BurningJoost 2007

Sgt. Lunquist ( Cpl. USMC, Sgt. USWC), with bottle of scotch to pie hole, brings back the Mk 2 "Joost Loader" back for another load of munitions to "the pile" in the background.

An impressive "start". Maybe one of these years Sgt. Joost (USMC, USWC) will allow us to fell some damn trees so we can have a *REAL* fire. One of these years......

You know what this pile needs? Gas. Gas mixed with oil. 10 gallons of gas mixed with oil. Yeah. Heh. Yeah, that's what it needs! Lt. Parker (USWC) was heard ordering, "Sgt. Lundquist, get your lazy ass up on that pile!" "Sir, Yes SIR!!!!"

Of course, to be OSHA approved, Sgt. Lunquist was equipped with a "Mk 3 fire supression device", aka, beer in hand.

A crowd of not-so-innocent civilians gather to watch the growing spectacle. Ok, maybe they were there hoping Sgt. Lundquist would catch on fire. Either way, many giggles, chuckles, and references to "too much testosterone around here" could be heard. Ooooo, Raaah!

Even the flesh-eating critters at Chez Joost wanted to watch this fiasco. Notice how the animals tend to be smarter than the humans and are as far away from the pile as possible.

Enough talk already. Sgt. Lundquist, lights a black gunpowder trail to the Fire! Feel free to chant "Fireball! Fireball! Fireball!" at this point.

You know, maybe the addition of 10 gallons of highly flammible liquids wasn't such a bad idea after all.....

FIREBALL!!!!!!! FIREBALL!!!!! FIREBALL!!!!!!!!

(Easy there Lt. Parker)

What's that term I'm looking for to describe this photo of a 10' burn pile with 20' flames? Oh yeah. FULLY ENGLUFED.

Hey, what's wrong with those dead tree branches 30' above the fire?

Oh, nothing. They just caught fire from the intense FIREBALL below them. Operation Fubar, Situation Normal.

At this point, it got too dark to take any good photos. At least when we left, no person, property or animal had been set on fire. I'm sure the fire is still burning now......