Ddays
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You're not serious, right?
Fire in California
- Thread starter Dale72
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You're not serious, right?
NPC 6060⁸42
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Wouldn’t that also kill all the vegetation and prevent it from growing back?
NPC 6060⁸42
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From Trump on Truth social.
Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way. He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this. On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes. A true disaster!
Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way. He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this. On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes. A true disaster!
Ddays
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IDK - the planes are filling up with it. I wouldn't think this would be like salting fields. If they're gonna continue with living in a fire zone something would need to give
GP NOIR
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I am. PCH from the Santa Monica Pier to Ventura was part of my old stomping grounds when growing up.
The hose would have to cross the beach, PCH, possibly up a cliff just to get to the ocean side of the community. The hose would likely have to follow the steep winding roads to avoid the deep ravines and ridges that make up the terrain. The brush is on the inland side and that’s where the fires start. The hose would have to run through the community just to reach the fires. It’d be a long uphill battle to pump seawater to fight the fires.
Ddays
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Are you Bob's cousin?!?
Good god - why TF would they string hoses that far?!? no - refer back to my post about having a fire suppression system set up using ocean water as the source
OverlanderJK
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Ah yeah I see what you are saying. Cost would be the biggest issue I would assume. It would be two runs of piping everywhere but you would still need to pump it from the hydrant. Its not great for the hose or nozzle either I can't imagine. Where there is a will there is a way but in California, no will.
TrailHunter
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I’m with you.. with the billions this state spends on useless shit.. it wouldnt be that hard to put a better system in place. Kind of ironic that this is happening in one of the highly concentrated liberal areas that continues to Vote for these fucktards.
OverlanderJK
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I would think the salt would be good for the lack of grass. It would still be in small enough doses that it would help I would be. I mean sea salt is good.
Also, I guessing you mean it WOULD be like salting pastures?
Ddays
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I googled and the ocean water would likely cause some damage to vegetation, but in a catastrophic situation like this you would have an endless supply of water to try and save the people at least.
Ddays
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I meant it wouldn't be like salting an enemies fields where nothing would grow for generations
NPC 6060⁸42
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Yeah I don’t know that’s why I asked. I use salt water to kill weeds in the driveway. Not as effective as Roundup but not as carcinogenic either.
OverlanderJK
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Yeah salt and vinegar work great together to kill weeds in the driveway but we also salt the pastures if needed so it’s really just a concentration thing.
GP NOIR
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Dude, chill. You asked about suction hoses. That lead me to believe it was a suggestion to solve the immediate problem. It wasn’t clear you were asking why they hadn’t built the system beforehand.
Ddays
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Lol, I was being being facetious - I didn't mean literally stretching hundreds of fire hoses together to supply one fire truck with water
But an infrastructure sucking ocean water in a catastrophic fire situation seems better than having nothing at all to throw at it
Ddays
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Lol, Bidens presser today fits the theme here.....fuckin doofus. This guy is an embarassement
GP NOIR
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Ha! My wife had to have a talk with me just yesterday. I’ve been so focused on regearing my Jeep, I’ve tuned out everything else- eating, sleeping, communicating with more than grunts, playing with Minerva and Belle, cleaning the litterbox, tying my shoes, humor-
Yes. Yes, it is. During the 60s & 70s my father fought a lot of Californian wildfires as a volunteer fireman. Wildfires and Santana Winds are a terrifying combination.
Ddays
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LMAO - wonder what the new guys that just joined think when they check in some of these threads
cosmokenney
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Controlled burns don't further the climate change agenda. They intentionally leave these areas unmanaged for decades so shit like this has to happen. Now all of the owners of those burnt Teslas are going to go "See! Climate change is real! Ban gas cars...".
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