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“Tumbleweed takeover: Homeowners fear fire hazard”

http://www.krdo.com/news/tumbleweed-takeover-homeowners-fear-fire-hazard/25046120

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"Heaven forbid somebody drive through, have a backfire on their car, throw a cigarette butt out," said Melissa Walker. "If that happened and one of these tumbleweeds caught fire, it would set the whole thing ablaze."

Now wait just a minute, Melissa. You can't get out and neither can your car but others can drive through. Make up your little lib mind. Besides, front door open in so you can open your door and push those weeds out of the way. Surely, you can put more effort in than the wind that blew them in. Or go out the back door, because the wind blows one direction, and pull the weeds away from your front door. Helpless little twit calling 911 and wasting their time.

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I had this happen at my home once before back in the mid 80’s and it is a problem due to the overwhelming amount of fuel that is suddenly present. I was used to dealing with dozens now and then, but one year the wind blew in thousands overnight.

It only takes one moron that thinks they can deal with it by burning them in situ instead of crushing them and burning them in a burn barrel well away from the main mass to set the neigboorhood on fire.

Then there was the time when they plowed and seeded a field that had been left fallow for a couple of years and the field mice moved in with us. They ate all the labels off the canned goods in one night and I found two drowned in the honey pot.