Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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I need to know more about this please enlighten me.
I'm getting ready to sight mine in next week.
The salt water might kill the vegetation.
Fire whirl seen last night over LA. Similar to dust devils, which are formed by convective heating of the air by sun baked surfaces over the course of a hot summer day, fire whirls are convection fueled rotating updrafts of intense heat that can reach F2-F3 strength in rare cases. This one was at least F2 intensity going by it's speed compared to scale of the scene.
I’m trying to remember my Fire Academy classes from the mid ‘90’s. IIRC sea water was strongly discouraged for any use except helicopter bucket drops. Unlike shipboard/pier systems, regular wildland and municipal fire pumps weren’t made (metallurgically) for the corrosive sea water. Some jurisdictions might have sea water rated units, but they cost a lot more.
Correct.
The bonus of putting out the fires with saltwater, no vegetation for fires next year.
Yup. I can imagine what salt water would do to a fire engine's inner pump works. Heck, when I dove in Salt water, we'd have to come out of it and rinse our gear like crazy as well as the wetsuits, etc.
I haven't dived in salt water in ages.
That beautiful pink aerial retardant will also cause damage to equipment if not washed off. This was in addition to the impact of being hit with the slurry being dropped from an aircraft traveling at 100 mph or better. Trust me that hurts when it happens.
For real ….i don’t know ?
If they don’t use salt water , is it because it spreads future rust and such through out the plane ?
We used salt water to fight fires on ship ….If the ship ran out of desalinated water to make steam for the catapults to launch aircraft , you stunk ! …. they even pumped salt water to the heads for “ salt water showers “ . They provided some sort of soap that didn’t lather or work
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Until that drone put a stop to it, those Canadian sea planes were dropping 1500 gallons of sea water per drop on that fire, with a 10 minute turn-around.
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I had a friend that was in EOD on my ship. During “no fresh water showers allowed “ time …. he had a deep sink in his shack with fresh water to rinse the salt from diving gear. He would run a couple of gallons in the sink and I took a bath
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Salt water will kill vegetation. I don't know that is their excuse though. I was just trying to think of something that the California environmental department could come up with.For real ….i don’t know ?
If they don’t use salt water , is it because it spreads future rust and such through out the plane ?
We used salt water to fight fires on ship ….If the ship ran out of desalinated water to make steam for the catapults to launch aircraft , they even pumped salt water to the heads for “ salt water showers “ . They provided some sort of soap that didn’t lather or work
You can't save people because you can kill the vegetation. But the fire is going to kill it? Yeah well, shut up and do as you are told. They run storm water back to the ocean and pipe in water from hundreds of miles away to use. Doesn't make sense but.... California.
And people wonder why the equipment costs so much. A pump and system designed to move a corrosive liquid vs. one for “fresh” water.For real ….i don’t know ?
If they don’t use salt water , is it because it spreads future rust and such through out the plane ?
We used salt water to fight fires on ship ….If the ship ran out of desalinated water to make steam for the catapults to launch aircraft , they even pumped salt water to the heads for “ salt water showers “ . They provided some sort of soap that didn’t lather or work
I wonder what the price tag on that unit is. I would guess it’s well North of $1M
They started getting water out of the ocean as soon as they could get the aircraft back up. When you have 100 mph winds, you can’t fly and water drops would be useless. Strong winds are going to pick up again tonight and last until Wednesday so this is far from containment.
Did he towel you off afterwards?I had a friend that was in EOD on my ship. During “no fresh water showers allowed “ time …. he had a deep sink in his shack with fresh water to rinse the salt from diving gear. He would run a couple of gallons in the sink and I took a bath
This is why I post those stuff. Too many people missed seeing it
He sued his employer (Dea) afterwards
He is more than welcome to atone for his wicked deeds by serving an appropriate sentence behind bars, alongside other men who have done wrong. Dismissal of wrongdoing is not how any justice works. You harm someone, you don't get to say "I am sorry" and walk away. There is a reason why we voted the way we voted this year. Our elected representatives must now make those who have done harm previously pay for those deeds with the full weight of the law and the penal system.
That ain't a cougar. That's a Sabretooth.
Did he lather you up and scrub your back for you like a good shipmate?I had a friend that was in EOD on my ship. During “no fresh water showers allowed “ time …. he had a deep sink in his shack with fresh water to rinse the salt from diving gear. He would run a couple of gallons in the sink and I took a bath
