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Man uses Bud Lite to keep wildfire flames away from California home
UPI ^ | Aug. 24, 2020 / 2:51 PM | Ben Hooper

Posted on 08/27/2020 6:39:49 AM PDT by Red Badger

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A California man attempting to defend his home from a wildfire said he turned to an unusual source of help when his water was shut off: several cases of Bud Lite beer.

Chad Little said he decided to stay behind when his family evacuated their Vacaville home last week as the LNU Lightning Complex Fires approached their neighborhood.

Little said he had hoses set up around the house to provide a consistent source of water to keep the flames away from the house, but he started worrying when the water to the area was shut off.

The homeowner, whose house previously burned down five years ago in a fire sparked by an attic fan, said he grabbed one of his 30-packs of Bud Lite cans.

"That was the only thing I had that I had a lot of, and it was wet," he told The Vacaville Reporter. "Luckily, I had a bunch of cases of Bud Light and I was able to get it out."

Little pulled away some sheet metal from the wall of his workshop and used an exposed nail to pop holes in the cans.

"When I ripped up the sheet metal, it had a nail, so I was just shaking it up, popping it just and spraying them, popping it out and grabbing another one," Little told KCRA-TV. "My buddies all tease me about drinking water beer, and I say, 'Hey, saved my shop.'"

He said firefighters eventually arrived in the neighborhood and helped keep the flames away from his home.

Little said his carport burned to the ground, but his home was untouched by the flames.

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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: alcohol; beer; bud; fire
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To: V_TWIN

Why didn’t he just use the pop tab?.......................


21 posted on 08/27/2020 7:01:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................)
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To: Larry Lucido

yeah definitely a drinker but for a fire that is hardly anything the real story is the fire fighters got there in time, 30 cases at 12oz a can is like just 67 gallons and its not clear that it was 30 cases but maybe 30 6 packs-sounds like Budweiser PR guys got out a good story


22 posted on 08/27/2020 7:01:45 AM PDT by JBourne
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To: GOP_Raider; rzeznikj at stout; quantim; NautiNurse

Beer Ping!.................


23 posted on 08/27/2020 7:03:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Amen. Drinking Lite beer is like kissing your sister. A total waste of time.


24 posted on 08/27/2020 7:06:10 AM PDT by animal172 (Call me simply deplor)
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To: Red Badger

It's got Electrolytes! It's what fires crave!

25 posted on 08/27/2020 7:06:41 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger
"Your house is about catch fire? Sorry, but you can't have my Bud Lite."
26 posted on 08/27/2020 7:16:04 AM PDT by Moorings
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To: Red Badger

InBev should make a commercial out of this incident.
It makes for a great story.
The local Bud distributer should replace his 30 packs. It would make for great publicity.


27 posted on 08/27/2020 7:25:58 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963
Yes, that's what I was thinkint. Revive their "Here's to you!" Commercial !............ 🤑
28 posted on 08/27/2020 7:29:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................)
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To: Red Badger

now hold on just a minute....
Fire fast approaching an area, so the government shuts off the water?

seems like a great lawsuit already written up


29 posted on 08/27/2020 7:38:32 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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To: Red Badger

Budweiser King of Beers

Not even a forest fire can stand up to Bud Light.

I should work on Madison Ave.


30 posted on 08/27/2020 7:39:11 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: OKSooner

Yep, true spurt the horses. I think you missed my comment about Miller, though.


31 posted on 08/27/2020 7:42:06 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Red Badger

They is done been loadin them air tankers with the wrong stuff all this time. No wonder them fires is spreading all over caliphoney.


32 posted on 08/27/2020 7:44:39 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect?? It's NYC.)
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To: Red Badger
Just when you thought the people running California couldn't get any more incompetent, they start shutting off water to neighborhoods where wildfires are raging.
33 posted on 08/27/2020 7:51:36 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Red Badger

34 posted on 08/27/2020 8:20:00 AM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: Red Badger

Is he on a municipal water system? IF SO-—WHO shut off the water?

IF he is on his own well, likely the power got disrupted-—by fire or by officials.

Another reason for a back up full house generator when you live on a well.


35 posted on 08/27/2020 8:41:29 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: taxcontrol

That thought has also occurred to me-—Even a permanent ‘Rain Bird’ system on the roof peak of the house. At least ONE at each end= lso watering down nearby fuel.


36 posted on 08/27/2020 8:43:15 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: V_TWIN

If the dude had several 30-packs available, I’d call it a not-drinking problem.


37 posted on 08/27/2020 8:55:56 AM PDT by AF_Blue (My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
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To: Red Badger

I would not wash my rear end with a Budweiser, But I am sure its OK to fight fires with. :)


38 posted on 08/27/2020 9:35:37 AM PDT by JoeRender
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To: JoeRender

I love dark German beers!

They are so ‘full bodied’ you could near ‘bout cut them with a knife!...............


39 posted on 08/27/2020 9:38:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................)
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To: AF_Blue

When everyone else was hoarding toilet paper, this guy just went a different route.


40 posted on 08/27/2020 9:39:51 AM PDT by SIDENET (ISAIAH 5:20)
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