I get why people are nervous about prescribed burns, even though they are the answer. Yesterday there was a plume of smoke from a barn fire in Petaluma that was extremely visible three towns over. People were pulling over to the side of the road to get out their cars freak out and stare at it and ask each other if they knew what it was and check for Nixles and Watch Duty alerts. We're a bit jumpy about smoke around here.
