...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DUE TO GUSTY WINDS...
Sustained winds of 15-20 MPH can be expected along with gusts of
25-30 MPH. Relative humidities will likely stay above 25 percent.
With dry fuels, high fire danger conditions can be expected.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether
you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme
caution.
What though the rose has prickles, yet ‘tis pluck’d… Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis, line 592
I had to do a bit of research on William Shakespeare. His works are full of plant references, and thus fascinating for a botanist. Of course, he wrote many references to roses, seemingly one of his very favorite flowers. Now, many of his “rose” mentionings involve those sharp things on the branches (what we Southerners like to call “stickers”), and most of the time he refers to them as “thorns”… which is wrong. He did get it right in the above quotation, though.
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