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Originally Posted by CanisLupusArctos
A couple of tidbits worthy of note...
1) When you hear the words "Fire Weather Warning" or "high fire danger" as we did yesterday, it's not confined to forests as many people think. Here is an article from yesterday regarding the massive apartment fire in Peabody MA.
PEABODY, Mass. (AP) - Fire investigators say a huge fire that
destroyed a Peabody apartment building was started when someone
carelessly tossed away smoking materials.
State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan said a mulch bed next to the
building was ignited Thursday by the smoking materials.
The fire then spread to the building's exterior and consumed the
entire four-story structure at the Highlands at Dearborn complex.
2) New England Cable News has just released some video of the Worcester Tornado from the 50s, never-before-seen. This is such a timely reminder, because this year looks totally capable of making a sequel to that event. All we need is for warm air to start pouring in here while the polar region is still bowling cold air at us.
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The company that does the landscaping in the plaza where I work has put down mulch over the last two years that almost seems to have some kind of petroleum base to it, and has caught fire twice. Once, we put it out, and once we had to call the fire dept because it had got a pretty good start, and was out of sight from the front of the building. both cases, it was extremely hot dry days, and cigarette butts were found on the mulch at what appeared to be the start of the fires. Who'da thunk it????
