That would just fan the flames in each state to create a climate catastrophe
clay monroe redgh...@comcast.net > On Aug 22, 2018, at 12:17 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > As an alternative proposal... I suggest we line up all the politicians in > California, Oregon and Washington, and have them talk non-stop for 24 > hrs.... With all the blowhards working together, surely they could generate > sufficient hot airflow... > > [it's sarcasm folks... smile] > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> The Niagara wineries have just such windmills, which are gas powered and >> pointed down to blow away/dissipate early frosts and save the vines. >> >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, the box fans idea is silly. A better plan would be to use all the >>> wind generators, power them up to blow air instead of generate power, and >>> point them at Canada. That would move a lot of smoke! >>> >>> People (other than antifa) around here have been wearing masks lately! >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of >> Andrew >>> Strasfogel via Mercedes >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 11:43 AM >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List >>> Cc: Andrew Strasfogel >>> Subject: [MBZ] OT: A new law of thermodynamics >>> >>> 'Ridiculous' Spokane event calls for blowing smoke to CanadaPublished: >>> Wednesday, August 22, 2018 >>> >>> A Facebook event that's planned for noon Friday calls for Spokane, Wash., >>> residents to put at least five box fans on their roofs, set them on high >>> and point them toward "northeastern Canada." >>> >>> The effort is meant to blow wildfire smoke across the U.S. border. >>> >>> Caleb Moon, a Spokane resident and the organizer of the event titled >> "Blow >>> Spokane's Smoke Away to Canada," says he's serious. >>> >>> "We figure a small box fan can move smoke about 6 feet, so if you put >>> 500,000 of them together, you can do the math on that, we can probably >> get >>> it pretty far into Canada," Moon said, acknowledging that his love of >>> hockey and Canadian bacon makes him feel bad that there's no other >>> solution. >>> >>> The plan won't work and is "very ridiculous," says Sarah Henderson, >> senior >>> environmental health scientist at the British Columbia Centre for Disease >>> Control. >>> >>> "One sort of floor fan could move a little smoke around, but there's no >> way >>> that a large group of fans is going to move as much smoke as there >> actually >>> is," she told Global News. >>> >>> One fan has a radius of influence of about 10 feet, she added. >>> >>> "So all it's going to do is clear smoke, maybe, out of that 10 feet, but >> a >>> fan also pulls. It doesn't just push air, it pulls air through it." >>> >>> California wildfires are contributing to the smoke in Spokane. >>> >>> The smoke is expected to start clearing in western Washington tomorrow >> and >>> eastern Washington on Friday (Ferreras/Lazatin, Global News >>> <https://globalnews.ca/news/4398753/spokane-fan-wildfire-smoke-canada/>, >>> Aug. 20). *— CC* >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
