Powerline

[webfoot]

So they have started construction on the 500 mega watt B to H power line. Had a small issue with one of the laborers and some loose horses. I explained to him about open range. Good thing it was well broke horses not some snarly range cow who would have ate his lunch. But just now I was at the post office. A man who lives up Shirtail Road (above the cement plant) said the power line crew started a fire. Running equipment on 18 inch tall bone dry grass..... who would have thought? It is going to be100 again today with the humidity at 11%. Who would think you could start a fire in this weather. The guys working down by me have a 500 gallon fire wagon. It sounds like this other crew had nothing with them to fight fire. Our Rangeland Fire Protection Asso. (RFPA) guys have been spending nearly half of their time fighting one fire or another. Just what they need, another fire.

 

[Faster horses]

I would think the powerline people would have regulations, even simple ones like
HAVE A FIRE WAGON WITH YOU!!

You can't fix stupid. You just can't.

 

[webfoot]

I would think the powerline people would have regulations, even simple ones like
HAVE A FIRE WAGON WITH YOU!!

You can't fix stupid. You just can't.

I talked to one of the guys on the crew working here about their fire wagon. He said they are required to have it. I was happy to see it because our RFPA guys were out on the Powder River fire with all of our equipment. I have no idea why that other crew didn't have one.

Our guys got called out late yesterday, Fire at Fox Creek (?) about 15 miles north of Huntington. My next door neighbor has been on fires 6 of the last 8 days.