My neighbor's bonfire is still burning.

[short bus president]

He lit it Wednesday in the late afternoon in a huge fireball of diesel fuel. I was just standing out on the front porch and noticed a little piece of confetti falling out of the sky. Ashes from the fire. 72+ hours later.

But the smoke's not been a problem. Too cold here lately to leave the windows open.

Small favors, right?

[Gyre]

1. Isn't that against the environmental

laws in your state? Call the Health Dept. ASAP.

Gyre

[supernova]

2. No it isn't

It's only ever against the law here if we're in severe drought conditions, which it isn't right now.

[StClone]

3. Burning Plastics is illegal

Our local township says it's a Federal Offense. Is that so?

[supernova]

4. Short Bus is talking about yard trash

trees, brush, that kind of thing. And he lives deep in the woods... a lot like where I live.

We don't burn household trash anymore. Used to though. My grandmother did before they built the landfill.

[short bus president]

5. no plastics

He took down most of the pine trees in his 3.5 acre yard last Christmas, and has had a huge stack of tree limbs and parts piled up since then. His land will be full of maple, oak, and elm in a few years, and he's drastically lowered his chance of a tree falling on his house when the next hurricane or ice storm blows through.

This is the time of year it's safest to burn here. Good riddance to the eyesore, I say.

And it's made for a nice light show.