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</div><div class="ydpf82c4c8dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mike,</div><div class="ydpf82c4c8dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I'm over by Paw Paw (just west of Kalamazoo) and we've been having a bunch of out of control fires lately. People trying to burn leaves and brush especially during windy conditions. Ya well.... The reasoning behind the ban is, as I understand, to keep the fire dept. volunteers safe by not having to be in close contact fighting unnecessary fires. The fewer times they have to go out the safer they should be. And yes, you have a point that it is generally safer to burn off brush now rather than July or August and the farmers around here have a real bunch to deal with this time of year from pruning the fruit trees and grape vines.</div><div class="ydpf82c4c8dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">David</div><div class="ydpf82c4c8dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 10:25:41 PM EDT, Mike M <meulenms@gmx.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br></div><div dir="ltr">Like all of you we are dealing with the Covid virus here is Michigan,<br></div><div dir="ltr">and the State fire Marshall has put in place a burn ban for the entire<br></div><div dir="ltr">state. I know there a few volunteer firefighters on the list, so I have<br></div><div dir="ltr">a question for you. Why put a burn ban in place during the wettest time<br></div><div dir="ltr">of the year? I've been clearing brush all winter with the intent on<br></div><div dir="ltr">burning it in early spring. Now I have all this brush that I need to<br></div><div dir="ltr">burn, but will apparently have to burn it when conditions are dryer,<br></div><div dir="ltr">giving way to uncontrolled spread. Any thoughts to the reasoning behind<br></div><div dir="ltr">this?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Mike M<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">--<br></div><div dir="ltr">This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank">https://www.avast.com/antivirus</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">AT mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" ymailto="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br></div></div>
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