Last weekend one of my neighbors decided to do some yard clearing, which of course included burning everything. Kentucky allows the burning of yard trash, such as leaves and tree branches, but the trash burning here doesn't seem to fall into that category. After an hour of this I called the county who sent someone from the fire department out who reported that it was just yard waste. Of course the neighbors did change their behavior, they moved to burning at night when pictures couldn't be taken.
So, for an entire weekend a pall of burning plastic and chemicals hung over the neighborhood, and every call to the fire department resulted in a "yard trash" report. Almost to a person, the people here that I've told about this have told me that the fire department didn't want to annoy their suppliers. I don't know if I'd go that far, preferring to think that it was just gross incompetence, but this county did have a large pot farm with it's own helipad operating on a main road, just a few miles from the courthouse and no one seemed to notice, so I guess it is possible. This neighborhood does have a reputation as the go to place for all your chemical needs.
I'm still wondering why a 3 day burn, in that location, didn't result in a trailer fire. I can't deny it. I was really hoping for one. Why is God so insistent on protecting the stupid?
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