[AT] Burn bans

[deanvp at att.net]

I'm not back in WA yet to see if they have a burn ban in place but I would
sincerely doubt it since it still rains so much in the spring.  There are
two reasons for burn bans. One is fire prevention the other is for air
quality. We have burn bans in the winter due to the fireplaces and wood
stoves dumping too much stuff into the heavy air.  
 But there is also a strange phenomenon  we also see in WA but more so in
CA.  If there is an usual amount of rain in the winter there are more plants
and grass growing in the Spring.  Then in the summer everything goes dead
and becomes a fire hazard.  Here in AZ this winter we have had more rain
than usual and even this  spring so all the plants and flowers are out in
force. Unfortunately it has set off the worst allergy season in the 14 years
we have been coming down here.  The scary part is the symptoms mimic
Covid-19 at times.   We have had our first infection and death due to
Covid-19 in our small little gated retirement community of 280 homes.
Fortunately no further infections that we know about after 3 weeks. 

Dean VP
Apache Junction, AZ

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Subject: Re: [AT] Burn bans

We have had a burn ban in effect in Louisiana for about a month. The state
here gave as it's reasons that the smoke might have a negative effect on
people with existing respiratory conditions thus possibly making them more
susceptible to the virus and also that a fire could possibly get out of hand
taking first responders away from more important duties.

Alan in Louisiana



On 4/22/2020 9:25 PM, Mike M wrote:
> Hi all,
> Like all of you we are dealing with the Covid virus here is Michigan, 
> and the State fire Marshall has put in place a burn ban for the entire 
> state. I know there a few volunteer firefighters on the list, so I 
> have a question for you. Why put a burn ban in place during the 
> wettest time of the year? I've been clearing brush all winter with the 
> intent on burning it in early spring. Now I have all this brush that I 
> need to burn, but will apparently have to burn it when conditions are 
> dryer, giving way to uncontrolled spread. Any thoughts to the 
> reasoning behind this?
>
> Mike M
>
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