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05-15-14, 02:43 PM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
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An average surface fire on the forest floor might have flames reaching 1 metre in height and can reach temperatures of 800°C (1,472°F) or more. Under extreme conditions a fire can give off 10,000 kilowatts or more per metre of fire front. This would mean flame heights of 50 metres or more and flame temperatures exceeding 1200°C (2,192°F).The flash point, or the temperature at which wood will burst into flame, is 572°F, A pyroclastic flow (also known scientifically as a pyroclastic density current) is a fast-moving current of hot and rock (collectively known as Tephra), which reaches speeds moving away from a volcano of up to 700 km/h (450 mph). The gas can reach temperatures of about 1,000 °C (1,830 °F). Pyroclastic flows normally hug the ground and travel downhill, or spread laterally under gravity. Those reaching the river or sea and flowing below the surface are lahars. Their speed depends upon the density of the current, the volcanic output rate, and the gradient of the slope. They are a common and devastating result of certain explosive volcanic eruptions. Whether a 'tephra in my toga' circa 79 AD-Vesuvius-due again (last blew in 1944) or a Lahar in my neoprene dive-suit off Hawaii's Kilauea volcano-due anytime! I fear my gandu is "frickaseed' either way 
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05-15-14, 04:15 PM
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Chief of the Boat
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Now enough is enough if you'd be so kind!!
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05-15-14, 09:49 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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05-16-14, 05:01 AM
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Aceydeucy
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05-16-14, 12:29 PM
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Sonar Guy
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They've started arrests on possible suspects for starting the fires.
Where I live, the air is getting smoky and the sunlight is even brown at some points. They're still popping up all over too. AND they just happen to be headed for where I live.
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05-17-14, 03:46 AM
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Commodore
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I almost lost my house in the 07' harris fire.
seems theres quite a few of us San Diegans on subsim. We should start a SD charter 
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05-17-14, 06:58 AM
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Fleet Admiral
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Back in the 1970's when I lived next to the LA national forest (prime brush fire area), there was actually a city ordinance that REQUIRED all of the houses to have roofs made of wood shake shingles. You could not have ceramic or any of the artificial wood shingles. By law, we had to have a very flammable roof material.
 Dry, wood shingles on a house where there are brush fires almost on a yearly basis. What could possibly be wrong with that?    It was not until the 1980's that people were able to start replacing roofs with a synthetic wood shingle that, honestly, looked way better than real wood.
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05-17-14, 07:42 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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05-17-14, 07:54 PM
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Sonar Guy
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Thank you.
They've put some of them out, but there are still more. For example, A fire near Las Pulgas (creatively called the Las Pulgas Fire) started yesterday and has already burned 15000 acres, 0% contained. Although, as of today, nearly all of them have been contained, put out, or are in mop-up. If that's the last of it, and no more happens this year (May is EXTREMELY early for fires, usually occur in October), then Firestorm 2014 is over.  No human or domestic animal casualties, but over 25000 acres burned, over 20 houses burned, and an est. $3.0 million (~6.5-7.0 pounds I think) lost.
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