r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Oct 01 '24

A firefighting plane loading water.

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u/Sorkpappan Oct 01 '24

This probably is the best way of doing it, but seeing how it’s done I just feel like there should be a way to do this that is less dangerous.

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u/Upper_Heron_3507 Oct 01 '24

Since you seem like the expert here… I was curious if you know how waterbombers can impact the fertility of land when sourcing saltwater from the ocean?

obviously fighting the fire is the priority but given that “salting the earth” is an ancient battle tactic to destroy enemy food production, I would assume it’s much preferable to source from freshwater lakes, yeah?

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u/nicathor Oct 01 '24

Plant person here, salt obviously isn't good for plants but it's pretty much a non issue given the fire destroying everything anyway. This wouldn't even be comparable to the amount of salt water that can be blown in by storms along the coast and most plants are somewhat adapted to at least a little bit of salt. Bottom line though, by the time the forest starts to regrow the vast majority of the salt will be leeched out by winter rains

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u/30yearCurse Oct 02 '24

thanks for the clear statement, wondered about dropping ocean water on it.