We are going to need a disaster around here to "prevent disasters" apparently. We've had county-wide burn bans in place in my part of Iowa since July and yet my neighbor to the south is, right now, burning his garbage and yard trash. Stinks like hell, so it's impossible to not notice but apparently burn bans are not enforced around here. We need to have someone's house burned down to change attitudes around here. Hope it's not mine.


Save an elk, shoot a cow.