We still have a way to go. Like not leaving abandoned campfires? Or burning trash outside when it is dangerous?
June 1, 2018
We Still Have a Way to Go
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We still have a way to go. Like not leaving abandoned campfires? Or burning trash outside when it is dangerous?
the cartoon is funny!
I still find it hard to even TRY to fathom the people who start any kind of fire when they are asked NOT TO. or throw their cigarette out of windows. EVER.
too bad they can’t be identified and then they could have as part of their punishment to clean up the burned debris of people’s homes who have lost everything. that’s only ONE punishment I can think of. there are others!
Yes, the cartoon is brilliant. 😀
I agree with Tammy and you too, we do have a long way to go.
Agreed. I wonder if humans will be around in another hundred thousand years.
Oh the joys of summer at the beach ?
I think we all agree fire bugs are the scourge of a nation – big penalties if caught and brought to trial. Lighting fires on fire ban days as well as cigarette butts out the window are also fineable (is that a word?).
Around here they are banning people from the forest and trails not only to keep them from starting fires, but because the fire fighters don’t want to have to worry about rescuing anyone when the fire comes. The situation is bad and we’re supposed to be prepared to evacuate if it comes to that.
and forest fires soar through at an alarming rate…there have been fires in Australia that do that…sweeping everything into a pile of ashes. I remember a friend of mine who was living in Tasmania when there entire woodpile for winter warmth went up in smoke and they only just escaped the whole shebang…
Yes, I’ll post about our 2011 fire in a couple of days. 43,000 acres the first day.
This cartoon is priceless. I am borrowing it and sharing it with a number of my contacts. Thank you.
Yes, the cartoonist really scored on this one.
Our species is quite dense about some things, that’s for sure! But there is progress. Littering, for example, was a big problem in our area several decades ago. But sometime during the ’70s we had a huge campaign to end it, and it seems to have worked! I think recycling (paying for collected bottles, etc) helped, but it’s good to know that the issue has mostly ended. Maybe what’s needed is more publicity on the hazards of starting fires.
We have plenty of publicity here. We’re all supposed to have our emergency bags packed.