apparently things got a leetle out of hand today when a local farm decided to field burn. assholes. that crap they put out into our atmosphere, damaging our lungs and irritating our throats and nasal passageways, is bad enough when they burn legally and when it's controlled. however, people mess up and today was no expection for mr. and mrs. farmer. i returned home to find my house filled with a hazy, smelly smoke. wtf??? i thought, closing up the windows and turning on the fans. the smoke filled my street and neighborhood. i called the non-emergency police number to ask what was up. i was told a field burn approximately 20 miles from town had been improperly lit and was therefore spreading all over the place. "this is ridiculous! i have allergies and my sinuses are burning like mad right now!" i said. i was given the number to lodge a complaint, which i immediately called. i was surprised to get a live person. 'is this the number to complain about the field burning smoke that's now entered my house?' i asked.
yep, i had the right number.
'so what happens once i give you my complaint?' i asked.
government worker says all the information is compiled and sent to the governor at the end of each week.
'listen, i've been lodging complaints like this yearly for over 6 years under NORMAL field burning conditions. and i have yet to see our current nor our former governor address this unnecessary practice.'
i was told 'oh the governor takes these complaints very seriously.'
it was then that i asked 'and how much are you paid to push that propaganda?'
hey--he hung up on me!
so i called our trusty local paper, hoping they may be willing to write up a piece about the incident from the perspective of those of us who had to breathe this smoke. well sad to say there likely won't be an investigative piece coming out of this, even though i suggested otherwise. but there will be a little blurb in the paper about it.
a little blurb. whoop-di-doo. the same level of attention our state government has given the issue of field burning.
about what i would expect................
2 comments:
You'd think that they could find something to do with the field refuse - like build houses or make biodiesel instead of polluting the air.
Dontcha love it when the unpredictable winds blow the smoke onto highways and cause accidents too?
unpredictable winds, or so the newspaper article stated. after living through the field burning season for a total of 10 years, this is the first time i've experienced such a situation. so this means the winds have always remained predictable all of these years??? doesn't add up to me. so easy to blame it on nature when you don't want to put it where it belongs--on those doing the burning. and odd that the police dept. told me the field was improperly lit.
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