Thursday, June 02, 2011

Burn Ban

While parts of Louisiana are dealing with backwater flooding, the rest of us are suffering under a prolonged drought. Our state Ag Commissioner and state Fire Marshall have issued a burn ban for most of the state.

Last year we suffered under a burn ban for several months. Locally, if a patrol deputy saw smoke, he or she would stop to investigate, verbally warn the property owner to put out the fire, then stand by while the fire was extinguished. If the property owner failed to extinguish the fire, he'd summon the fire department and issue a citation to the property owner.

Flooding in the lowlands and drought on the hilltops. Only in Louisiana.

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