Firefighters battle Palisades wildfire with ocean water

Los Angeles firefighters have resorted to using Pacific Ocean water to combat raging wildfires in Pacific Palisades as local hydrants there run dry.
Scientists say that fresh water has a higher cooling capacity compared to salt water, making it more effective at absorbing heat and extinguishing fires.

[LadyDestinee]

Salt water is obviously better than no water

[CanadianSpeedster]

We sent additional water bombers from BC and Alberta as well, and 250 firefighters are headed down ass well

[mooshuemooshue]

Those pilots are amazing...thanks Canada

[coolspot]

The CL-415 Super Scooper is designed for ocean use too - the hull of the plane is corrosion resistant. Not sure how the soil will react though …

[dm]

Hey look!!!! Canadians putting out the fire on their new 11th Province.

[RichRichGil]

When they're pulling from the ocean you know it's truly bad...salt water is a last resort type of thing. Prayers for the people of California dealing with this 🙏🙏

[mannydrives]

That’s the biggest bull crap excuse I ever heard. You can back flush equipment with fresh water or replace equipment like seals and pump blades during regular maintenance.

Salt in the soil versus melted cars and homes for “environmental consequences”?

There’s two fire boats that have sea to shore pumping capabilities and portable pumps on trucks could have been stationed. A relay with large diameter hoses and trucks could’ve been used in the palisades fire. Why wasn’t this strategy used? The gear and the know how is there.

The city of LA may want to take a page from San Francisco’s hydrant system. I know it’s costly, but it could save billions and lives.

[conrad]

California and Los Angeles County need to buy Super Scoopers of their own. More, more, more.

[pauldickie]

And here’s a fun fact from your neighbours to the north … this week in BC and Alberta they are starting controlled fires. Our forest fire season starts around April and by doing the controlled fires, this will stop fires from advancing.

[lilmamagc]

like the ocean is right there, i would using it too

[FWtravels]

California has the 5th largest economy in the world but they can’t buy their own firefighting planes? They have to rent from Canada?

[memyselfandi]

Oh no the salt water will cause harm, oh my. Meanwhile thousands of homes burn to the ground and people lost their lives. Imagine living just steps away from the ocean and your home burns down. Geez.

[seanthewanderer]

Repairs or not, they should have used the water from the large reservoir up there... got to thank Canada for those planes! 🙏

[angelaleblanc]

Finally some common sense. I’ve been wondering why they didn’t do this in Maui

[modern.monkE]

OVERDUE. OVERDUE. OVERDUE. OVERDUE.

CALIFORNIA BUY YOUR OWN AIRCRAFT WITH THIS SAME CAPABILITY.

TAKE OUT THE FIRE NOW

TAKE OUT THE SALT LATER.

[TheChitownpete]

Los Angeles, where an large Uncontrolled Burn replaced the Controlled Burns everyone else uses.

[lorinhardy]

So everyone so concerned about soil damage from salt water, where are all the barren deserts created by coastal flooding during hurricanes? Contamination from buildings and vehicles burnt into nothing is a thousand times worse. Californians really need to get their priorities straightened out.

[JCinerea]

1:43 But how often do major fires like this occur in Cali? What would it take to determine when a fire has gotten sufficiently large to justify salt water use, and then to clean the equipment after it has been used?

[deanbusch]

Scoopers from BC, Ontario, Quebec, and 100s of firefighters, there or on their way. total 8 scoopers.

[marjoriecoey]

Those pilots are incredibly accurate with those drops!
All those ground crews please all of you stsy safe.
❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉