I had one waaaaaaay back.
In the 70's-style anti-authority, blocking brigade scheme?
Remember these to mark road construction? I think they were called highway torches or something like that. I recall them as burning bowling balls.
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Yeah! Hadn't thought of those in decades. Were they called smudge pots?
Actually, IIRC, they are called flares. Smudge pots are bigger and have chimney of sorts and are used to try & mitigate frost in orchards.
Actually, IIRC, they are called flares. Smudge pots are bigger and have chimney of sorts and are used to try & mitigate frost in orchards.
The night time use of aircraft searchlights to indicate the opening of a new store location....you used to see these quite frequently, sweeping back and forth across the dark skies....