Australia's largest stock trading and investment forum Australia's #1 stock forum

Tathra Fires, page-29

First 29 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
blooreeler

11,995 Posts.

13

28/03/18

14:37

Post #: 32090251
Share

Originally posted by macgee ↑

It is just so easy to stop burning embers from igniting a house - just wetting the roof would be enough in most cases.

mate, garden hoses collapse and melt adding to the fire, that's if you have water
as the power is usually gone.
all available water will be sucked up by the tankers,
you will have next to no pressure.

get out of your armchair, join your local RFS,
stand in front of a wall of flame 30 metres high,
watch your water hose steaming from the heat
as the paint blisters on the firetruck,
and dont forget to tell your fellow brigade members
whose houses may in the direct line of the fire as
try to stem the front and contain the fire
that everything is okay - you've got a sprinkler on your roof !
flashover happens at 600 deg C, look it up ,
nah, dont bother, just keep squirting !

Expand

MAC
Flames 30 metres high.
No hazard reduction......obvious.
Greenies fault entirely and they
are not about to change
More live will be lost....30
metres high....God help
those in front of that
Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

SEG

Sports Entertainment Group to acquire MediaWorks for NZ$130m

SXL

Southern Cross Media earnings: $9.9m profit as TV slump drives deeper cost cuts

Wednesday’s HotCopper trends: Mount Ridley Mines, Pathkey.AI, Elixir Energy and other daily topics

ASX Today: XJO pulls back as Brent brushes US$90/bbl ahead of looming US CPI read

SIX

Sprintex targeting a US$4 billion market with a new China partnership

First 29 Last