burning

[swys]

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Originally posted by oink

They still burn cane here in South Fl. It only bothers me when the ash falls on my car when it's still wet from the dew. SWYS, I doubt you live far enough west to get the ash.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.

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No ash here Pua`a. Down on the Intracoastal.
I heard FL grows more sugar than any other state. I can almost believe it from the view coming into West Palm Beach airport approching from the west. As far as the eye can see to the south is sugar cane. The state had a deal in the works to buy all of the land on which cane is grown and contributed to the decline in health of the Everglades, and return it to its natural state in hopes of helping the Everglades recover. The deal was recently amended to reduce the % of the land to be bought, so the cane growers continue to clog up the fresh water flow into the swamp and keep the chemical agent runoff flowing. Dang - I'm not usually that vocal, but this was my first thought when I heard of the change to that plan.
I don't like the dust on my car at work from the boat yard on one side and the 2 y/o construction job putting in a marina and boat launch complex on the other. It's really the wind thats to blame. The rest is just commerce, development and progress eh?

BTW...do you know of http://www.hoikehawaii.com/ ? They meet at Disney. Last year we saw Makaha Sons and Hoku Zuttermester performances there.