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2018-08-10 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Air Force officer wants to drop BOMBS on wildfires in California and Colorado to extinguish them by sending shockwaves that blow out the flames

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-10 08:07|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Nothing to lose, I suppose.

Posted by Bobby 2018-08-10 11:41|| 2018-08-10 11:41|| Front Page Top

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

Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-10 11:51|| 2018-08-10 11:51|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-08-10 13:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Start with the big dumpster fire in Sacramento.

Posted by AlanC 2018-08-10 15:45|| 2018-08-10 15:45|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-08-10 15:47|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-08-10 19:13|| Front Page Top

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