Brush Fires Flare Across New England - MA Driest March Since 1915

[hatrack]

Some of the worst brush fires this year flared across New England yesterday, as Massachusetts officials asked municipal fire departments to stop issuing outdoor burning permits and declared an extreme fire danger.

People who already hold burning permits can still use them for now. But the state fire marshal and Department of Conservation and Recreation could order an all-out ban on burning if rains predicted for today don't improve conditions.

The last ban on fires was during the last week of April 2005, which was also the last time the entire state reached a class five fire danger. State officials say this was the driest March on record since 1915.

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/01/after_a_dry_month_brush_fires_break_out_across_ne/

[bemildred]

1. Mount Desert Island indeed. nt

[sasha031]

2. I live in Ma

and I am telling you it's spooky, we had very little snow this winter and this is supposed to be the rainy season, the soil is like dust.

our climate is changing so rapidly, it is terrifying.

[NNadir]

3. Thank goodness, though, they won't have to look at Cape Wind.

Of course, windfarms in deserts look nice too.

[philb]

4. N. Florida is having a drought also

2 small rains in the entire month

[Porcupine]

5. It WILL NOT STOP RAINING IN CALIFORNIA!!!

Kick for a climate change WTF!?! Brushfires in New England? In March!?¿

Can somebody find the planet I was born on and return it to me?