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Mar 2, 2019 | 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 56panelford

Extreme temps in the winter and going to be extreme heat this summer so they say and breaking records. Going to be lots of fires this summer..

Howdy John!

We don't usually have many brush fires here till late September when everything dries up.

Mar 2, 2019 | 08:55 PM

#122

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I'm surrounded by forest so it's always a concern..

Mar 2, 2019 | 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 5_labsownus

I kinda forgot what night it is and Dons habits, thanks to Uncle Jack and that Is my story and I am sticking to it! LOL
Hope you had a great day Rick.

I spent the day on the couch watching TV with my eyes closed. LOL

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 56panelford

I'm surrounded by forest so it's always a concern..

That would be a concern. we have an occasional dry grass fire along a country road where someone has thrown a cigarette out the window and it blows into a ditch.

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:06 PM

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That would be a concern. we have an occasional dry grass fire along a country road where someone has thrown a smoke out the window and blows into a ditch.

Unfortunately we have fires started that way too but lightning is the major cause ..

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:06 PM

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Howdy John!

We don't usually have many brush fires here till late September when everything dries up.

We have a very short brush fire season in spring (a couple weeks) and most of September and October is fire season!

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I spent the day on the couch watching TV with my eyes closed. LOL

Napping and maybe listening to TV?

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:10 PM

#127

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From: northwestern Ontario

Ours start in May and ends in October

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:11 PM

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Unfortunately we have fires started that way too but lightning is the major cause ..

Your trees there are more apt to ignite during a lightening strike than our trees but once in a while we hear of one burning especially a dead tree.

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Mar 2, 2019 | 09:13 PM

#129

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Spruce and pine are like kindling ..

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:15 PM

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Lightening strikes may be the cause of 1 a year but Human carelessness is 99.9% the cause here!

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:17 PM

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We've had them pretty close to town here but lucky enough they were extinguished before getting out of hand

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:20 PM

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The deciduous trees here are so full of water that they generally explode during a lightening strike.

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:21 PM

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Here too, it's also good when they are out in leaf to shade the undergrowth...

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:26 PM

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What we hear of most here is lightening striking a building and setting it on fire.

Mar 2, 2019 | 09:31 PM

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Goodnight John TTYL bud.