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Last week I was on my daily afternoon hike in S Jefferson County and I saw a plume of smoke and thought holly shit a fire!! It looked to be coming from the same area that has been devastated by two other fires in the last few years.
I finished my hike and looked on the computer and found out it was only a controlled burn being done by the forest service. I remember thinking at the time that it seemed stupid to burn anything as dry as it has been.
Well sure enough yesterday my house was consumed by smoke and ash from a fire in the exact same area. Come to find out this fire was started by smoldering ashes from the controlled burn the week before.
WTF is going on?? The forest service??? This is the second time our government employees have started a fire in the same area. Terry Barton, a forest service employee, set the first one on purpose and now this careless mistake by not extinguishing a fire they set themselves.
Those poor people that live there are now enduring this yet again. If you have driven from Pine east toward Deckers recently you know what I mean, the place looks like a barren planet. And the place smells like ashes.
I wonder how much these careless mistakes are costing us in taxes. We have to pay to put these fires out! That's not even considering what it is going to cost to rebuild the structures, repair the forests and clean out our water supply.
Ironically Waterton Canyon is just reopening after being closed for the last two years to dredge out Stroncia Springs Resevoir caused by ash and soot from the first two fires. How much do you think that cost? Now there is a law suit pending because the contractor didn't complete the job. How much is that going to cost?
Here is my point. We, the taxpayer are footing the bill for these careless mistakes committed by the government employees. I don't think we are getting the protection our tax dollars are paying for. Two of the three fires in this area were started by the agency that is paid to protect us. AMAZING!!
Since the job wasn't done right I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!
I finished my hike and looked on the computer and found out it was only a controlled burn being done by the forest service. I remember thinking at the time that it seemed stupid to burn anything as dry as it has been.
Well sure enough yesterday my house was consumed by smoke and ash from a fire in the exact same area. Come to find out this fire was started by smoldering ashes from the controlled burn the week before.
WTF is going on?? The forest service??? This is the second time our government employees have started a fire in the same area. Terry Barton, a forest service employee, set the first one on purpose and now this careless mistake by not extinguishing a fire they set themselves.
Those poor people that live there are now enduring this yet again. If you have driven from Pine east toward Deckers recently you know what I mean, the place looks like a barren planet. And the place smells like ashes.
I wonder how much these careless mistakes are costing us in taxes. We have to pay to put these fires out! That's not even considering what it is going to cost to rebuild the structures, repair the forests and clean out our water supply.
Ironically Waterton Canyon is just reopening after being closed for the last two years to dredge out Stroncia Springs Resevoir caused by ash and soot from the first two fires. How much do you think that cost? Now there is a law suit pending because the contractor didn't complete the job. How much is that going to cost?
Here is my point. We, the taxpayer are footing the bill for these careless mistakes committed by the government employees. I don't think we are getting the protection our tax dollars are paying for. Two of the three fires in this area were started by the agency that is paid to protect us. AMAZING!!
Since the job wasn't done right I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!
