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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2020-04-23 8:23 p.m., <a
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Burning is wide open through the shutdown here in California, it
won't last long. As soon as the dry weather hits it will be
over.<br>
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<p>My dad always said that spring time was the driest and most
dangerous time of year for fires and I'd agree. All that old dead
grass will burn like crazy if there is a wind behind it. A little
slower if its quiet. <br>
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<p>I remember helping fight a yard fire at a neighbours place a few
years back. Lucky it was not windy and three of us were able to
keep it from burning anything besides the dead grass and an old
outhouse.</p>
<p>Its one of the several reasons I don't miss growing flax. Having
to burn that straw in the spring was stressful. We have the
"controlled burn" line to call here. Phone them when we plan to
burn and <br>
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<p>that way if somebody calls 911 about our fire, it will already be
registered as a controlled burn for that day and the fire trucks
won't be sent out (at my expense). But I won't be burning anything
here. <br>
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<p>Ralph in Sask. <br>
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