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How do you extinguish an oil-well fire? Enter the "Big Wind" with two jet engines on a tank chassis. "The water is moving at a maximum rate of 220 gallons of wa

• hakoda 11mo ago
  You could also nuke it; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtabulak_gas_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtabulak_gas_field
  • Cthulhu_ 11mo ago
    And since we're in this thread, you can also pump out the fuel from the sides: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater Of course, you probably want to put out a leak a bit faster than after 55 years.
• dewey 11mo ago
  Tangentially related and recommended. Werner Herzog's film that also features longer sections on the fire fighting efforts on the oil fields. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessons_of_Darkness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessons_of_Darkness
  • nchmy 11mo ago
    Someone just recommended this to me the other day! I must also recommend the recently-deceased legend Sebastiao Salgado's photos from Kuwait oil fires. https://publicdelivery.org/sebastiao-salgado-kuwait/ https://publicdelivery.org/sebastiao-salgado-kuwait/
    • slybot 11mo ago
      https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3674140/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3674140/ I watched this movie on cinema a decade ago. Highly recommended.
      • nchmy 11mo ago
        It is, indeed, a tremendous documentary. He's one of my greatest inspirations.
  • echelon_musk 11mo ago
    For lighter viewing there is Sorcerer (1977) [0] with Roy Scheider. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerer_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerer_(film)
    • dreamcompiler 11mo ago
      Great Tangerine Dream soundtrack too.
      • PaulDavisThe1st 11mo ago
        firefighter and tangerine dream fan, eh? we should cross paths ...
        • dreamcompiler 11mo ago
          Pretty sure I'm just down the road from you too.
          • PaulDavisThe1st 11mo ago
            north-central NM ?
            • dreamcompiler 11mo ago
              yep
              • PaulDavisThe1st 11mo ago
                Santa Fe County, eastern region, here.
                • dreamcompiler 11mo ago
                  Sent you some email. Might have gone to spam.
  • mtmail 11mo ago
    Video is hosted on archive.org https://archive.org/details/lessons-of-darkness-1992 https://archive.org/details/lessons-of-darkness-1992