Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

We are in a wildfire prone area so I don't mine following the few rules that are in place. Most of the brush/forest fires we have had around us are usually something silly on a day when nobody should start a fire.

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

Every spring everyone starts burning their irrigation ditches and generally there’s never a problem. Outside of that it’s recommended that you inform the county so that if someone calls in a fire they know it’s contained. Of course last year with so many fires in the state and being so dry there was no burning outside of the irrigation ditches period. I understand a burn permit but like most permits I feel like they’re just trying to get a little more money out of you

 

[Mike CHS]

I understand a burn permit but like most permits I feel like they’re just trying to get a little more money out of you

Not in this case as they cost nothing. It just keeps the state and county folks from having to chase down every report of smoke.

 

[greybeard]

Phone calls to forest service and nearest fire dept are cheap. There's no reason NOT to let them know. None of us should ever do anything that endangers or puts at risk neighboring property, assets or other people's livestock. It's just part of being good neighbors and good stewards of the land..ours and theirs.

When I had all those huge burn piles after cleaning up after the loggers, I called Tx Forest service and they came out to look at it all since I live right next to the National Forest. They said I was good to go, and if needed, they'd drop a little dozer off here and put a crew on standby if anything got out of control. The day before the burn, I called them back and they said the humidity was high enough they didn't think a dozer would be needed on my place and they were doing a big burn of their own on other side of the county and might need it there anyway.

One of my nearest neighbors let a leaf pile fire get out of control and into the National Forest and they had to come out and extinguish it. They let her off the hook, but did tell her they could have fined her and make her pay restitution for Govt property damage.
(for those not familiar with the prescribed burns, it's to burn off underbrush in the forest...not the trees. I wish they would do a burn in the forest area right next to me, but they probably won't.)

 

[Bruce]

Not in this case as they cost nothing. It just keeps the state and county folks from having to chase down every report of smoke.

I think that is the case here as well.

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

A permit that doesn’t cost anything? That’s a great idea!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Your right about people being stupid with fire....... (and what they burn) All our neighbor burn thier houdehold trash and we have two that burn plastic, a radio, anything ! And the one that makes goat sounds had disembodied a motor home, the burned everything they tore out.
I t was so toxic and discusting. ....oh the stupidity of humanity sometimes

 

[greybeard]

Anyone that burns household/kitchen garbage is burning plastic. It's all but impossible not to nowadays, considering everything except can goods now comes in 'plastic' of some kind.

I'll burn anything except a tire or a garden hose, and I can tell ya, pound for pound, vinyl garden hoses smoke WAY worse than any tire.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Around here , the dump is only three miles away....most people are too lazy and dump trash on the side of the road or burn it, i have no problem with burning paper, cardboard or wood....but vacume cleaners, old radios, motor home interiors give off some nasty smells that we can't even stay outside in, and i am pretty sure it's not a healthy smoke to inhale for humans or animals..
I just would like people to have some consideration for the people around them and the animals that have to breath .

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa and I had a fun day at the county sheriffs headquarters on their gun range. I have to give it to our country Sheriff's organization. They made the classroom and range time safe and enjoyable as well as informative. There was 12 people in the class and interestingly all except one person had moved here from other states and had a CWP issued by those states.