Dodged a Bullet (FIRE) Today

Originally Posted by Ruby

Sorry but I REALLY hope you don't live close to me. I hate fire. Some idiot a few years ago decided to cut across a vacant lot next to our place. Well he got stuck and his cataletic converter on his car caught the dead grass. It burned his car and about half the lot and was headed to our place.

We don't have insurance on our place because the trailer is too old to insure but it's our only place to live. I have a fear one day our neighbors will be burning trash and catch the area on fire.

Originally Posted by starjj

Burn ban here too, not sure why because with all the rain we should be under a rain ban. That said burning in 30 mile an hour winds is just stupid. I wouldn't do that even if there was no burn ban on.

I wanted to add something here----Our burn ban is from 6 in the morning until 5 at night. That doesn't make any sense to me. Could someone please explain WHY I can go out at 5 in the morning and start a fire but after 6 it is a big no no? Same as at night. I have to wait until 6 PM (dark here by 6) to burn my weekly bag of trash. I really should call someone in the county that knows why but not sure who to call. Fire Department? County offical? That said I always wait until a non windy day to burn.

Originally Posted by YuccaFlatsRanch

Some people (new to the country life) about a mile from my house decided to burn their trash in a burn barrel in 30 mph dry North winds when there is both a burn ban and a Red Flag Fire Warning up. The fire got out of the can and burned about 600+ acres before 5 volunteer fire departments and the city of Kerrville Wildland Firefighters were able to stop it. It came closest to our neighbors just a quarter of a mile to the NW of us. The fire was burning through waist high dry grass and small cedar trees and as you might imagine it was moving fast. I sure hope the people who started the fire have got good insurance - they are liable for all of the burned fence lines, any structures, and for providing hay for the ranchers who had their fields burned. Many of the pastures will be unusable even if rain comes soon to resprout the grass, until new fence is built.

Originally Posted by YuccaFlatsRanch

RyanThomas - are you sure your not from Center Point??? Do they clone Chiefs like this?? We had been helping the VFD fight this fire for about 2 hours before CHIEF shows up and starts giving orders. He has no idea about what is where on the ranch - the only 2 guys with that knowledge were me and my neighbor. He even threatened me with being removed from the ranch - good luck!!!