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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2005Fireworks Ban [Partly OT]
Some of you may have heard that we're having problems with brush fires here in Texas. The governor has likened the state to a "tinder box" because it has been so dry for so long. They speculate that the cause of the brush fires are people ignoring the burn ban. Because of this aerial fireworks have been banned in Harris county (Houston and surrounding areas), and all adjacent counties. I'm *REALLY* hoping that people obey this ban, but just in case we're going to soak our roof down with a hose tomorrow night. [I've never liked the simple "bang" type firecrackers (Black Cats and Cherry Bombs), although I like to watch a choreographed fireworks display.] The girls are also hoping that they won't have to be disturbed by all that whistling and banging outside their house. Hugs, CatNipped I live in north Texas, and I work with several people from a couple of fire areas, I won't find out until Tues. how they are doing. I saw the smoke from one before I found out about all of them. I live in the country and we have cracks in the ground you could fall in. Who would be stupid enough to burn in 25 mile an hour winds even if the burn ban wasn't on???? Head butt to you and yours, Lisa. > Some of you may have heard that we're having problems with brush fires > here in Texas. The governor has likened the state to a "tinder box" [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > CatNipped >I live in north Texas, and I work with several people from a couple of fire >areas, I won't find out until Tues. how they are doing. I saw the smoke [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Head butt to you and yours, Lisa. Just like I've learned not to ask "How can it get any worse?", I've also learned not to ask, "How stupid can some people be?", because you *will* be shown! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >> Some of you may have heard that we're having problems with brush fires >> here in Texas. The governor has likened the state to a "tinder box" [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> CatNipped >>I live in north Texas, and I work with several people from a couple of >>fire areas, I won't find out until Tues. how they are doing. I saw the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > CatNipped Speaking of stupidity. They announced that people who shoot off guns on new year's eve here in Houston will be arrested and convicted. They put a reporter on the street to get people's reaction to this announcement. One woman actually said, "Oh I know that bullets shot into the air can come down and kill people, but it's a tradition in our family to shoot off a gun on new year's eve, so we're going to do it anyway." AARRGGHH!!!!! Hugs, CatNipped >>> Some of you may have heard that we're having problems with brush fires >>> here in Texas. The governor has likened the state to a "tinder box" [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> >>> CatNipped >I live in north Texas, and I work with several people from a couple of fire >areas, I won't find out until Tues. how they are doing. I saw the smoke from >one before I found out about all of them. I live in the country and we have >cracks in the ground you could fall in. Who would be stupid enough to burn >in 25 mile an hour winds even if the burn ban wasn't on???? Two examples come to find: drunk campers, like the ones who started the colorado deer creak canyon fire. tobacco junkies. You think an extreme fire hazzard is going to stop a bunch of selfish addicts? they can't even be bothered to put their trash in an appropriate container, just like heroin junkies leaving needles on the beach. I forgot to add that I'm sending purrs that your home and your family stay safe through all this! Hugs, CatNipped >I live in north Texas, and I work with several people from a couple of fire >areas, I won't find out until Tues. how they are doing. I saw the smoke [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> CatNipped Thank you, the same to you. I drive to work and watch cigaretts come flying out the windows of cars. Lisa. >I forgot to add that I'm sending purrs that your home and your family stay >safe through all this! [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>> >>> CatNipped > Some of you may have heard that we're having problems with brush fires here > in Texas. The governor has likened the state to a "tinder box" because it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > firecrackers (Black Cats and Cherry Bombs), although I like to watch a > choreographed fireworks display.] "Fireworks"???? Stop me if I'm wrong, but I thought this was the first of January, not July! Did I lose six months somewhere? >> Some of you may have heard that we're having problems with brush fires >> here in Texas. The governor has likened the state to a "tinder box" [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > "Fireworks"???? Stop me if I'm wrong, but I thought this was the first of > January, not July! Did I lose six months somewhere? Maybe it's just the south, but I thought they celebrated the new year all over by firing off fireworks!  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ >>"Fireworks"???? Stop me if I'm wrong, but I thought this was the first of >>January, not July! Did I lose six months somewhere? > > Maybe it's just the south, but I thought they celebrated the new year all > over by firing off fireworks! Not when I was growing up in Minnesota! (Although weather may have had something to do with it.) Except in predominantly Mexican neighborhoods, I've not encountered them during fifty-plus years in the L. A. area, either - and even there it's only a few stray firecrackers at midnight. > Not when I was growing up in Minnesota! (Although weather > may have had something to do with it.) Except in > predominantly Mexican neighborhoods, I've not encountered > them during fifty-plus years in the L. A. area, either - and > even there it's only a few stray firecrackers at midnight. Well they do it a lot around here (Bay Area) at New Year's, and it's considerably cooler, not to mention wetter, than it is in LA. Firecrackers are also very popular in Asian neighborhoods. My kitties don't mind them, but I have friends whose dogs get so freaked about it that their humans have to take them out of town for a few days. Though near 4th of July, it usually goes on for a month all together, for weeks before and after the actual holiday. Joyce > > Not when I was growing up in Minnesota! (Although weather > may have had something to do with it.) Ahahahaha!! You THINK? > > Some of you may have heard that we're having problems with brush fires here > > in Texas. The governor has likened the state to a "tinder box" because it [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > was the first of January, not July! Did I lose six months > somewhere? Here on earth where we live, many people do fireworks for New Years Eve. |
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