I've seen these videos multiple times but some people with knowledge of forest fires have commented that this is a method of actually fighting these out of control fires. Supposedly it's a method of containment in some regard if you strategically set flame to certain areas.
It's a legit method of control; A fire needs three things to burn, those being flammable material, sufficient heat to ignite the material, and oxygen to accelerate the flame (producing more heat, which ignites surrounding material in an exponential growth as the fire's surface area increases).
A carefully controlled burn over an area in the path the fire is spreading in, ahead of that fire, helps prevent further spread by removing flammable material.
See how information that is real and true is confusing to people that aren't involved? The world is large and complex and what absolutely looks like one thing doesn't mean that's what it is. And that's fine. It's a big complex world. It's wrong to purposely confuse or waste people's time. It's good to educate and walk on confidently.
Only mentioned here because it's my pet peeve and it's wrecking people's lives being manipulated like that. I expect it from media companies, not "teammates".
In hindsight, I could have clarified that just because a controlled burn is a legitimate strategy, it does not necessarily mean that this is what is occurring.
I saw pictures on Twitter of helicopters flying low with flamethrowers starting fires.. Of course not sure of the accuracy.
I've seen these videos multiple times but some people with knowledge of forest fires have commented that this is a method of actually fighting these out of control fires. Supposedly it's a method of containment in some regard if you strategically set flame to certain areas.
It's a legit method of control; A fire needs three things to burn, those being flammable material, sufficient heat to ignite the material, and oxygen to accelerate the flame (producing more heat, which ignites surrounding material in an exponential growth as the fire's surface area increases).
A carefully controlled burn over an area in the path the fire is spreading in, ahead of that fire, helps prevent further spread by removing flammable material.
See how information that is real and true is confusing to people that aren't involved? The world is large and complex and what absolutely looks like one thing doesn't mean that's what it is. And that's fine. It's a big complex world. It's wrong to purposely confuse or waste people's time. It's good to educate and walk on confidently.
Only mentioned here because it's my pet peeve and it's wrecking people's lives being manipulated like that. I expect it from media companies, not "teammates".
In hindsight, I could have clarified that just because a controlled burn is a legitimate strategy, it does not necessarily mean that this is what is occurring.