Woo Hoo!

Well, it was over a lot sooner than I expected.  But that’s ok, because I’m happy with the outcome and I’m happy not to be staying up till the wee hours of the morning.

I was off by 2, maybe 3 states.  I gave Colorado, Virginia and Florida to Romney.  Florida is still undecided, but the other to went to Obama.

But at least I was more down-to-earth than those 5 GOP enthusiasts that predicted a Romney landslide.

And NO, I’m not going to wait up to see where Florida falls, I can wait until I wake up later today to find that out.

Sticking my neck out.

I’m going to make a prediction for the 2012 Presidential Election.  Wishful thinking?  Maybe, but I still would bet that I’m a damn sight closer than the 5 Republicans predicting a Romney landslide in this article.

So, here’s my prediction: Obama wins reelection with 281 Electors to Romney’s 257.

And here’s the Flat Earth Society’s prediction map:  Romney wins the election with 359 Electors to Obama’s 179.

We’ll find out who’s closer on Tuesday.

See ya at the voting booth…

Lotta nerve banning fireworks.

I’m sure that there are people out there that are incensed that our governor banned fireworks outside of the city limits.

I’m also, sadly, sure that there are people who are going to completely ignore the danger and the ban.

I hope they can find them and make them pay for all the costs that are incurred by the fire they are going to start.

The latest article I read says we have 6 fires still burning, covering over 121,000 acres of land.  Close to, or even more than, 200 homes (and cabins) have been destroyed and I know of at least one life that has been lost.

• Clay Springs Fire – 88,000 acres
• Rosecrest Fire – 650 acres
• Lost Lake Fire
• Wood Hollow Fire – 47,295 acres
• Seely Fire – 15,790 acres
• New Harmony Fire – 1,826 acres
• Pole Creek Fire – 1,868 acres
• Church Camp Fire – 5,750 acres
• Wolf Den Fire – 1,000 acres
• Dump Fire

From what I’ve read a whole 3 (about 30%) of the fires were caused by natural phenomena.  That makes the other 70% caused by human mistakes and/or stupidity.

Update – Thanks to the link Lisa gave in her comment, I have a more accurate count on Human vs. Nature wildfires (Note: Previous stats were on all major wildfires that made the news.  The new stats include all reported wildfires):

	Fires	%	Acres	%
Human	393	90%	99,172	91%
Lightning	45	10%	9,330	9%
Total	438		108,502

Maybe, just maybe, people will think before they set off fireworks and just not do it.  We’ll see.