every year in southern california, our parks and forests burn hundreds of thousands of acres. why cant someone figure out a better way than a stupid hose and big "buckets" on choppers.
2006-09-25 14:52:10 · 3 answers · asked by i tell it like it is 3 in Environment
*The forests could be cleared out from time to time so the materials such as dead grasses and old wood that ignite so easily could be eliminated. The almost annual forest fires in California are so expensive and devastating that forestry management should be a priority.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
2006-09-25 15:46:47 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the spread is a chaotic system, there are too many variables and if you have ever solved a many body problem you will know that the problem is not the technology but to know how and where it will move and spread, wind changes in a practically aleatory way so the complexity of the system makes it impossible to respond fast enough to extinguish unless you have a huge set of counter measures, and as you can imagine that requires a huge amount of money which means huge taxes.
there are especial air sucking bombs but still the area of effect is just not enough to attack the dimensions of the fires.
2006-09-25 15:23:44 · answer #2 · answered by Tlalticpac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we are small and the fire is huge??!! the things that we can do is limited to our size.
one other way i can think of is to use a huge missile and fill it up with CO2. shoot it to the specific area and douse the fire. Dunno if that's been done
2006-09-25 15:06:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋