Never a dull moment

[DLThomas]

What do you get with 4 - 5% humidity, 30 - 35 mph winds, and 98 degrees Farenheit?

A 700+ acre wildfire in less than a blink of an eye...

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Dave (from the tinder box) Thomas

[Dan Schultz]

.... bloke "It's scary. Not expecting anyone's assistance or help in such an emergency, I have - stored out in the barn...right inside the door - a Honda portable water pump and 3" diameter fire hose ready to go (plenty of hose to make it from the pond to the house and outbuildings)"

Yeah... I'll bet those 'Lincoln Logs' would burn real good!

I damned near caught my house on fire a couple of decades ago when it was this hot and dry. A plain old grass fire ignited some tall weeds next to the house that I had failed to cut down. Stupid combined with stupid can get bad very quickly!

[Dan Schultz]

..... it's fairly difficult to catch a solid array of horizontal 8" diameter solid logs on fire from little more than a quickly-passing grass fire...

...but I'm ready anyway.

bloke "who has no trees of any size anywhere close to the house"

Yes.... it would take one hell of a grass fire or storm to do any damage to your place.

[alfredr]

Hmmmm.....Generally trees are seen as being good for the environment in general. I'll go out and hug a few.

[Mark]

I have - stored out in the barn...right inside the door - a Honda portable water pump and 3" diameter fire hose ready to go (plenty of hose to make it from the pond to the house and outbuildings)"

Will your government allow you to use your water in your pond to save your house? Wouldn't you be destroying a protected wetland?

[TubaRay]

I have - stored out in the barn...right inside the door - a Honda portable water pump and 3" diameter fire hose ready to go (plenty of hose to make it from the pond to the house and outbuildings)"

Will your government allow you to use your water in your pond to save your house? Wouldn't you be destroying a protected wetland?

Whoops. I guess I'd better check into that sometime.

If it were my place, and it was being threatened by fire, I sure wouldn't be asking for permission!