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Article #16Re: Blowing out the Canberra fires, and possibly others as well...
From: ahennell
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 01:48
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 01:48
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Marco Desloovere wrote: > I was wondering whether it would be possible to blow out the Canberra > fires using helicopters? Just like one would blow out the flame of a > candle... - Energy required to "blow" out a fire would be phenominal. - Smoke usually travels with the fire - in the direction you'd have the choppers approaching from - stopping any visability - Formation flying that close to eachother, and that close the ground is never a good idea at the best of times (SAS & Blackhawk?) - Wouldn't produce enough 'wind' to make much effect - You'd end up, if anything, spreading fire more than putting it out - Heat of the ground will simply reignite anything you do manage to blow out - The energy of a moving fire front is simply massive. These fires give off the equivalent force of many hiroshima bombs during their burn. Nup, I can't see it working.
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