How tech can save us from forest fires

This week on the Tech Effect Tasha takes a look at some cool technology that's being used to help fight the ever-growing threat of forest fires.
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[@Kimmaline]

My Pop was the Port Fire Marshall of San Francisco many years ago, and I remember watching a news story with him about a zombie fire once. He explained to me what he thought had been done wrong, and told me that when he ran crews, he would post a man 24hrs a day for a couple days at large fires, because in the 1960s, that was the tech they had.

[@osmia]

Good episode. The juxtaposition of your reporting and telling of your own fire experience worked really well.
I found it particularly captivating because I live relatively close to where the fire jumped to the east side of Okanagan Lake.

[@mobilesyrup]

Thanks for watching!

[@bradbennett1420]

After years of making consumer drone reviews it’s nice to see them used practically in the field.

[@mobilesyrup]

We had the same thought!

[@mobilesyrup]

Have you seen any other interesting tech used to fight natural disasters we should look more into?

[@markedis5902]

The company Doogee make smartphones with thermal cameras and infrared night vision cameras combined with visuals. Also they are really cheap

[@rockytheman5106]

plant bamboo

[@injunsun]

Side note: I would love a look at your family tree. The more varied, for people like me, the more interesting. I would love to talk genealogy with you.

[@injunsun]

There is a free Kindle e-book called "Shard," about a coal seam fire city, almost abandoned in the Catskills. And zombies ensue. No spoilers. It was a quick read, and pretty good.
Reminds one of King, or when King was ripping off other writers (See also, "Little Brothers" compared to "Pet Semetary").

[@m2lansky]

Awesome content, done by a very beautiful person!

[@mobilesyrup]

Thank you 🙏.

[@Nee96Nee]

So if we know that controlled burns is good for the environment and lessens the effects of major extremely hot fires why don't we do them more often? Especially during the wetter seasons where the fires are less likely to become an out of control forest fire?

[@mobilesyrup]

You might be onto something here.

[@LaviniaDeMortalium]

Californian here. Budget is some of it, a lack of foresight/care is another. Indigenous people around here performed controlled fires until assimilation/murder caused them to stop. Settlers and the like never learned this since wildfires of this magnitude weren't part of the norm where they were from. Take what I've said with a grain of salt - this is all bits and pieces I've picked up from living here for 30+ years, so I have no direct sources I can cite at this time. And as always, what I cited is only a small fraction of the issue.

[@Hurricayne92]

Here in Australia they are done every year in high risk area, so most places

[@chrispettibon765]

I just stumbled upon this page and found the content really great!
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[@bowi1332]

MobileSyrup and Tasha?! Unexpected collab!

[@mobilesyrup]

The dream team 🫡.

[@sparkyswearsalot]

I wish you had told the whole story and then done all tge facts. The back and forth is super distracting. But that's just my opinion. I see that others really enjoyed it.

[@mobilesyrup]

Thanks for the feedback. We'll take that into consideration for future episodes.