11-11-2021, 08:52 PM
(11-11-2021, 06:20 AM)LP link Wrote:While acknowledging climate change is real, I'm not going to discount the historical truth that humans on both sides of this debate contribute equally to the bushfire issues through ridiculous land management politics, and the situation is getting worse not better!
In one regional district, I recently came across a news article reporting efforts by a councillor to move a ban on the planting of gum trees, because they are dangerous in bush fires and storms!
Why do fires burn intensely?
One simple answer (in terms of what man can control).
Fuel load.
Byrams's Fire Intensity Equation - simple, clear, precise.
The unequivocal standard for nearly 70 years.
I = Hwr
I = intensity (kW/m)
H = heat yield of fuel (J/g)
w= fuel consumed (kg/m2)
r = spread (m/sec)
Finals, then 4 in a row!