Saturday, April 8, 2023

lets think about the next major interface fire in the USA

Lets think about the next major fire in the USA that burns 20,000
structures to the ground. Where will it happen?

1. It wont happen on the Navajo Indian Reservation because the grass
is too short and the homes are too far spread out and made of stucco.
And they dont have 20,000 structures.

2. It will happen just about anywhere else. All it takes is one hot
dry windy day.

3. All it takes to start is one 4 year old kid with a sparkler or
bottle rocket. If that sparkler or bottle rocket finds a good source
of embers - instant fire storm starter. Once the first structure
starts throwing large embers into the wind - and there are 20,000
structures down wind - its all over. Except if the fire department can
get 10 pumpers on the scene in 10 minutes. And that only happens at
firemen parades. Does not matter if $50 billion was spent on
prescribed burns in the previous year - it will hardly matter. And it
wont matter if the firemen just got big pay raise. And it wont matter
if all the fire stations and fire trucks are brand spanking new.

4. The fire will only stop when all the fuel is gone; or the wind
dies; or the rain starts.

5. This is reality. The rest is all BS.

Prove me wrong. With proof. Real proof.

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