South Jersey fire permits need to be reconsidered
photo taken on March 30, 2008 in Elsinboro, Salem County.The same place as today’s fires.
It’s deja vu – on March 30, 2008, I posted this note:
Controlled Burn? A Hot Topic!
Posted by Bill Wolfe March 30, 2008 9:43PM
Adventures on a Sunday in Salem County
http://blog.nj.com/njv_bill_wolfe/2008/03/controlled_burn_a_hot_topic.html
Today’s Star Ledger Salem County edition reports:
Brush fires a danger county faces each spring
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
By Randall Clark
ELSINBORO TWP. – Whipping winds fueled a 15-acre blaze on a farm field here Monday afternoon, according to fire officials, who said the incident marked the unofficial start to the brush fire season.
Firefighters responded to Featherbed Lane around 2 p.m., after a controlled burn meant to destroy some of the invasive phragmites raged out of control, Elsinboro Fire Chief Shawn Love said.”
http://www.nj.com/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1237867817156780.xml&coll=9
Aside from the air pollution, carbon emissions, and waste of money responding to these fires, does someone need to get killed or have houses burned down before the fire permits in Elsinboro get reconsidered?
Here’s a comment from Joe B., over at Green Jersey, a blog that is also reporting on this fire:
“Thanks for the headsup, Jennifer. Readers might be interested that there has been a bill in the Assembly — A1979 (2004) — that provides for rules around “prescribed burning” that is intended to reduce chances of a farmer’s burn getting got out of control. More generally, while wildfires have their place in nature, they’re becoming a bigger a issue nationwide amid Global Warming — something highlighted in Tom Brokaw’s “Global Warming: The New Challenge” showing now on the Planet Green cable channel. A great article on global warming impact and desertification generally can be found here: http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/22/an-introduction-to-global-warming-impacts-hell-and-high-water/”
http://greenjersey.org/2009/03/24/wildfire-conditions-continue-today-in-new-jersey/#comment-758
Another global warming myth! I guess popular culture has bought into blaming global warming on every thing from lighting a cigarette to picking your kids up from school. Just because Tom Brokaw says its true doesn’t mean it is.
Dear 417 – it is obvious you can’t seem to read.
Where did you get the notion that this fire was blamed on global warming?
The point I was making is that these “controlled burns” need to be controlled, and emit avoidable amounts of carbon and other air pollutants.
The link posted in the comment I posted discussed wildfires as one potential impact of global warming.
Check out recent wildfire in Australia and get back to me.