Burning Season Thailand 2008

This afternoon I set off from my house and thought, “Damn what a beautiful sky.”

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No smoke in the air.

A miracle, until returning to my house I spotted thick grey plume billowing from the northern end of the street. It was not a cloud. It was fire. A brushfire. Call the Fire Dept. Quick.

Mistake or kwam-pit. The fire squad is busy playing bocci on an unshaded playing field at the fire house.

It’s late-January and the Thai’s traditional kick off the debut of the dry season by a traditional burning of every valueless object in sight. Plastic bags, paper, animal remains et al. Any attempt to explain how bad this is for the atmosphere is met with a blank smile.

Non-conversational Thai for ‘stupid farang‘.

“Fire renews the earth and makes the snakes run away.”

I forgot about the snakes.

Fire snakes dry season has the makings of a Hollywood movie.

Too bad I’m honoring the Writers’ Guild strike line.

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