Farm tractor implements hitting rocks causing sparks
I get why the fires spread so far and so rapidly on windy days but what starts them in the first place?
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I see that stitt lost his farm and house.
My neighbor started his lawnmower and was mowing at 7 PM the evening of the big fire fire day. That's one way fires start, sparks from the muffler of. mower or even if he hits a rock sometimes a spark is created.
Aside from that, I heard that Texas shuts down the electric flow on power lines during high winds and fired days and Oklahoma is considering doing the same. This sounds very reasonable in that many homes would still be standing had the electric been cut off in Oklahoma.
Aside from that, I heard that Texas shuts down the electric flow on power lines during high winds and fired days and Oklahoma is considering doing the same. This sounds very reasonable in that many homes would still be standing had the electric been cut off in Oklahoma.
Thing about cutting power would be killing water wells and medical devices. I'd assume most people would have some type of backup on the medical stuff, but don't know about the water well side. May be moot, but dunno.
I’d like to see a mythbusters on the “coke bottle in the sun” thing….
Me too. I've heard it forever but would like to see it done.
Thanks for the added comment. I never thought about medical devices, freezers, refrigerators etc. But if they were even to shut off power during the day it'd help stave off some of the fires. I do have backup that would run a CPAP overnight and beyond. I guess the government would have to consider the overall cost and whether it'd be worth it to shut down for 12-14 hours.
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This doesn't happen every day. It's easy in hindsight to say it would have been a great idea, but while you're having to make those decisions you don't really know what's going to happen. Can you imagine if they shut off everyone's power every time the wind got up?
That's true, if only I had 20/20" front sight" I wouldn't have made so many mistakes... H9nd sight is ok, we all have that but I need more front sight.
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