ANST - life during the droughts

[j'lynn yeates]

On 11 Nov 99, at 18:24, Mark.S Harris wrote:

> > Greetings from Baroness Xene,
> > 
> > Wonderful questions, 'wolf!!!  Thank you for asking them.
> 
> I happen to agree with both Blackwolf and Baroness Xene. And for those
> who think that these fire dangers are being overplayed, despite several
> examples given by Baroness Xene and Baroness Ulrike, check these reports
> about Pennsic in the PENNSIC section of my Florilegium:

perhaps they would pay more attention if the warnings were given by folk burned 
or disfigured by the careless / irresponsible use of fire?  of maybe landowners 
who have lost house or property to camper caused wild fires ???

most view fire as necessary "theatric dressing", with little thought given to 
safety or possible dangers.  which is better, thinking about it before there is 
a incident and possibly preventing it, or after the fact during damage control? 

face it, most SCAdians are urban, city dwellers without the day-day exposure to 
fire and its dangers that our ancestors faced on a daily basis (i remind myself 
of this whenever i deal with fire in any form ...)...  magnify this several 
fold when you have children running loose often with minimal "fire sense"

saw something in my outdoor catalogs along these lines that sent a shiver 
through the common sense part of my nature.  many are familiar with the "safe" 
(assumed) camping candle lanterns (metal body, candle enclosed in glass) and 
think nothing about hanging them inside their tents (always a bad idea - they 
leak wax, they can ignite fabric or burn skin  ... and leaving them unattended, 
a totally stupid one).  now there's a cheap conversion kit that turns these 
things into minataure oil lamps.  sadly it's only a matter of time that they 
start showing up at events. and since they assume the candles are safe for 
inside use, the conversion is also safe ....*not*

pity one can't enforce common sense on the masses .... about as useful as 
trying to "teach a pig to sing" (if anyone is familiar with that quote ...)

'wolf

... truth is the sword of us all (lords of the new church)
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