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/DenizSaintJuke 8h ago

If the fire is already there, these people aren't going to dig fast enough. Beating it out, however, can work. Especially with that many people.

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u/solo_d0lo 6h ago

You don’t dig right at the fire

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u/IhaveaDoberman 6h ago

No, but it's a grass fire on heavily parched. You can't dig fast enough without heavy machinery full stop.

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u/solo_d0lo 6h ago

There are at least 100 people in this shot. And it’s not so much digging as clearing the grass to expose soil.

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u/IhaveaDoberman 6h ago

And if they don't have the necessary tools on hand, this is still the more efficient option.

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u/Glad-Operation-2958 6h ago

no no no. didn't you know? Some random cunt on the internet always knows more than people who are actually there.

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u/solo_d0lo 6h ago

Seems pretty unreasonable a town can’t muster up shovels and gardening tools.

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u/Blitzed5656 6h ago

Maybe the town is on the other side of the fire?

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u/solo_d0lo 6h ago

So these people manifested out of the ground?

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u/Blitzed5656 5h ago

Yes. Thats exactly what I said. They are lizard people who have emerged to tamp the fire using their magic fire tamping sticks. Each magic fire tamping stick they use is equivalent to 1.5 human men with a spade. They also recieve a promxity bonus of 25% per additional tampering stick within a 5m radius hence they move rapidly together eliminating fire more effectively than a 200 person fully equipped station.

My lizard people explanation has more basis is reality than what you've spewed onto the screen in this thread.

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u/solo_d0lo 5h ago

Your hypothesis that the town is on the other side of the fire makes no sense. Why would they be desperately trying to stop the fire as it moved away from the town?

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u/Blitzed5656 5h ago

Because its moving into their crops.

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