On our recent trip to Memphis for this year’s Ostrander Awards (we won a few) we took our usual path through Illinois then following along the Mississippi River through Missouri and Arkansas.
I don’t think I’ve taken this trip that I haven’t seen large debris burns happening on the wide expanses of farmland that sit astride the highway in Arkansas. On a day like our drive with clear blue skies, you certainly can see it from a distance and as you get closer you can certainly smell it. You can taste it too, if you don’t adjust the air intake in your vehicle.
This is the first time though, that I think we caught a glimpse of what looks like a man-made tornado from the heat of the fire inside the middle of the burn.
Quite a sight.
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