tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post1765234978317712254..comments2024-01-07T06:31:21.493-07:00Comments on Walking Prescott: Control burns -- a necessary evilGranny Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-12757715382814198972008-02-04T11:25:00.000-07:002008-02-04T11:25:00.000-07:00brain -- I agree. Of course, we don't have that ot...brain -- I agree. Of course, we don't have that other kind of smoke inversion they sometimes get up in Flag in the winter from wood-burning stoves!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-41834798504328290302008-02-04T10:33:00.000-07:002008-02-04T10:33:00.000-07:00I'm not fond of controled burns, but as you say, a...I'm not fond of controled burns, but as you say, a necessary evil..Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363689622473649154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-37982030922529174232008-02-04T10:11:00.000-07:002008-02-04T10:11:00.000-07:00dotter -- we had one fire a couple of years ago th...dotter -- we had one fire a couple of years ago that DID get into town, totalling a handful of houses on the SW side.<BR/><BR/>bro -- aren't all your gum trees highly flammable?<BR/><BR/>steve -- our real problem is that our national forests are like young adults who have been over-protected all their lives and can no longer hack it out in the cold, cruel world. Our forests are quite at home with fire, but since we've prevented fires for over 100 years, they have grown fat with too many trees too close together. Pretty but very dangerous.<BR/><BR/>tombo -- between the greens and those of us with limited lung power, the PNF dudes are really hamstrung when it comes to fire fighting.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-53973628212212184982008-02-04T08:19:00.000-07:002008-02-04T08:19:00.000-07:00It's not so bad, as long as the wind doesn't take ...It's not so bad, as long as the wind doesn't take all the smoke into town. When that happens, it gets a little miserable. :)TomboCheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076931481931258301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-6978368674499628182008-02-04T05:18:00.000-07:002008-02-04T05:18:00.000-07:00A good practice so long as it doesn't get out of c...A good practice so long as it doesn't get out of control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-35175463778884819692008-02-04T01:56:00.000-07:002008-02-04T01:56:00.000-07:00We have them here also and every year at prescribe...We have them here also and every year at prescribed burning time the proburners and antiburners have at it in the papers, TV and wireless. <BR/><BR/>HermanoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-35703792866860931022008-02-04T00:42:00.000-07:002008-02-04T00:42:00.000-07:00Let us sing the praises of prescribed burns: two ...Let us sing the praises of prescribed burns: two years ago in Flag, I got to see, from the office parking lot, the kind of a fire that scares the snot out of you, just pouring smoke and flames into the air, trees exploding into fire alng the ridgetop, etc.<BR/><BR/>With a west wind and the fire on the west side of the town, I thought we were In For It.<BR/><BR/>And then it hit a spot where there had been tree thinning and slash burns.<BR/><BR/>Poof. All gone! Whew!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com