The police had a burn-injured "person of interest" in custody (speculation on the radio this morning was that it was either a homeless person or a golfer; who can tell the difference?) but they cleared him after citing him for smoking in a no-burn zone. Even if it's not his fault, this is a good opportunity for me to re-beat a dead horse: throwing a used cigarette on the pavement is littering, and throwing one on the grass is actually dangerous. If you must smoke, use an ashtray, and if you can't use an ashtray (or you don't want your car to smell like cigarettes), don't smoke.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
WHEN THE TERRORISTS COME, THEY WILL BE ARMED WITH CIGARETTES AND FIRECRACKERS* : If you watch the news or just have it piped in through your tin-foil hat, you know that Griffith Park is burning. For those of you who don't know LA very well, Griffith Park is maybe the second-largest urban park in America (behind one in San Diego, according to Wikipedia, but Griffith Park is right in the middle of the city, not in the sticks) and is home to the Griffith Park Observatory (apparently safe, though completely, terrifyingly, surrounded by flames), the LA Zoo (from the pictures, it looks like the flames are right there), the Greek Theater, the Museum of the West, the Travel Town train museum, and countless golf courses, hiking trails, and places where large family reunions share lawns with men sunning themselves in very short shorts. Approximately 600 817 acres are burned, which would translate to over 2/3 about 97% of Central Park, and it's only 40% 50% contained. It's safe to say that this fire is threatening a huge portion of LA's cultural resources, including some of the best places to bring kids.
The police had a burn-injured "person of interest" in custody (speculation on the radio this morning was that it was either a homeless person or a golfer; who can tell the difference?) but they cleared him after citing him for smoking in a no-burn zone. Even if it's not his fault, this is a good opportunity for me to re-beat a dead horse: throwing a used cigarette on the pavement is littering, and throwing one on the grass is actually dangerous. If you must smoke, use an ashtray, and if you can't use an ashtray (or you don't want your car to smell like cigarettes), don't smoke.
* The last time the Hollywood Hills were on fire a couple of months ago, it was a couple of kids playing with lady fingers.
The police had a burn-injured "person of interest" in custody (speculation on the radio this morning was that it was either a homeless person or a golfer; who can tell the difference?) but they cleared him after citing him for smoking in a no-burn zone. Even if it's not his fault, this is a good opportunity for me to re-beat a dead horse: throwing a used cigarette on the pavement is littering, and throwing one on the grass is actually dangerous. If you must smoke, use an ashtray, and if you can't use an ashtray (or you don't want your car to smell like cigarettes), don't smoke.
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