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resedit wrote:

ScifiterX wrote:

I alway heard it was frowned upon (a least here in FL)

You guys have a lot of humidity - wildfires may not be as much of a concern as out here in the west.

You sir have no idea how bad it gets out here. Humidity doesn't always mean sufficient rains to stave off fires.

Here is the current drought index
http://drought.unl.edu/DM/MONITOR.html

And here is the drought forecast
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/p … bfinal.gif

The dominant vegetation here is saw palmetto & scrub pine both of which grow in fire prone areas.

Last edited by ScifiterX (2009-04-12 11:20 pm)

ScifiterX wrote:

The dominant vegetation here is saw palmetto & scrub pine both of which grow in fire prone areas.

That may be the case - but (pardon the pun) I don't think your wild fires hold a candle compared to what happens in the west with low humidity.

I'm probably wrong about why they frown upon it where you are.
Could it be that humid air traps the particles longer than dry air, creating a very real air quality problem?

Last edited by resedit (2009-04-13 12:56 am)