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nathaniel

fighting oil fires

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> the classic method (red adair style) is using a lot of water and dynamite,
> but is pretty slow. a hungarian team has developed a better and cheaper
> method: they mounted two mig(jet)-engines on a t34 chassis and used them to
> blow out the fire with a special water/foam mixture. proved to be a very
> good method in kuwait.


Its inherent fault was that, IIRC, they could only operate both engines
together at about 30% thrust. Any attempt to increase the thrust usually
resulted in it burning out the brakes and taking off down the road at
considerable speed. Its nickname was 'Saddam Husseins Getaway Car'


My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?

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