Smoke from Brevard County brush fire closes section of I-95
Sections of Interstate 95 have now reopened after being closed overnight from Malabar Road south to Fellsmere and Vero Beach on Sunday because of heavy smoke from a brush fire that threatened homes and livestock in south Brevard County.
The road closures created congestion on alternate routes and delayed traffic in several areas of Indian River County.
I-95 was closed Sunday at County Road 512, though the smoke caused officials to extend the southern boundary to State Road 60, said Deputy Jeff Luther, Indian River County sheriff’s spokesman.
Northbound motorists were advised to take alternate routes, such as U.S. 1, State Road A1A, Babcock Street or Florida’s Turnpike.
Deputies, community service volunteers and Florida Highway Patrol troopers worked together Sunday to help keep traffic moving.
Indian River County Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Brian Nolan Sunday said his agency sent a brush truck and tanker to help firefighters in Brevard County.
The fire was reported near Rebel Lane and Weber Road in Malabar, which is just east of I-95, south of Palm Bay.
The Malabar Fire Department had been preparing for this kind of fire for the past few weeks. The 50-member volunteer department recently had a Florida Division of Forestry mitigation team cut fire lines in park areas off Malabar Road.
Firefighters took water from nearby ponds and lakes to dump on the fire lines and homes in an effort to protect them from the blaze.
Officials ordered residents to evacuate their homes Sunday, but several would not leave.
People cried and hugged one another as they watched what they believed was their homes burning. Others hustled to evacuate horses and recreational vehicles from their properties. Emus wandered freely on property threatened by the fire after owners released them from pens.
Brush fires also were reported Sunday across Indian River and St. Lucie counties, with high, gusty winds a major concern.
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Tuesday 13 May 2008 | Evelyne | Uncategorized
So where do I sign up to get the “make fun of these people” newsletter?
What are you talking about?Shaper_pmp said there was no evidence in the article that school board members were calling for the teaching of ID.I posted evidence from the article that they were.Is it really so hard for you to follow that?
Actually, this is the original article.http://www.theledger.com/article/20071113/NEWS/711130409Whatever your quarrel with the original poster, it does look like Fields was calling strongly for ID to be taught as science…and that the board members decided not to pursue it when they realized the pragmatic consequences.Now put the shoe on the other foot. You’re a school board member who has new standards foisted on you that require you to teach ID as science. Would you fold as easily as these people did? If so, would it be fair to question your commit to the quality of science teaching in your district?
Wait, I think I just made a valid point here. ID proponents failed to pass ID as science, but ID just claims that there is a supreme designer, it doesn’t call it God, Yahwe, Allah, Mother Nature or Spagetti Monster. Pastafarianism is a great way of ridiculing religion, but not such a great way of ridiculing pseudoscientific ID theories. For that you’d need to come up with an equally ridiculous theory about how life came to be.
I can call anything anything.
Ahh..you got me there. Up until the point that people began ridiculing and joking about them they were only potential laughingstocks.
Cheers.Bonus points: it’s pretty clear from the original article that they hadn't even decided if they were going to formally object to the decision, and most likely weren't going to anyway.