Originally Posted by merrymini (Post 2273340)

No doubt that the heavy smell of burning wood is coming from construction sites. I have seen these fires. Most of the time, they burn them at night so no one knows where they are coming from but I do not think it matters because I have seen them burning during the day too. Burning wood produces particle pollution, a mixture of gases and fine particles. Smoke may smell good but is not good for you. These particles can get into your eyes and respiratory system, triggering asthma attacks. A risk for people who have copd and heart disease. Obviously, no one cares, after all, we are just a bunch of old people who are going to die anyway.

Originally Posted by frayedends (Post 2273439)

Yeah I was just curious what the thread was about. Seems it's not about firepit/smoker issues. I'm guessing that all depends on the neighbors. I hope my neighbors like brisket and smoke because there will be 12 hours of smoke. :D

Originally Posted by checkup78 (Post 2273129)

I have livedin theVillages for 17years and honestly have no memory of having smoke or anything else in the air

Originally Posted by lpkruege1 (Post 2273228)

Wow, I didn't know it was illegal for fires in Canada. When will they all be arrested? In Wisconsin (Upper Midwest) this past spring and summer we had breathing problems and hazardous condition warnings from all the Canadian wildfires. If you walked outside, you could see the smoke, smell the smoke, and even taste the smoke from the fires. Yes the fires were caused by poor management like the California fires, but hey, a law is a law.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2273245)

I asked a landscaper taking down a neighbors tree, who took away several trailers full of debris, what he did with all the yard waste. He said he has a huge pit on his property where he discards everything. About once per week, when the pit gets full, he burns everything. Think about all the landscapers working throughout the villages every day trimming shrubs, trees, etc… That’s a lot of vegetation that goes up in smoke. Occasionally we get a very strong smell of thick smoke where we live, usually it starts a couple hours after dark. That corresponds to when the landscapers get home from work and empty their trailers of debris and have to burn to make room for the next day’s haul. There is no doubt the smoke we encounter is not from a neighbors small fire ring.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2273450)

I've lived in The Villages for several years (not as long as you though) and have only smelled smoke in the air once which lasted a couple of hours.

Originally Posted by Bay Kid (Post 2272888)

With all the talk about saving our world from pollution, cars, etc. Why doesn't anyone stop all the burning? Seems like The Villages has some smoke daily.

Originally Posted by Bay Kid (Post 2272888)

With all the talk about saving our world from pollution, cars, etc. Why doesn't anyone stop all the burning? Seems like The Villages has some smoke daily.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2273441)

Older people VOTE and have money, so maybe people would pay attention if we had an old people's union?

Originally Posted by Bay Kid (Post 2272888)

Why doesn't anyone stop all the burning? Seems like The Villages has some smoke daily.

Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 2273683)

Some cities do not allow burning but I think most counties do allow it in the rural areas.

When Obama was president, a preacher in Gainesville was upset with Islam and wanted to burn some Qurans. He tried it at his church in Gainesville but the police stopped him because that city did not allow open fires.

A few years later I wondered how it turned out so I did a Google search. It said the preacher went outside the city limits and burned a bunch of Qurans. The authorities didn't do anything, probably because our Supreme Court had decided it was a free speech issue.

It said he became an Uber driver in Sarasota.

Originally Posted by La lamy (Post 2273490)

I knew someone would mention the forest fires. So you think those are legal? What does it have to do with what I said in my post? And surely you know US had MANY forest fires too this summer right? Or does your news only bitch about Canadian ones?

Originally Posted by La lamy (Post 2273490)

I knew someone would mention the forest fires. So you think those are legal? What does it have to do with what I said in my post? And surely you know US had MANY forest fires too this summer right? Or does your news only bitch about Canadian ones?