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Those poor Aussies though. Dam. There really isn't a whole lot of standardization for wildfire training as compared to residential/commercial. It's mostly just prevention, and most times it's unavoidable or too coincidental to prepare for. |
^ I forgot that you know about firefighter training! Yes, it's one thing to have a mock-up for an urban fire. With a wildfire, you can't set fire to a forest to practise on, and of course a real wildfire is on such a big scale...
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... meanwhile the ecological disaster that is Donald Trump continues its dirty work. This latest move will allow for unprecedented levels of water contamination:-
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51225604 :Trump Rolls Back US Water Pollution Controls Sometimes I pull out a quote to give the gist of an article, but this one is such a compendium of disastrous news that it's hard to choose one sentence. :( |
It’s the logical conclusion of private property.
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Property is theft! This is a perfect example. Does nature belong to all of is or to just the person the law claims it belongs? It’s time we took a hard stance against private property whether the owner is Putin or Zuckerberg. |
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I’ve been saying this for years. Every ounce of coal and oil and every fossil fuel is going to be burnt for energy. Even if it’s outlawed it’ll be sold onthe black market. It’s too convenient and too powerful to go unused. It might as well be free heroin in Seattle. |
Well, considering how Japan feels about nuclear power at this point, it doesn't surprise me in the least.
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The Taal volcano in the Phillipines:
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...19&oe=5EC9D9A9 Violently stunning. |
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