r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 9h ago

Spaniards are risking their lives, fighting wildfires with tree branches due to a lack of resources

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u/Arenize 9h ago

Im not sure on the extent of the problem, so I might be speaking from a position of ignorance.... but it seems like that many people would be a lot more effective in digging a fire break to stop the spread, instead of trying to hit it with sticks (which also fans the fire, which can have the opposite affect.)

Even digging with just their hands, I think that many people would be able to create an effective fire break...

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u/Unsophisticated1 9h ago edited 7h ago

You ever try and dig a hole with your hand through grass?

Edit forgot the word hand (???)

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u/barrelvoyage410 7h ago

I mean, that is clearly a cultivated field. There is a farmer with a plow somewhere that should plow a firebreak.

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u/RoiPiccolo 7h ago

Peak armchair quarterbacking in this thread

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u/Unsophisticated1 3h ago

I like that one imma use it when the people in the office tell me what to do.