Posted on Apr 7, 2016
To those of you who smoke, what do you do with your cigarette butts when you are driving, now that ashtrays are no longer standard?
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The largest fire in Kansas history is still burning and the acreage is in miles, more than half the size of the state of Rhode Island. There are burn bans, ranchers/ farmers are losing everything and volunteer firefighters from innumerable counties and states have responded. The damage can be seen by satellite.
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When I was a smoker (quit 30 years ago) I carried an empty soda can with some water in a cup holder. Now, I have all my loose change in the ashtray.
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You can buy an ashtray that fits a cup holder for a buck at the dollar store.
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I suppose the question, is did this fire start from a cigarette? Last I remember Kansas would do farm field. I remember driving north on I-35 and there were warning signs to tell people to slow down when entering smoke. Lightning could have caused it also. To answer your question I usually use a can. My state catches on fire like this every year.
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Maj Kim Patterson
It could have been caused by lots of things but I am infuriated by the number of glowing butts flying out the windows, especially with the severe drought conditions. We can't control lightning but we can control what is done with those butts. Everywhere I drive I see another burned area. There is now a burn ban even for farmers and ranchers. The NG planes are flying around the clock, coming into the nearby base to refuel and take off again, go find a water source, fill their drag buckets and dump. I know it's not just Kansas, but this one is so big and there is so much loss to the ecosystem, the family farms and the livestock that can't outrun the fire. It's calving season. And the wheat had started coming in.
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Glad I'm not the only one bothered by the fact that smokers tend to get away with littering (which in some cases, as the article states, can lead to wild fires). I have never smoked, but grew up in a household full of smokers - which led to me hating to be around it. I have no issue with people who choose to smoke, as it's the right - but stop the madness with the littering.
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MSgt Wayne Morris
Smokers aren't the only ones. Ever driven into a big box parking lot etc and seen the poopy diapers, burger backs, soda bottles etc all over. Very seldom see a dumped ash tray but see the other crap weekly.
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Out here in the country, we see a lot of fires started with one butt. You can tell the cause from the scorch marks. As SGT Pesz said, you can buy an ashtray that fits in the cup holder. I wish more folks would use them!
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Maj Kim Patterson Good question Ma'am. Even when there were ashtrays, some smokers would flick them out the window.
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