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Sup, guys.
So, like, here's what went down.
As you know, Florida is a pretty hot place. We've been having a hot, dry, rainless (for the most part) spring, and today it was particularly scorching without a cloud in the sky.
For the past few days or weeks, we haven't had sprinklers working because there is a root that severed or is stopping up a line, and the association has dealt with this problem with more sloth than displayed during hurricane cleanup. Anyway, their negligence bit them in the ass today. There is a pretty large patch of bushes and palm trees at the entrance to our parking lot. Much of the palm tree is dead and dry, along with most of the bushes and surrounding grass. Then, along come these two kids (according to another lady driving by) who must've been smoking and flicked a cigarrette towards the ground, or whatever they were doing, and little did they know what their actions would become.
I was getting into my car when something caught the corner of my eye. I saw a LOT of smoke coming out of those bushes, and then I thought I'd better call 911. Hahaha. As soon as I got on the phone with the operator, the entire patch of bushes erupted into a 6 foot tall flameball. I was scared that it would reach the bushes lining our parking lot and even wind up setting some cars on fire. Thankfully, the palm trees above it didn't ignite. The trunks were smouldering heavily, though. The flames died down after about a minute (because everything was ash
), but the grass was still on fire and spreading. I started stomping out everything before it got to the car bushes (in my new size 16 Asics Fortitudes 
), and then the tree started to light on fire, but, luckily, the fire dept. came right then and put it out.
Lesson: Water your grass, and, if you do smoke, be mindful of where you dispose your butts.
So, like, here's what went down.
As you know, Florida is a pretty hot place. We've been having a hot, dry, rainless (for the most part) spring, and today it was particularly scorching without a cloud in the sky.
For the past few days or weeks, we haven't had sprinklers working because there is a root that severed or is stopping up a line, and the association has dealt with this problem with more sloth than displayed during hurricane cleanup. Anyway, their negligence bit them in the ass today. There is a pretty large patch of bushes and palm trees at the entrance to our parking lot. Much of the palm tree is dead and dry, along with most of the bushes and surrounding grass. Then, along come these two kids (according to another lady driving by) who must've been smoking and flicked a cigarrette towards the ground, or whatever they were doing, and little did they know what their actions would become.
I was getting into my car when something caught the corner of my eye. I saw a LOT of smoke coming out of those bushes, and then I thought I'd better call 911. Hahaha. As soon as I got on the phone with the operator, the entire patch of bushes erupted into a 6 foot tall flameball. I was scared that it would reach the bushes lining our parking lot and even wind up setting some cars on fire. Thankfully, the palm trees above it didn't ignite. The trunks were smouldering heavily, though. The flames died down after about a minute (because everything was ash
), but the grass was still on fire and spreading. I started stomping out everything before it got to the car bushes (in my new size 16 Asics Fortitudes ), and then the tree started to light on fire, but, luckily, the fire dept. came right then and put it out.Lesson: Water your grass, and, if you do smoke, be mindful of where you dispose your butts.
Yer crazy. I like you, but yer crazy! I'm picturing the scene--a guy stomping furiously at puny flames--and I'm laughing histerically.
. Fires are dangerous (This comming from a kid in the interior British Colombia Canada, where massive forest fires happen all the time 
