[pct-l] Flares and Wildfires

[Gerry Zamora]

I agree biggest fire danger out there is people.  But that is over
simplified according to some on here...
Gerry0625
On Feb 14, 2011 6:32 AM, "Mike Chapman" <altathunder76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alcohol stoves are not a fire hazzard? Or less than a flare? C'mon
> man. If you dont want the chance of danger then shut down all
> hiking,camping,ohv truck car driving,cig smoking,mowing of lawns,the
> pct itself................ My advise to the weary,live in a cinder
> block house away from all fire sources,maybe a padded room for safety.
> Hike on,but if you have glasses dont wear them,fire danger!
>
> On 2/12/11, Nitnoid1 <nitnoid1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I need bring to light a fact about a certain lost hunter in the mountains
>> east of San Diego in 2003. He lit a flare because he was lost. It was
very
>> windy at the time, a Santa Ana was raging. The tinder dry brush caught
fire
>> and proceeded to burn more than 100,000 acres and more than 2000 homes.
>> Whole neighborhoods were leveled to their foundations. The PCT in the Mt
>> Laguna and Julian areas still bear the scars of that fire to this day. My
>> home in Poway was even threatened.
>>
>> Now this is common sense, and I am only repeating it because I have a
vested
>> interest in Southern California and the trails down here. If it is windy,
>> do not light a fire, any fire, regardless of the source. And if you feel
the
>> need to light a flare, at least clear all combustable materials from a 5
>> foot wide radius before ignition.
>>
>> But, after saying all that, just leave the flares at home, or on your
boat.
>>
>> The Incredible Bulk
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