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  1. Newsgroups: aus.conserve
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!cc.curtin.edu.au!zrepachol
  3. From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
  4. Subject: Re: Saving Beached WHALES
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec28.210150.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
  6. Lines: 19
  7. Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager)
  8. Organization: Curtin University of Technology
  9. References: <1gma94INN89d@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU> <robg.724559812@citr.uq.oz.au> <1992Dec17.040033.8839@cs.su.oz.au> <1992Dec18.060223.28093@runx.oz.au>
  10. Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 12:01:50 GMT
  11.  
  12. In article <1992Dec18.060223.28093@runx.oz.au>, cheese@runx.oz.au (Mark Cheeseman) writes:
  13. > In article <1992Dec17.040033.8839@cs.su.oz.au> yar@cluster.cs.su.oz (Ray Loyzaga) writes:
  14. ...
  15. > Fire trucks might be another possibility, though I'm not sure if they'd be
  16. > keen to pump all that salt through their system.
  17. > 
  18. Salt water is nothing compared to AFFF for foam. You just flush well after-
  19. wards.
  20.  
  21. Concrete pumps are not a good choice. A nice big 6-12" centripital irigation
  22. pump would be 100 time more efective. You would need to be VERY carefull of
  23. two things: The reaction forces on the output hoses can easily lift 3-4 people
  24. and throw them a large distance. You could end up sandblasting your whale with
  25. the water/sand slurry.
  26.  
  27. Good basic idea. Sould be worked on and developed.
  28.  
  29. ~Paul
  30.  
  31.