Breaking : Brush fire out of control in Kansas - 1/2 acre burned so far.

[kentuck]

The NBC helicopter is on its way. We will bring you 3 hours of reporting once our reporter gets on the scene. There are some homes just a couple of miles away and an elementary school. The White House says they do not expect terrorism in this blaze. We will keep you updated as this story progresses... Back to you Chris...

[NNN0LHI]

1. Its ixnay on the murdered Iraqi girl and her family

Imus never mentioned it today. You could tell they were purposely avoiding the story.

Don

[Schema Thing]

2. Did the grass fall straight down into itself?

[kentuck]

3. No, but they are following the National Weather Service...

There are possibilities of wind gusts this afternoon and we all know how unpredictable those can be. But, we will be here to keep you informed.

[Bandit]

4. Is there anyway we can blame this on fireworks?

:shrug: A whole half acre...wow.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Dunno. But Bill Clinton might have something to do with it.

[slackmaster]

5. A whole 1/2 acre?

OMG, the Sunshine State will never look the same.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. OMG, Is there one burning in FL, too? Terra!Terra! Terra!

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Holy cow! This is HUGH!!! Reports are a hamburger wrapper is burning!

Terra! Terra! Terra!

This is it - we're goners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kentuck]

7. Now let's go to Natalie for a witness that saw this fire...

Yes, Chris, we have Maude Collins here and she was driving over to her daughter-in-law's house to pick up a ham from the hog they killed last winter. When she came up over the small hill, she saw a little bit of smoke. Her first thought was that it was some fog. But it now appears that someone threw out a cigarette butt and started this fire. The White House does not expect that it was done by a terrorist. But we'll get Maude up here and let her explain what she saw...

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Maude is gathering her kin and heading for the state line. Godspeed, Maude

Maude is no fool. This could be our last report from the scene. If the flames reach that pile of grass clippings......well, you know.............*cough, cough*.......someone get Chertoff, quick.............*cough*.....

[sarge43]

9. Has Drudge blaimed the Big Dog yet? n/t

[kentuck]

12. They have rescued a chipmunk that was in the line of the fire...

A small girl was the first to see the chipmunk and started crying. "Please Mr Bush, don't let it die," she begged. Fortunately, one of our brave firemen was on the spot and captured the little creature in his lunch bucket and last report was that they were going to take it to an animal shelter in the neighboring state of Colorado. Back to you, Chris...

[azmouse]

13. Perhaps the entire state should be preemptively burned

to prevent other fires from starting?
You just can't be too careful when it come to fires of mass destruction!

[dweller]

17. the 'Amber Waves of Grain' initiative ...

where amber = a dark toasty shade of charcoal.

dp

[Junkdrawer]

14. It's events such as this that PROVE Iraq, the NSA Domestic Spying...

and Gitmo are absolutely necessary!

[kentuck]

15. They did find a Marlboro cigarett butt...

And the FBI is investigating all the convenience stores within a 100-mile radius to see if any swarthy males had bought any cigarettes? They will leave no stone unturned in their investigation. We now have a report that Homeland Security Chief, Michael Chertoff, will address the nation on this developing story in about 45 minutes. Of course, we will be there to cover his remarks...

[Junkdrawer]

21. Some People Say (tm) that Marlboro is the favorite brand of al Qaeda..

sleeper cells. :scared:

[lutefisk]

16. I've noticed more chatter involving brush fires the past month

I think there is a pattern here. I'm no Dick Cheney, but I keep noticing patterns involving "summer...winds...dry...brush fire" being transmitted over the airwaves in a pattern at 11pm nightly.

[kentuck]

18. Obviously the NSA needs to expand their spying program...

..especially on these types of phone calls. My God, they're gonna kill us all! I don't mind giving up a little freedom if the government can protect us from these types of terrorist attacks...

[lectrobyte]

19. a whole half an acre? It must be an incredibly slow newsday...

[MODemocrat]

20. What part of Kansas is this?

We're just across the Kansas line here in Missouri! Have lots of relatives and friends in Kansas.