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2014-01-31 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Bobby 2014-01-31 08:34|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Except in a desert condition, those puppies light up really quick and flames spread rather rapidly. Brush fires have a different context there than on some Midwestern farm. Think of having your house in a tinder thick forest when some idiot or lightning strike happens. Add the wind in that part of the state and they can make even more news as news editors really really like footage of whole developments going up in flames.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-01-31 09:10|| 2014-01-31 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 A pleasant memory for some of us old timers.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-31 09:17|| 2014-01-31 09:17|| Front Page Top

#3 P2K,
I don't know if West Kansas counts as midwestern, but a week ago neighbors had to have a controlled burn for tumbleweeds five feet tall and to the horizon, no joke, to clear roads so cattle could be fed. Other stories had 45 degree slope drifts against structures.

It don't take much. Like, say, and electric fence failing. You know, like a horizon full of tumbleweeds in 40mph wind pressing against it like a sail.

Those things rolling on fire is like playing space invaders.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-01-31 12:02|| 2014-01-31 12:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Gathering of Left-wing comedians?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-01-31 12:24|| 2014-01-31 12:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Gene Autry did it better.

Assuming you remember to wind first.

Posted by KBK 2014-01-31 15:46|| 2014-01-31 15:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Excellent! Thanks KBK.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-31 16:03|| 2014-01-31 16:03|| Front Page Top

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