Fire Good

For those of you that are wondering, I do my time at the Southgate. Last weekend I was there at night, putting in my eight hours so I could get my $150 weekly check. Being bored and pissed, we do what all bored people do when there is an available fire to play with.....we made it bigger.....much bigger.

One of the people didn't like the burn barrel approach, so he manufactured a fire pit, complete with cinder block stand. Being one of two fire bugs there that night, we decided it would be fun to burn a pallet accross the the pit. It made fire big...so dumb rocket techs decide we need bigger fire....we need two pallets!

We set the pallets into the pit, so that they leaned together. As the flames climbed the pallets, we moved our nylon and plastic chairs back. We then decided that sunglasses at this point would have been appropriate. As I watched the flames grow, I also noticed that the spark count had risen dramatically, as well as the size of said sparks. So being the self-designated fire bug safety rep. I grabbed our fire extinguisher and stood watch over the tent. Fortunately it's use was not called for, but upon further inspection today, there are several burns on the tent's roof. I say fortunately because I doubt the fire bottle would have had enough agent to fight a small kitchen fire.

Next time........three pallets!