So unless you've been living under rock, or you don't live in Bay Area, you may not have heard about the Lick Wildfire that is going on in Henry Coe Park. Basically it started Monday, September 3 and is still going. I live in Gilroy, which is just miles from the start of the fire, no homes are threatened, but it's big. The fire is in Henry Coe Park which is basically a lot of brush and weed, with the occasional grove of trees. This fire is crazy, last time I heard the fire was about 25% contained, but that was yesterday, so hopefully it's more contained today. Anyways, the air has been really smoky and muggy which has sucked but the thing that is most annoying is that the start of the fire was a guy who was illegally burning trash in a barrel. Apparently it's legal to burn trash in barrels in rural areas, but it's illegal in parks like Henry Coe.
So, the stupid person award goes to this guy along with the bill for the millions of dollars that has been spent to put out the fire that he started. Good job guy.
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3 comments:
That's an amazing picture
Unfortunately I'm not cool enough to actually take that picture, but I am geeky enough to find it on google.
heh...I was at Casa de Fruta and it was interesting driving and seeing the smoke from different angles.
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