Fire In The North Woods - pix

[dave1949]

Tragedy is that on a day when our forests are tinder dry AND we had 35 mile an hour winds, some guy calls in for burn permit. NUTS!!!

Bigger farce is that some clerk at the court house gave him one!!! Heads need to roll on that. Just ask the weary fire fighters who have worked round the clock for two days now and are exhausted, or the 12-20 folks who have lost their homes and all their belongings.

Good to hear you are out of danger. Probably need a couple good nights sleep now.

That burn permit is just idiotic. Our burn permits get issued by the Volunteer Fire Dept. Chief. They are good for one day only. Heads should roll.
Dave.

 

[Tim Stuart]

BP, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. On a side note, I was born Mercy Hospital in Grayling and I still have family in Fredric and Grayling. My father and Grandfather were both fishing guides on the Ausable river back in the 60's and 70's. I have been gone from that part of the world for 35 years and often wonder what my life would be like if we had not left.

Regards,

Tim

 

[bp fick]

BP,

It is extremely dry up here in the UP of Michigan also, but it has been hot and dead calm, so if we have a fire, it shouldn't be too bad. Still I wish it would rain since I planted 125 trees two weeks ago. It doesn't look like rain here for the forseeable future, but you might get some rain on Friday, down there.

Don't you love that expression, "Chance of showers"? What that means is we won't get anything that reaches the ground. I understand the Eastern UP has had it the worst, drought wise. There just wasn't any snow, to speak of, only 60 inches or so. That wasn't enough. March and April came and went without rain almost entirely. Yeah, we are all in bad, bad shape. Our relative humidity on Tuesday was 14%. 14%!!!!
Sorry about your trees. I planted a couple dozen and have been watering them every 4 days. It gets old.

 

[bp fick]

BP, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. On a side note, I was born Mercy Hospital in Grayling and I still have family in Fredric and Grayling. My father and Grandfather were both fishing guides on the Ausable river back in the 60's and 70's. I have been gone from that part of the world for 35 years and often wonder what my life would be like if we had not left.

Regards,

Tim

Crawford County boy!!! Come on back anytime. We'd love to have you.

 

[cointoss]

I have been watching the reports on the net and 7&4 news and really feel for all involved. Sure hope it rains soon, it has been dryer than a popcorn fart in Antrim County and really worry about the fudgies Memorial weekend.