Kittamaru Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Well... I was wondering about something... But I dont' know if it's at ALL feasible... using Dry Ice pellets to seed the clouds and force it to rain. I know it requires certain conditions but... with that kind of convection, what's the humidity like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 humidity? Lets see I'll give you an idea of what it feels like outside....go get a hair dryer...turn the heat on low and the fan on high set it about 3' away from you and thats what the conditions are like out here (not all places but mostly where these fires are) I got off the plane in Charlotte for Christmas and about died...I love the humidity out here with my asthma...I can breathe better here than back home, even with the horrible air quality Californians complain about humidity some days and I laugh and ask what humidity? Tomorrows Forecast where I live: Mostly Sunny High 100°F Precip 10% Wind: SW 13 mph Max. Humidity: 29% UV Index: 10+ Extreme Where the Piute Fire is: Mostly Sunny High 97°F Precip 10% Wind: WSW 11 mph Max. Humidity: 33% UV Index: 10+ Extreme Even if you could cause a gullywasher outta the south east and kill the flames...you then have to worry about land/mud slides which I think are worse than the fires themselves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittamaru Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Aighty, I had thought that, if nothing more, the extreme amount of rising hot air cooling in the upper atmosphere would increase the humidity at altitude enough for such a plan... but yeah, then the mudslides and chit... bah. You know what... fskc it. Someone get a bunch of chinooks and drop a glacier on it J/K of course... but there has to be some way to help contain these beasts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Rain on the Piute Fire area(mud slide): http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/495806.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissyota88 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Heres a lil funfact for you about the fires... the president is in my town right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Must....... not...... make......... crude.......... comments I hate the Shrub. Arnie (the governator) has been here several times. I can only imagine the traffic snafu having GW in town. Containment is at 80% and getting better every day. Humidity is still way up (which means all of 30% up here!) and progress is rapid. No homes threatened. Still lots of chopper flights dumping water on hot spots. Smoke is much improved as well. Can even see the foothills every now and then (they are about 4 miles away). Even saw some blue sky the other day! Still only one human death reported - a somewhat unique individual ("touched" may be a good word to use here) who refused to evacuate in Concow and whose property was clearly not prepared to endure fire. Sad story, but his choice - which I believe in letting people have. Lots of firefighter injuries, but only a couple moderate to serious. All in all, an impressive display. Personal notes: 1 colleage had fire line 50 feet from house, another had it within 20! The fire crew (an inmate crew) did an amazing job saving his home - they cut and removed all trees near the house and hand cleared (hand hoe) a wide strip around his house. All in 100+ temps with fire racing towards them. They left an empty water bottle box with their crew number and names signed on it so he actually gets to know who to thank! So many stories like that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 COOL!!! (Burn Shrubs) B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 (which means all of 30% up here!) CA cracks me up...every1 at work is like its so humid and I'm like theres humidity right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 The longest 6 months of my life were spent in Biloxi, Mississippi. Good god.... I can handle 110 if it's dry, but anythin over about 85 degrees at 90+ is absolute torture. After living here for 30 years, my body has adapted to produce plenty of perspiration to keep me comfortable in the dry heat. But that not so good for comfort when humidity is high! I looked like a pro basketball player last week when it was 95 and 45%.... the sweat was dripping profusely. Just nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I hear ya...I was born and raised in NC...and I have always sweated like a stuck pig...even out here in the dry...when I 1st moved out here it was like 110 out and the neighbor walked over and he was like ohh man are you alright I've never seen anyone sweat like that... I do like the dry for my asthma...I went back for Christmas last year and it was like 30 out with 85% humid and I was just dripping sweat and the air was heavy... Looks like they've been getting most of these fires under control...i've noticed a huge drop in the amount of smoke in the air which is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hack hack, cough cough. After several days of nice Delta breezes, the southerlies shut off and the palor has returned. I forgot just how unpleasant the smoke is.... Maybe next month will be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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