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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLake Tahoe ski resort uses snow-making machines to fight wildfire . . .
Staff defending building and equipment turned to repurposed water cannons as huge Caldor fire approached
As the flames of Californias Caldor fire approached a popular Lake Tahoe-area ski resort, staff used every tool they could to protect the property, including snowmaking equipment.
Staff at Sierra-at-Tahoe spent days preparing to defend the 2,000-acre resort west of South Lake Tahoe from the huge wildfire, which has rapidly advanced through the region. Before the blaze burned on to the property Sunday evening, they had created defensible space around buildings, sealed air ducts to keep out embers and repurposed water hydrants, normally used to make snow, to douse buildings in water, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
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(Resort Manager John) Rice used those hydrants to spray the buildings as flames from spot fires bore down on the resort on Sunday evening, before pushing further into the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday. Fire crews later used those snow-making machines to douse the ground. Meanwhile, firefighters nearby used ski lifts at one resort to travel up the mountain to fight the blaze, SFGate reported.
Rice told the Chronicle that he credited the firefighting efforts with helping to save the ski resort from major damage.
As the flames of Californias Caldor fire approached a popular Lake Tahoe-area ski resort, staff used every tool they could to protect the property, including snowmaking equipment.
Staff at Sierra-at-Tahoe spent days preparing to defend the 2,000-acre resort west of South Lake Tahoe from the huge wildfire, which has rapidly advanced through the region. Before the blaze burned on to the property Sunday evening, they had created defensible space around buildings, sealed air ducts to keep out embers and repurposed water hydrants, normally used to make snow, to douse buildings in water, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
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(Resort Manager John) Rice used those hydrants to spray the buildings as flames from spot fires bore down on the resort on Sunday evening, before pushing further into the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday. Fire crews later used those snow-making machines to douse the ground. Meanwhile, firefighters nearby used ski lifts at one resort to travel up the mountain to fight the blaze, SFGate reported.
Rice told the Chronicle that he credited the firefighting efforts with helping to save the ski resort from major damage.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/31/lake-tahoe-ski-resort-uses-snow-making-machines-to-fight-wildfire
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Lake Tahoe ski resort uses snow-making machines to fight wildfire . . . (Original Post)
Journeyman
Sep 2021
OP
That's a very clever way to fight the fires. Kudos to whoever thought of it. n/t
CaliforniaPeggy
Sep 2021
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)1. That's a very clever way to fight the fires. Kudos to whoever thought of it. n/t
Lovie777
(11,992 posts)2. That could be a template to fighting fires. . ..
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)4. Takes alot of plumbing
That snow making equipment takes alot of plumbing to support them. Short of building out infrastructure in the forests, I don't see it getting used in too many places.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)3. Excellent Idea.
Thinking outside the box.
crickets
(25,896 posts)5. Smart. Good on them. nt
NNadir
(33,368 posts)6. I got married in Lake Tahoe on a ski trip. I love that area.
This fire is really hitting me where it hurts, although I'm now far away.