CntryBoy777
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And ya really wonder "why" they come running when ya show up??......
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Baymule
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You gotta get a burn permit? Here, they issue burn bans when it is dry, but as long as there is not a burn ban, we can light a fire any time we want to. We usually watch the news the night before to see what winds are predicted, get up early and light 'er up. There is only one place that we put a burn pile. Everywhere else is too close to trees or forest.
Your grass is so lush and gorgeous.
Your grass is so lush and gorgeous.
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Mike CHS
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We have to get burn permits from late November through mid May. During those months the wind is prone to a lot of gusting and since people don't think anything of it, they start a fire and the next thing you know, there is a major brush or forest fire.
Baymule
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Yeah, there are some real stupid people out there. Last year, we had worked all day and jumped in the mule to go to the neighbor's for some pineapple upside down cake. When we went out the driveway, right down the road was a grass fire. Nobody in sight. We went up the driveway and finally found the home owner, he was looking for a rake to fight the fire with. Hint #1. Fighting fire with a rake? 
We finally got it out of him that he had called the fire department.
Across the road was hundreds, if not thousands of acres of forest that would have been difficult to fight fire in, had the fire jumped the road. While the owner was raking around his driveway culvert, we bailed out of the mule and beat flames with sweat towels. Hint #2. 25 MPH winds. This guy is a moron.
The huge pile of brush the moron was trying to burn, didn't even catch fire, but his pasture sure did. He lives in Dallas, leases out the 97 acres to cattle and shows up once in awhile to spend the weekend.
We went up and down the road, beating out flames, sure were glad to see the fire department show up. The moron neighbor never spoke to us, thanked us for keeping HIS fire from jumping the road, nothing. That has been our only interaction with the moron in the 4 years we have been living here. I hope he stays in Dallas and never retires here.
We finally got it out of him that he had called the fire department.Across the road was hundreds, if not thousands of acres of forest that would have been difficult to fight fire in, had the fire jumped the road. While the owner was raking around his driveway culvert, we bailed out of the mule and beat flames with sweat towels. Hint #2. 25 MPH winds. This guy is a moron.
The huge pile of brush the moron was trying to burn, didn't even catch fire, but his pasture sure did. He lives in Dallas, leases out the 97 acres to cattle and shows up once in awhile to spend the weekend.
We went up and down the road, beating out flames, sure were glad to see the fire department show up. The moron neighbor never spoke to us, thanked us for keeping HIS fire from jumping the road, nothing. That has been our only interaction with the moron in the 4 years we have been living here. I hope he stays in Dallas and never retires here.
CntryBoy777
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It is scary these days and times, just how many are simply "clueless" when it comes to "reality" and the consequences of one's actions and decisions.....not many will accept their own "responsibilty" for such....it is too "tough to Chew on".....
Rammy
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Some idiot here started a fire when it was windy. Fire department came and put it out. It came within 200 yards of my barn from ten or so acres from me. I was beating it with a shovel and spraying with a hose as far as it would reach to put it out. Dumb a$$.
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Bruce
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We don't need a permit if there is snow on the ground.
greybeard
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No permit needed here either, tho the Forest Service does want us to advise them in advance if we are going to do a burn of any size.
The foresters all told us at one of the SE Tx cattle symposium, that at least or even more important than watching wind velocity, is humidity. Wet or moisture laden grass won't burn and moisture in humid air extinguishes flying sparks and embers well before they can fall back to the ground hot.
(watch a brush pile burn at night and the amount of sparks going up hundreds of feet in the air can be downright scary...more so when you see how many make it back down to ground in low humidity periods)
FS does thousands of acres of National Forest prescribed burns here every year, even near housing developments and farms and they don't care what the wind is doing, but have a definite go-nogo limit in regards to relative humidity.
The foresters all told us at one of the SE Tx cattle symposium, that at least or even more important than watching wind velocity, is humidity. Wet or moisture laden grass won't burn and moisture in humid air extinguishes flying sparks and embers well before they can fall back to the ground hot.
(watch a brush pile burn at night and the amount of sparks going up hundreds of feet in the air can be downright scary...more so when you see how many make it back down to ground in low humidity periods)
FS does thousands of acres of National Forest prescribed burns here every year, even near housing developments and farms and they don't care what the wind is doing, but have a definite go-nogo limit in regards to relative humidity.
Wehner Homestead
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We are supposed to report controlled burns if we are burning anything of decent size. This keeps the fire department from being called out by every person that sees the smoke. When in doubt, the fire department calls to check in and make sure that the burn is still under control before calling the crew out.
