Thursday, June 4, 2020

Sedition, Looters, Bambi-Buckets, and Phos-Chek

Sedition, Looters, Bambi-Buckets, and Phos-Chek
Excerpt: A bit of creativity is in order: Federal and state governments have such devices but they don’t belong to law enforcement. They belong to departments of agriculture (i.e. the forest service). The tools are called Bambi Bucket and Phos-Chek. The Bambi Bucket is a collapsible fabric cylinder which, depending on size, holds 72 to 2,600 gallons. It hangs on a long cable from a variety of helicopters and can be refilled by lowering it into a lake, river, pond, or even a swimming pool. The idea is to be able to put out small wildfires right away, from any nearby water source. Phos-Chek is a fire suppression “goop” made of ammonium polyphosphate, diammonium phosphate, diammonium sulfate, monoammonium phosphate, attapulgus clay and guar gum. The phosphates and sulfates suppress wood fires; the clay and gum make the slurry sticky . . . really sticky. And one more thing, it can be dyed any color, but hot pink seems to be most in style. Did I mention that Phos-Chek is also a dandy fertilizer? [This is a GREAT and creative idea. I’d suggest it be combined with there being no particular urgency to deliver the paddy-wagons full of those arrested to wherever the judge is waiting to release them on zero bail. “We waited until we had a full load, Your Honor. It took a few hours longer than we expected. Sorry there were no restroom facilities in the wagons for those handcuffed inside them. We’ll try to have that worked out soon.” Ron P.]

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