[pct-l] Flares and Wildfires

[Mike Chapman]

Alcohol stoves are not a fire hazzard? Or less than a flare? C'mon
man. If you dont want the chance of danger then shut down all
hiking,camping,ohv truck car driving,cig smoking,mowing of lawns,the
pct itself................ My advise to the weary,live in a cinder
block house away from all fire sources,maybe a padded room for safety.
Hike on,but if you have glasses dont wear them,fire danger!

On 2/12/11, Nitnoid1 <nitnoid1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I need bring to light a fact about a certain lost hunter in the mountains
> east of San Diego in 2003. He lit a flare because he was lost. It was very
> windy at the time, a Santa Ana was raging.  The tinder dry brush caught fire
> and proceeded to burn more than 100,000 acres and more than 2000 homes.
> Whole neighborhoods were leveled to their foundations. The PCT in the Mt
> Laguna and Julian areas still bear the scars of that fire to this day. My
> home in Poway was even threatened.
>
> Now this is common sense, and I am only repeating it because I have a vested
> interest in Southern California and the trails down here.  If it is windy,
> do not light a fire, any fire, regardless of the source. And if you feel the
> need to light a flare, at least clear all combustable materials from a 5
> foot wide radius before ignition.
>
> But, after saying all that, just leave the flares at home, or on your boat.
>
> The Incredible Bulk
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