Decatur’s “Alma Hour” Moved Indoors, Earth Hour Bonfire Cancelled

Decatur Metro | March 26, 2011

Katie Abel passes along the word on the Decatur Minute…

Please note: Alma Hour [the city's Alma Fleetwood Memorial] has been moved to City Hall and will be held at 7:00pm.

Due to rain and tornado warnings in the area, we have had to cancel Earth Hour and the Bonfire. As of now, we do not have a make-up date planned. Thank you and have a good evening

 

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17 Responses to “Decatur’s “Alma Hour” Moved Indoors, Earth Hour Bonfire Cancelled”

  1. Ken Edelstein says:
    March 26, 2011 at 6:42 pm

    Wasn’t an Earth Hour bonfire kind of contrary to the whole idea to start with?

  2. Ridgelandistan says:
    March 27, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    Not if you use carbon free, organic, sustainably harvested, free-range, fire-logs purchased from a co-op in Borneo and shipped across the Pacific using kite powered freighters then sold in green packaging.

  3. No Suprise says:
    March 27, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    The Earth defends itself against “Earth Hour”!

  4. Ken Edelstein says:
    March 28, 2011 at 1:42 am

    How dare you suggest that I use logs from Borneo! I happen to be a locaburner! We need to keep our wood-splitting jobs right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A.

  5. Ridgelandistan says:
    March 28, 2011 at 11:12 am

    To Ken’s earlier question…

    I would love to hear how a bonfire and marshmellow roast came to commemorate Earth Day. That’s gotta be a scene straight out of Parks and Recreation.

    • Parker Cross says:
      March 29, 2011 at 12:16 am

      I don’t know this, but could it have been the bonfire we were denied because of weather just before Christmas, rescheduled?

      • Ridgelandistan says:
        March 29, 2011 at 7:00 am

        I think you miss my point. Earth Hour is an hour where we acknowledge the damage to the earth from global warming caused by human activities. Burning trees in an open bonfire in order to do that is like serving veal at a PETA fundraiser.

        • karass says:
          March 29, 2011 at 8:45 am

          Maybe they are trees that were coming down anyway? E.g. were diseased or threatening to fall on something or part of a clearing for construction? While I agree that we need to protect our earth’s green canopy, I’m not sure that the occasional community bonfire has any real impact. But correct me if I’m wrong.

          • Scott says:
            March 29, 2011 at 9:38 am

            I have to assume Ridge is speaking more to the carbon issue than the felled trees issue, since Earth Hour, if I’m not mistaken, was born out of climate concerns.

          • Ridgelandistan says:
            March 29, 2011 at 9:47 am

            Earth Hour is a protest against manmade global warming.
            Which is mostly caused by burning things.
            So burning something to protest global warming is …..

  6. AnotherRick says:
    March 28, 2011 at 11:46 am

    I like the way earth hour was commemorated several years ago when I lived in Atlanta’s Ponce-Highland area. Most local businesses turned off their lights for an hour. A real sense of comunity and shared purpose was created. Why not here?