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<p>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.<br>
Cecil</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/23/2020 7:42 AM,
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<p class="MsoNormal">The burn bans were implemented for a number
of reasons.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The smoke from these fires exasperates
issues with breathing problems for folks that have Covid and
other respiratory issues.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hope this helps better understand the
issues/concerns we have<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bobby Guilbeau<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chief<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ward 5 Fire Protection District<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P.O. Box 120<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Turkey Creek, LA 70585<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Evangeline Parish, Louisiana<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">337-461-2962 Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AT
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com></a> <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Stephen Offiler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at@lists.antique-tractor.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Burn bans<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://turnto10.com/news/local/three-massachusetts-men-charged-with-violating-ri-executive-order-to-play-golf"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://turnto10.com/news/local/three-massachusetts-men-charged-with-violating-ri-executive-order-to-play-golf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">BOY are we ever off-topic.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SO<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 7:30 AM <a
href="mailto:rbrooks@hvc.rr.com" moz-do-not-send="true">rbrooks@hvc.rr.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:rbrooks@hvc.rr.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">rbrooks@hvc.rr.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They did something similar in NY.
Lake Placid and the towns around it have closed Bed and
Breakfast and rental property <br>
They didn’t want people from high infection areas coming
into that area<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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Apr 23, 2020, at 6:54 AM, Roger Moffat <<a
href="mailto:rogerkiwi@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">rogerkiwi@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 22, 2020, at 11:13
PM, Dennis Johnson <<a
href="mailto:moscowengnr@outlook.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">moscowengnr@outlook.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"LucidaGrande",serif">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Roger<o:p></o:p></p>
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