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To: FtrPilot

Extinguishing tire fires is difficult. The fire releases a dark, rich smoke that contains cyanide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and products of butadiene and styrene. Burning tires are heated, and, as they have a low thermal conductivity, they are difficult to cool down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_fire

World’s Biggest Tyre Graveyard Kuwait’s Sulaibiya On Fire | Newsmo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJPxWu0qqiQ


8,295 posted on 11/14/2024 5:52:11 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
Russia has rejoined the Soviet Union (by itself). Repression, by some measures, is now exceeding even some of Stalin's reign.

Kyiv Post reports:

Russian Court Upholds 12-Year Sentence for US-Russian Woman Over $50 Pro-Ukraine Donation

"32-year-old ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina, arrested in Yekaterinburg in January 2024, faces 12 years in a penal colony. Originally charged with hooliganism, it was later upgraded to treason."


8,303 posted on 11/14/2024 8:09:33 AM PST by BeauBo
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