aklnwlf
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Thought you all could use a laugh, so here's what I did on Sunday....
After raking leaves into 2 monster piles and applying gas (watch out for explosion) I set them on fire and thought everything would be ok.
Went to grab a couple of beers and proceeded to knock one back.
Noticed the fire was going beyond my piles but mistakenly thought everything was fine and it'd stop at the gravel and grass.
While still sucking down beer noticed the fire was really moving and there were these weird fire tornadoes forming.
I thought, 'what the heck'!
By then, it started to dawn on me that something was amiss.
I fought valiantly against the fire but it quickly moved from my lawn to the surrounding trees in my backyard and my neighbor's property adjacent to mine.
Finally, I decided to call 911.
Once the volunteer fire department arrived, (2 trucks and at least 10 folks) the fire was extinquished and all was saved except my face and reputation.
There were no animal or large tree injuries.
Needless to say, the fire department tried to fine me but weren't able too because it was a legit burn day (high enough humidity).
Well, so much for making friends...........
-------------------- Do not take this as medical advice. This comment is based on opinion and personal experience only.
Alaska Lone Wolf Posts: 6918 | From Columbus, GA | Registered: Jul 2004
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bettyg
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boy you lucked out w/fire dept. getting things under control.
dad used to burn the ditches by our farm. 1 day it was windy and fires got away from him going into the farm field by there leading up to OUR BIG FARM HOUSE!
4 different city fire depts. came to get it stopped before it destroyed our home.
i was in city where i am living now ... enjoying a movie. when i drove home to farm, i could see all the MUD tracks on blacktop for 1 mile leading up to our house.
then i saw the damage the fires had done to field, and then learned what i had missed that afternoon! dad lucked out too, and our home!!
map1131
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Akl, where you trying to do a major tick kill in the yard or what?
I'm glad your friends rescued you? lol
New law goes into effect....No beer drinking allowed on legal burning days.
Pam
-------------------- "Never, never, never, never, never give up" Winston Churchill Posts: 6495 | From Louisville, Ky | Registered: Jan 2002
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aklnwlf
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BettyG-Here's the sad thing-I was watching the fire.
Outside of running into the house for those brewskies I stood there the whole time.
The wind got out of control, along with my capacity for rational thought apparently.
Map-Um, yeah, exactly!!! I was experimenting with a controlled tick burn that got out of hand due to extenuating circumstances, i.e. unexpected wind and accidental consumption of alcohol.
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Alaska Lone Wolf Posts: 6918 | From Columbus, GA | Registered: Jul 2004
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gasoline to start a fire?? I just heard about another disaster with using gasoline for a fire, but with my lymebrain, I can't remember the details.
Hubby uses old motor oil, less volatile.
(actually, as he is a retired firefighter, I already have the "firefighter cabana boy" right here every day.
Hmmm, I think I'll go wake him up and let him know about that. =O
Just glad you are safe!
-------------------- Wishing You Showers Of Blessings! Lyme since Fall 1983 = Diagnosed Summer 2008 IV Rocephin 7 weeks Stopped due to drug fever Now doxycycline "For I know the plans I have for you...plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 Posts: 430 | From Sunny South | Registered: Jul 2008
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hshbmom
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Hey aklnwlf, remind me to tell you about the time my boyfriend and I tried to burn down the Tuskegee National Forest...
We were burning the brush off his property.
We didn't get fined either, had a burn permit, but the wind picked up and carried it across our fire lanes.
We had to rescue a french-fried beagle from an abandoned house that accidentally caught on fire. She was sizzled, but our relationship fizzled. When she recovered I gave her to my future husband. This is a true story.
Former bf brought me a deer he'd hit with his pick-up. I was at my fiance's house. I hadn't had time to tell former bf I was now engaged. He had the deer-in-the-headlights look when I broke the news. We dressed the deer when it expired.
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