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FTA: “ You may wonder why such flammable and hazardous material is stored in a place where weather conditions exceed 50 degrees Celsius” Not to be too snarky,

FTA: “ You may wonder why such flammable and hazardous material is stored in a place where weather conditions exceed 50 degrees Celsius” Not to be too snarky, but if you wonder this, you don’t have much of a grasp of how fire works. This wasn’t spontaneous combustion, and tires burn just as well at 2* as they do at 50*…

JPKab 5y ago
I thought the same thing. Looking at the last 18 months of utter and complete quantitative illiteracy on display in journalistic institutions covering COVID, I'm not surprise at this absurdly simplistic thinking on other subjects. Edit: You weren't being snarky, and have every right to complain about ignorant, non-analytical people being given a platform to write foolish statements like "it's hot there so fires start easier".
version_five 5y ago
The article read like it was written by GPT, I don't think we can read too much into any "analysis" it makes, it's just filler to get to a word count.
aaron695 5y ago
The Sun thinks the same - "Many have questioned the wisdom of storing such combustible materials in a country where the temperatures brush 50C." - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15778161/worlds-biggest-graveyard-fire-smoke-space/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15778161/worlds-biggest-gravey... So does the Australian government - "The higher the temperature the more likely it is that a fire will start or continue to burn. This is because the fuel is closer to its ignition point at high temperatures and pre-heated fuel loads burn faster." - https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/community-safety/bushfire https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/community-safety/bus... I think to prove they are wrong is complicated. What they say is true. Intuition also makes people think it's true (anyone who's started a fire on a hot day knows it rips). You have to simulate this effect is orders of magnitude lower than the other effects. Of which it's still hard to know which one that counts. Is it wind speed or the missing moisture or are they the same order of magnitude? But one shouldn't complain about an article that thinks tires tires get executed when they are old, that's cute - "filled to the brim with executed car tires"

JPKab 5y ago

I thought the same thing. Looking at the last 18 months of utter and complete quantitative illiteracy on display in journalistic institutions covering COVID, I'm not surprise at this absurdly simplistic thinking on other subjects. Edit: You weren't being snarky, and have every right to complain about ignorant, non-analytical people being given a platform to write foolish statements like "it's hot there so fires start easier".

version_five 5y ago

The article read like it was written by GPT, I don't think we can read too much into any "analysis" it makes, it's just filler to get to a word count.

aaron695 5y ago

The Sun thinks the same - "Many have questioned the wisdom of storing such combustible materials in a country where the temperatures brush 50C." - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15778161/worlds-biggest-graveyard-fire-smoke-space/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15778161/worlds-biggest-gravey... So does the Australian government - "The higher the temperature the more likely it is that a fire will start or continue to burn. This is because the fuel is closer to its ignition point at high temperatures and pre-heated fuel loads burn faster." - https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/community-safety/bushfire https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/community-safety/bus... I think to prove they are wrong is complicated. What they say is true. Intuition also makes people think it's true (anyone who's started a fire on a hot day knows it rips). You have to simulate this effect is orders of magnitude lower than the other effects. Of which it's still hard to know which one that counts. Is it wind speed or the missing moisture or are they the same order of magnitude? But one shouldn't complain about an article that thinks tires tires get executed when they are old, that's cute - "filled to the brim with executed car tires"