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Never a dull moment
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:04 am
by DLThomas
What do you get with 4 - 5% humidity, 30 - 35 mph winds, and 98 degrees Farenheit?
A 700+ acre wildfire in less than a blink of an eye...
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/photographs/2940/" target="_blank" target="_blank
Dave (from the tinder box) Thomas
Re: Never a dull moment
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:25 pm
by Dan Schultz
bloke wrote:.... bloke "It's scary. Not expecting anyone's assistance or help in such an emergency, I have - stored out in the barn...right inside the door - a Honda portable water pump and 3" diameter fire hose ready to go (plenty of hose to make it from the pond to the house and outbuildings)"
Yeah... I'll bet those 'Lincoln Logs' would burn real good!
I damned near caught my house on fire a couple of decades ago when it was this hot and dry. A plain old grass fire ignited some tall weeds next to the house that I had failed to cut down. Stupid combined with stupid can get bad very quickly!
Re: Never a dull moment
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:27 pm
by Dan Schultz
bloke wrote:..... it's fairly difficult to catch a solid array of horizontal 8" diameter solid logs on fire from little more than a quickly-passing grass fire...
...but I'm ready anyway.
bloke "who has no trees of any size anywhere close to the house"
Yes.... it would take one hell of a grass fire or storm to do any damage to your place.
Re: Never a dull moment
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:53 am
by alfredr
Hmmmm.....Generally trees are seen as being good for the environment in general. I'll go out and hug a few.
Re: Never a dull moment
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:46 pm
by Mark
bloke wrote:I have - stored out in the barn...right inside the door - a Honda portable water pump and 3" diameter fire hose ready to go (plenty of hose to make it from the pond to the house and outbuildings)"
Will your government allow you to use your water in your pond to save your house? Wouldn't you be destroying a protected wetland?
Re: Never a dull moment
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:41 pm
by TubaRay
bloke wrote:Mark wrote:bloke wrote:I have - stored out in the barn...right inside the door - a Honda portable water pump and 3" diameter fire hose ready to go (plenty of hose to make it from the pond to the house and outbuildings)"
Will your government allow you to use your water in your pond to save your house? Wouldn't you be destroying a protected wetland?
Whoops. I guess I'd better check into that sometime.
If it were my place, and it was being threatened by fire, I sure wouldn't be asking for permission!