From:
slider@anashram.com
this is a serious fire, 30 horses died
in one section of the fire. Lord have mercy.
### - here's an idea: they put sprinklers 'inside' homes to put out fires
don't they?
so why not have/invent some kinda 'similar' (more powerful) sprinkler
system that protects 'whole houses' from the 'outside' as well??
i.e., wildfires (like the above) break-out threatening 100's of homes as a fairly regular event in many of these places/hot-spots in cali, nearby
valuable properties & residences often being destroyed by burning embers falling on them from these fires, sooo... why not have/install some kinda advanced sprinkler system that wets-down the whole house from the outside
which stops it catching fire?
such systems could even be extended to say a 50 yards radius surrounding
the whole property thus keeping said fires even farther at bay if/whenever
they get too close, plus the more properties in that area that have such systems the better for all to stop it spreading...
i mean, if you own a valuable 2+ million bucks home in a known fire zone,
then what's a few 1000 bucks extra for said auto-detect systems to protect
it from being burned down?
it doesn't happen in the middle of cities so not everyone needs something
like this, only those in known fire zones would require them, and it would likely even increase the value of any properties that had them!
wouldn't work in 'every' situation of course, but such an 'artificial
rain' could well be useful in possibly quite a few instances + insurance companies would love 'em!
you're not trying to put out a wildfire, you're just protecting your own property?
as for the wildfires themselves; they (firemen) usually/often build/create 'firebreaks' to stop it spreading don't they: 'gaps' of open land that the
fire can't then so easily cross?
so ok, here perhaps is another suggestion for known zones: some sorta
fixed water piping/heavy-duty sprinkler infrastructure capable of
drenching large areas to remotely create similar breaks where/when
required? (let the experts work out 'how' heh; trenches or whatever dug
right across certain areas that can remotely pump large volumes of water
to create said firebreaks in specific spots, and which has gotta be less expensive to install than 'flying' water in by choppers every time??
etc...)
they put walls & dams etc in places that regularly flood to protect them
don't they, and they are often huge affairs! (there's one actually
protecting the whole of london from flooding? massive floodgates built at enormous cost right across the river thames ffs!) so why not summat
similar for know wildfire areas too?
no? ok fuck it, seemed like maybe a good idea, just let the whole place
burn down on a regular basis then what do i care! :) heh...
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