Lake Bisteneau on fire

[McTeardrops]

Chicago may have burnt a river, but it takes the South Central to burn a lake...

http://www.ktbs.com/video/25201938/index.html

[Darren]

Sounds like quite a mess.

[oklahomajewel]

YIKES !!!! Hope it's out soon , we've got a party and plenty of bonfires to be had ourselves in a month from now. Let's hope we don't have to move again this year !!!

Julie

[madjack]

DAYUM...flood last year and fire this...I wonder if the fates are trying to tell us something...I guess I need to call Ranger David tomorrow and see what shape the park is in...FYI, the area on fire is a bit to the south of the park.........
madjack

p.s. I'll let y'all know what David has to say..........................mj

[caseydog]

It's been burning for weeks? What's that lake full of, old tires?

CD

[madjack]

...a foot or so of dead Salvinia, cypress leaves. pine straw and other hardwood leaves/debris...it is burning kinda like a bog fire...cause it is a bog...cause the water has been off the lake bed since the floods last year and has had very little rain since August...damitman...........
madjack

[Miriam C.]

Wonder if that will allow them to get the lake back by next year.....

[starleen2]

only in the da' south can we git rid of stuff by burning it!

[planovet]

I wonder if Danny has been seen in the area....

[spinnernut]

Jet fuel does it every time

[queeniejeanne]

Well, at least we have time, Dave and MJ can handle this. They've handled worse....

burning for months, the video doesn't sound like it will be out in 4 weeks. Smoldering Bog, What a wonderful spell the neighbors have, ehh? I really wonder if it's ever gonna be Louisiana's turn "out of the barrel"? I hope it comes soon for them.

Queenie Jeanne

[forestfrog]

Brief article about the Bistineau Fire: http://www.ktbs.com/news/25197524/detail.html

Hopefully conditions will be good for LCGV...

[asianflava]

Sounds like the muck fires that we'd have in FL. They'd burn for weeks and are really hard to put out.

[tonyj]

Doesn't seem like a problem to me--I know how I like to put out a campfire after I have been sitting around drinking beer all day . . .

And with this group, we should have this blaze quenched in an afternoon!

[caseydog]

It seems to be a few miles South of the Park. Maybe we'll get lucky. And, there's bound to be a couple of rainy days before the end of the month.