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Air Force officer wants to drop BOMBS on wildfires in California and Colorado to extinguish them by sending shockwaves that blow out the flames
2018-08-10
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  Red Adair used to blow up burning oil wells to put them out. Maybe a nice Fuel-Air explosive...

Frank has a good point about scattering burning embers, but the idea of bombing California is awfully appealing.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-08-10 19:13  

#5  Well, Gorb wanted the Israelis to use artillery on the Gaza fires.

After they practice on the condom bombers to calibrate the artillery.
Posted by: gorb   2018-08-10 15:47  

#4  Start with the big dumpster fire in Sacramento.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-08-10 15:45  

#3  OR scatter embers in an unpredictable manner many miles away. Fire-fighting has become a science with wind-prediction and atmospheric technology improving
Posted by: Frank G   2018-08-10 13:26  

#2  Well, Gorb wanted the Israelis to use artillery on the Gaza fires.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-08-10 11:51  

#1  Nothing to lose, I suppose.
Posted by: Bobby   2018-08-10 11:41  

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