The @Brian Van Fleet custom title thread!

I didn't get it either!
 
Cajunrider said:
Yup. My vote is definitely for "Brush Fire"
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Can’t decide whether the worst part was when my wife came and picked up my son, who was 7 at the time, leaving a grown man standing there alone next to a burning field with a trunk full of model rockets...or trying to explain to the police officer that I was launching MODEL rockets, and not BOTTLE rockets. One at least required a bit of effort!?

The first fire engine showed up, and the fire kept growing and they weren’t making any visible effort to put it out. About 5 minutes later, a second engine showed up and started spraying the fire. Turns out the first truck had a defective pump, so they couldn’t do anything but watch it burn. Guess it’s best they figured that out standing in front of an empty field and not somebody’s house.

Finally, when it was all over, I walked up to the fire chief and said, “guess you’re going to want to talk with me?”
He said, “you do this?” “Yes sir, sorry about this.”
He said, “you know there’s a 20 acre parking lot about half a mile down this road, probably couldn’t set that on fire.”
“Ok, so do you need anything from me?” “No, just your name and phone number in case we have any questions.”
“Here you are, if we are done here, I need to get home. We’re having company over for dinner and I gotta get the grill going.”

True story.
 
Brian Van Fleet said:
Can’t decide whether the worst part was when my wife came and picked up my son, who was 7 at the time, leaving a grown man standing there alone next to a burning field with a trunk full of model rockets...or trying to explain to the police officer that I was launching MODEL rockets, and not BOTTLE rockets. One at least required a bit of effort!?

The first fire engine showed up, and the fire kept growing and they weren’t making any visible effort to put it out. About 5 minutes later, a second engine showed up and started spraying the fire. Turns out the first truck had a defective pump, so they couldn’t do anything but watch it burn. Guess it’s best they figured that out standing in front of an empty field and not somebody’s house.

Finally, when it was all over, I walked up to the fire chief and said, “guess you’re going to want to talk with me?”
He said, “you do this?” “Yes sir, sorry about this.”
He said, “you know there’s a 20 acre parking lot about half a mile down this road, probably couldn’t set that on fire.”
“Ok, so do you need anything from me?” “No, just your name and phone number in case we have any questions.”
“Here you are, if we are done here, I need to get home. We’re having company over for dinner and I gotta get the grill going.”

True story.
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Sounds like our fire department. One time my neighbor's lot caught on fire. Fire truck came but didn't fight the fire. They asked me to take my tractor and bush hog a double pass around the fire. Then we stood out there and had a visit until the fire burned out. They did a final check around the perimeter and put out any ember around the fire stop that I made and called it a day.
 
Fires are no joke in California. In the mountains where I bike, we had some dingbat allegedly threaten some neighbors and start a small fire to teach them a lesson. 23,000 acres later, the guy is facing life in prison.

I used to bike the area frequently. It is "off limits" for at least a year, after which they will assess whether the area is stable enough to re-allow people to access the trails. I hate to consider what I'm going to find once they allow us back in. The area was my favorite part of Cleveland National Forest and contained a large area of massive oak trees.

Debris Flow in Trabuco Canyon caused by the fire (and why they won't let anyone up the canyon atm) (1:30 is when the guardrail goes)
 
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