After Hurricane Sandy, like everyone else, we did not have power. We were the only ones with a
generator, and as you would imagine, had our friends / tea group and families here in the evening. One night, we decided to go to our neighbors for a driveway party. My neighbor moved her fire pit to the driveway to be used for heat. We were shocked when the police came and said that it was against code. Apparently, if it had a hotdog on it, then it would be treated like a barbecue, but because we did not have any food on it, they decided to "warn" us. To this day, we are convinced we know exactly the neighbor that called the police. Imagine our dismay, after such a horrible storm and subsequent damage, the police felt compelled to alert us to the codes / regulations~!