Thursday, January 23, 2014

Where there's smoke; there's fire. Motorists beware

Land Between the Lakes will be doing a prescribed burn in the Devils Elbow area of Trigg County starting at Noon, today. This is near the west end of the U.S. 68/Ky. 80 Lake Barkley/Cumberland River Bridge near Canton.

Motorists who regularly travel U.S. 68/Ky. 80 near the eastern entrance to Land Between the Lakes should be alert for the possibility of smoke near the highway. Appropriate caution is required.

Often, when such prescribed burns are conducted, residents in nearby counties – even as far north as Crittenden – can see the effects in the air and get whiff of smoke.