Campfires can you do without?

Lowsuv wrote:
For the folks that are concerned about using OSB squares on top of smoky fires please consider :
Once you place an OSB square on top of a smoky fire it reflects the heat down into the fire .
The fire takes off and stops smoking within a minute .
The fumes from the fire go straight up .
That is because the heat of the fire increase and it creates its own "weather system " .
Firemen who study the dynamics of fire know this .
Folks who lived in southern mansions had cupolas on their roofs with some sort of fire to draw air into the house that exited at the top of the mansion . This created a draft that brought air into the lower windows .
For those that think that I am insensitive to the concerns of fire fighters :
There is a monument above Multnomah Falls Oregon to honor a fire fighter killed fighting a forest fire in 1983 . That monument is to Keith Lemmons . He was my cousin. I have the flag that was used to cover his coffin .
Back to the topic. If it is a fire hazard time then we can do without a fire . But 90 % of the time it is safe . One of our boondock camping group is a fire fighter . Those guys know how to build and extinguish a fire .
Don't knock the OSB square trick until you have used it .
One time and it is plain that there are no fumes being inhaled by the folks hanging around the campfire .