OLF relief
Published: Sat, Jun. 14, 2008 12:30AM
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closeRegarding your June 13 article "Pall over the Triangle":
Certain Navy officials are likely breathing a quiet sigh of relief following the force's abandonment of its chosen outlying landing field site near Pocosin Lakes refuge. Among arguments against the location was the area's rich peat soil, soil that can burn for months once ignited. The hundreds of jet fighter takeoffs and landings scheduled every day, some argued, would have been the equivalent of handing kids a pack of matches before playing in dry leaves.
As smoke cloaks Raleigh and points east, those Navy officials can breathe easy that a military accident is not the cause of the fire. But they might do well to keep breaths shallow since smoke has migrated as far as Virginia Beach, home to certain Navy officials.
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Bill Sandifer
Raleigh
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