I was flame weeding next to a garden bed adjacent to my house and accidentally caught some dried thyme that was growing all around the perimeter. Easily a 20 foot ring. It went from 0 to 60 in seconds. Like if you’ve ever lit a dry Christmas tree it was like that. I ran and got the hose which was luckily only 30 feet away, but not hooked up, so I had to hook it up and turn it on which when you are flooded with stress hormones is really fucking hard.
I and was able to put it out but it was really fucking scary. My hands are still shaking 10 mins later from the adrenaline.
I am proud of myself for staying calm and focused and doing what had to be done in the moment but uh… Holy shit comrades
From the thumbnail I thought you just started a fire and are procrastinating in front of it now. Just imagined you in front of a forest on fire chilling with your phone and ask lemmy what to do now ;-) Glad I was wrong and you got it under control!
In the old days, we mailed a letter to the US forest service while watching it burn
I think there’s a bit from The IT Crowd about this