05-27-2018, 10:03 AM
Interesting timing. In the past, I've only seen the morass fire during drought, or at least very dry, conditions. Pretty sure Westmoreland/Hanover have been having flood warnings of late.
We've been told the morass spontaneously combusts. Repeating that to others later, we were met with laughter... "right, spontaneous ganga farmer lighting up the swamp, you mean".
They actually had pictures of a huge fire in the morass in the newspaper (Observer, I think) a few years ago. Surprised me given the Sandals-Observer connection (B. Stewart) as I don't think most tourists relish the idea of smoke & ash (or relocating out of a fire's path). Perhaps the story was intended to give authorities some urgency to protect property.
Agree somewhat with OT, at least to the extent that building on the East (non-shore) side of the road is a bad idea.
We've been told the morass spontaneously combusts. Repeating that to others later, we were met with laughter... "right, spontaneous ganga farmer lighting up the swamp, you mean".
They actually had pictures of a huge fire in the morass in the newspaper (Observer, I think) a few years ago. Surprised me given the Sandals-Observer connection (B. Stewart) as I don't think most tourists relish the idea of smoke & ash (or relocating out of a fire's path). Perhaps the story was intended to give authorities some urgency to protect property.
Agree somewhat with OT, at least to the extent that building on the East (non-shore) side of the road is a bad idea.
