Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-28 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
All I know is what I've read or heard from reliable sources. To give you some idea of what goes on in PR management, a newsletter said that the police had to be called to maintain order at a meeting of board members and residents, and that future meetings would request police presence; or

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-28 Thread Tim Crone
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.comwrote: There were 2,355 households out of which . 22.0% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals I'm suprised the 'non families' are not up in arms against the wiki boys (c: Well,

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-28 Thread Richard Hattaway
Well, they're vastly outnumbered by the people who are not individuals. Best, -Tim ROFLMAO...   ( ps, is that ok, PC wise ?? ) On Friday, March 28, 2014 2:10 PM, Tim Crone bb...@crone.us wrote: On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.comwrote: There

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-27 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Interesting! I'll send a copy to the subdivision president. ThanksGerry On 3/26/2014 2:50 PM, Richard Hattaway wrote: Not a real problem to have a controlled burn in an area like that. We had one last year. I was super impressed. The NC Forestry Service pulled it off, had a whole

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-27 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
On 3/26/2014 1:01 PM, Dieselhead wrote: ___ I wish we could do controlled burns, but I don't think you could do it in a large wooded subdivision of mostly one to five acre lots and a lot of standing dead trees on lots that don't have houses. I would guess that not more than

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-27 Thread Dan Penoff
Gerry, If the property is in Florida and there is an HOA in place under Florida law they can potentially fine, or if there is no provision for fines in the bylaws, pay to have the work done then either file a lien or a foreclosure action against the owner. This takes no votes on the part of

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-27 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
This is sort of a unique subdivision which has two ruling bodies; one of which was formed in rebellion against the other. The owner of the subdivision (which is probably most of the vacant lots) is Prudential Insurance company. I get newsletters from two. This subdivision is so large, the

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-27 Thread Dan Penoff
I thought you said it had an HOA? If so, there is only one board regardless of who owns what. Dan On Mar 27, 2014, at 8:21 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: This is sort of a unique subdivision which has two ruling bodies; one of which was formed in rebellion against the other. The

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-27 Thread Richard Hattaway
Wow that's a big place.. and only two entrances.  I bet the traffic at shift change can be challenging.  However, I think I saw in the wiki article that the median age is in the 60's .. 70% of the people were over 45.  So maybe not so crowded at the gate (c:  There were 2,355 households out

[MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-26 Thread Dieselhead
The local restrictions here are probably necessary because of constant dry conditions and the subdivision being heavily forested with houses built among the trees. The underbrush is like tinder. Gerry Y'all need to do controlled burns to eliminate the fuel and eliminate some of the

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-26 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
On 3/26/2014 10:09 AM, Dieselhead wrote: The local restrictions here are probably necessary because of constant dry conditions and the subdivision being heavily forested with houses built among the trees. The underbrush is like tinder. Gerry Y'all need to do controlled burns to eliminate

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-26 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
You have native gooseberries?? WTF. On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:00 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: On 3/26/2014 10:09 AM, Dieselhead wrote: The local restrictions here are probably necessary because of constant dry conditions and the subdivision being heavily

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-26 Thread Dieselhead
___ I wish we could do controlled burns, but I don't think you could do it in a large wooded subdivision of mostly one to five acre lots and a lot of standing dead trees on lots that don't have houses. I would guess that not more than one fourth of the lots have houses, and

Re: [MBZ] Restrictions/fire hazards

2014-03-26 Thread Richard Hattaway
Not a real problem to have a controlled burn in an area like that.  We had one last year.  I was super impressed.  The NC Forestry Service pulled it off, had a whole bunch of guys in yellow suits and stuff, and trucks everywhere, and one big yellow helicopter.  The helicopter shot fire balls,