Hot Water Wrote:
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> ron Wrote:
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> > Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> > > Where are you going to get the water to do
> this
> > in
> > > a dry year?
> >
> >
> > Depends on the location. Dunsmuir & Weed for
> > example have water. UP is a huge system it's
> > probably flooding somewhere back east or down
> > south.. They can haul water from anywhere at
> their
> > cost. Get emergency permits to draw water out
> of
> > local rivers . The Sacramento,
> Feather,American,
> > Trinity for example. Irrigation channels,
> recycled
> > water out of sewage treatment plants.Some
> > treatment plants still have spurs from the
> days
> > of shipping chlorine.Keep the water tank cars
> full
> > and place them where it's most likely they
> would
> > be needed.Keep a constant eye on weather
> patterns
> > where lightning or strong wind is predicted.
>
> Do you REALLy believe the UP, or BNSF, have THAT
> many tankcars and crews available to haul water
> from ANYWHERE, and then return the empty cars to
> get more?????? You be drinking/smoking the good
> stuff.

Ten loaded tank cars of water staged in the areas of high fire danger across the western mountain passes. In Dunsmuir, Portola, Cascade Summit, Norden, Tehachapi, Hinkle. Add a few more towns to make say ten areas of stored water for fires . I think UP or BNSF could come up with a hundred tank cars apiece.Even old tank cars near retirement would work so long as they pass FRA and don't leak water.When I say draw water from anywhere of course I mean the closest available source but how much would it cost UP to ship water across its system . Chump change.. The tank cars would be like fire insurance and only used if needed so they are not be returned to get more water unless they are being used. No extra crews needed unless they are fighting fires. The cars staged with regular crews on manifest freights.UP and BNSF are both very profitable companies and could do this but as I said it may be cheaper and far less hassle to just let things burn up and repair it afterwards.And let me be clear I don't smoke anything but if you consider beer the good stuff, yes I be drinking now and then. Sure.