need to clear out.  I hope that after it composts a 
couple of years, that I can spread it with a manure spreader and get 
some kind of soil nutrition out of it.
Cecil


On 4/23/2020 7:42 AM, bobbyguilbeau at att.net wrote:
>
> The burn bans were implemented for a number of reasons.
>
> Most fire departments also run Emergency Medical Services as well as 
> typical Fire/Rescue.  With that being said firefighters in some areas 
> are getting infected with Covid (over 50 in New Orleans) leaving fire 
> departments short handed to deal with other emergencies.
>
> The smoke from these fires exasperates issues with breathing problems 
> for folks that have Covid and other respiratory issues.
>
> It’s also about adding a layer of social distancing in an attempt to 
> limit interaction with possibly infected people by firefighters and 
> further short staffing of departments for more dire emergencies.  And 
> of course lessening the possibility that an infected firefighter would 
> pass on the virus as well.
>
> In my department’s case we were also short 4 firefighters that would 
> have normally responded due to being embedded in an isolation site for 
> a fire watch patrol 24 hours a day seven days per week.
>
> Add in the bad weather (tornado’s) the northern part of our state has 
> been hit with in the last 3 weeks creating a different set of 
> problems.  The state activated our Urban Search and Rescue team to 
> respond to the Monroe area last week.
>
> So,  it’s not about exercising power or control, but simply and 
> attempt to not create further issues with fires getting out of control 
> and not having enough people to deal with it “preservation of life and 
> property”.
>
> Hope this helps better understand the issues/concerns we have
>
> Bobby Guilbeau
>
> Chief
>
> Ward 5 Fire Protection District
>
> P.O. Box 120
>
> Turkey Creek, LA  70585
>
> Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
>
> 337-461-2962 Office
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> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of 
> *Stephen Offiler
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:10 AM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Burn bans
>
> Gov Gina Raimondo (D-RI) made national news when she "closed" the RI 
> borders, stationing State Police and National Guard at the borders, at 
> first pulling over every New York plate, and not long after, every 
> out-of-state plate.  The officers would simply remind the occupants 
> that RI had an executive order in place, requiring anyone from 
> out-of-state coming into RI for non-work reasons that 14-day 
> quarantine was mandatory.  So the border wasn't really closed, but 
> many people saw it as overreach and some invoked the Fourth 
> Amendment.  This occurred immediately after the permanent residents of 
> the beachfront communities (RI has something like 400 miles of 
> coastline) started to notice the New Yorkers occupying their summer 
> homes in March.  And then there's the golfer story.  Three men from MA 
> crossed the RI border to play golf.  That's a non-work reason.  They 
> met a RI resident friend at a McDonald's, left the car with MA plates 
> there, and went to the golf course with the friend and his RI plates.  
> For some reason (I still wonder about this) the McD's employees called 
> the police, and when they returned, they were arrested and charged 
> with a misdemeanor.  Fourth Amendment?
>
> https://turnto10.com/news/local/three-massachusetts-men-charged-with-violating-ri-executive-order-to-play-golf
>
> BOY are we ever off-topic.
>
> SO
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 7:30 AM rbrooks at hvc.rr.com 
> <mailto:rbrooks at hvc.rr.com> <rbrooks at hvc.rr.com 
> <mailto:rbrooks at hvc.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     They did something similar in NY. Lake Placid and the towns around
>     it have closed Bed and Breakfast and rental property
>     They didn’t want people from high infection areas coming into that
>     area
>
>     Bob
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>
>         On Apr 23, 2020, at 6:54 AM, Roger Moffat <rogerkiwi at gmail.com
>         <mailto:rogerkiwi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         
>
>
>
>             On Apr 22, 2020, at 11:13 PM, Dennis Johnson
>             <moscowengnr at outlook.com <mailto:moscowengnr at outlook.com>>
>             wrote:
>
>             One example of this absurdity is people in Michigan cannot
>             go to there vacation homes based on the reasoning that the
>             extra fuel used at gas pumps will increase exposure for
>             health care workers who needed to fuel up.
>
>         It’s also about keeping the people from the sicker populations
>         from taking the virus up north to the people living there
>         where there are far fewer medical resources - hospital and ICU
>         beds etc.
>
>         Roger
>
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