On Tue, May 6, 2008 10:19 am, Bob La Quey wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Doug LaRue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ** Reply to message from Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, >> 05 May >> 2008 22:46:03 -0700 >> >> >> > I'm still watching this one. >> > >> > However, one plus that Sanders has in his corner is that he got the >> fire >> > handling right. Yeah, it wasn't all Sanders, and he is benefiting >> from >> > the hindsight of the Cedar fires. However, it was a model of >> > competency--he had the right people in the right positions. >> >> ah, because we no longer send out the large majority of our fire >> fighting >> personnel and equipment without the ability to recall them and Sanders >> gets credit for this? > > > Guys, guys. The way you deal with fires is to prevent them from > getting big. Now almost everyone thinks this is not possible. > > I disagree. > > The way to stop large fires is to find them when they are very small > and put them out in a hurry. Once you let them grow for ten to thirty > minutes it is going to be too late in the dry windy fire season. Early > detection and very rapid response is the path toward a solution. We > could do two things that would dramatically reduce the likelihood of > these huge fires. > >
The way the Park Service does it is to _start_ small fires. Controlled burns from time to time to reduce the underbrush and kindling. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
