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I still have weeds. %#@*! goatsheads especially. They are sticky and hard to see and difficult to pull out of gravel. They don't seem to mind the dryness.
Someone told me the state has banned fireworks but I can't find anything about it. I did see TX banned them and people along the state line are worried the Texans will come to New Mexico to shoot the fireworks. Vendors are complaining they will be in the red if the fireworks are banned. And how much will it cost to put out a fire!
The thing that scares me about fireworks and the 4th of July is the drinking that goes along with the setting them off.
I urge people to be super careful, awake and aware this year especially as its so dry.
There are going to be more fires I feel sure of it. I will be home watching them from my yard, and making sure that the hose is at hand.
I love fireworks. The best firework show I ever saw was while I was travelling in India. I had the incredible good luck and timing to be in Mumbai during the second day of Diwalli. I stayed at the Taj Hotel/Palace and had dinner at the penthouse. Mumbai is a city of 12 million, and there are no bans on fireworks in the city. The restaraunt had floor to ceiling glass views of the city as far as the eye could see. The fireworks went on for hours and hours and hours. It was a lifetime high experience. I will never forget it.
The next day we left and headed North and the smoke lingering was like our worst day around here as of late.
Silver City has made it illegal to sell fireworks inside the city limits.
Due to severe drough and fire conditions.
A good step in the right direction for Silver City. Others should follow suit.
Like maybe start with Santa Fe??
HW
I must say that this thread goes well with the Fire in the Jemez thread. Texas is mostly under an 'exceptional' drought as well. Most counties have a burn ban, and no city around here that I know of allows firework sales within the city limits.
Texas is mostly under an 'exceptional' drought as well. Most counties have a burn ban, and no city around here that I know of allows firework sales within the city limits.
Close proximity to New Mexico really complicates matters in El Paso, where the city has a long-standing ban on fireworks sales inside the limits. In the past the fireworks sales were just moved to the county. But now the state of NM or Otero County would have to also ban sales since there are huge permanent fireworks stands where the city limits of El Paso bump up against the NM state line.
I agree that perhaps Fireworks should be banned, but how many fires have actually been proven to have been set by fireworks? I know a bosque fire was set by kids playing with fire, possibly fireworks (I do not recall) in ABQ a few years ago.
Rich
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