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[–] [email protected] 145 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Canada retaliates to Trump's threats by bombing Los Angeles

[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Chemical warfare. These bombers are carrying a chemical called "Dihydrogen Monoxide" or DHMO. What effect does adding a chemical containing Hydrogen and Oxygen to fires have?

Why isn't Trump talking about this Canadian chemical attack?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago

You could argue they're salting the land as they're dumping sea water. I wouldn't be surprised if some morons used this as an argument.

[–] RubberElectrons 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget the sodium and the chlorine too

[–] whostosay 10 points 4 days ago
[–] not_that_guy05 79 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Thanks neighbors. Sorry about the soon to be president.

[–] gift_of_gab 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

I’d like to see this removed as it’s clearly hate speech!

[–] VubDapple 22 points 4 days ago

Really sorry πŸ˜”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm afraid he might count our help for LA against us. πŸ₯²

[–] not_that_guy05 12 points 4 days ago

I know. I'm sorry. 🫑

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] whostosay 33 points 4 days ago

Never skip an opportunity to be the biggest shitbag on the news.

[–] LowtierComputer 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

For those who want to know without clicking the link:

John Barrasso, Republican from Wyoming

[–] GraniteM 8 points 4 days ago

A man with the same electoral power as his California equivalent, despite representing 1/67th as many people. Truly, democracy made manifest.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I bet the canadian pilots ending every single radio communication with "thank you, over" must be tiresome for the American control tower operators...

[–] FireRetardant 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"LAX Approach, Canadair Charlie Gamma Bravo Eight Niner, Requesting long approach, sorry, thank you, over, eh"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, I think it would be more idiomatic to say:

LAX Approach, Canadair Charlie Golf Bravo Eight Niner, sorry: requesting long approach. thanks eh, Over.

But that's just my two cents as a Canadian eh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Love it!

You even quietly corrected my error in using "gamma" for the letter G rather than "golf" :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Over, sorry, eh?

[–] Agent641 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Fuck I love flying boats. They are so cool.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They also have landing gear that slides down from under the wing.

[–] whostosay 22 points 4 days ago

ITS A CAR TOO?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I do, too, and sadly I've yet to fly on one! I wonder how much TaleSpin has to do with this.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I know that there is no fresh water available and that getting the fire under control takes priority, but isn't dropping seawater on everything ensuring nothing will grow again for a long time?

[–] jaybone 25 points 4 days ago

There are not enough helicopters and airplanes in the world to drop enough salt water to prevent plants from growing in those mountains.

[–] FireRetardant 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You would need a lot more salt than that to significantly damage the ecosystem. For example, many roads are salted all winter, it does impact local ecosystems, especially waterways, but it doesn't comepletely kill them in most places. Plus a lot of the ash from the fires can be quite nutritious for plants which can help with recovery.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ontario (Canada) alone puts 3-5 million tonnes of salt on the roads each year.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

So much salt all my shoes,boots,and pant legs have salt stains. But never enough to kill the weeds growing through the sidewalks.

[–] isthingoneventhis 13 points 4 days ago

A lot of what is burning is mostly just weed/brush over hard soil that doesn't get much water anyways, I don't think it would permeate deep enough in the soil to really "salt it".

[–] slock 9 points 4 days ago

I live in an area which has seen quite a few wildfires, and everytime they are put out with these planes using sea water. Never stopped anything from growing back, and it does grow back very fast !

[–] systemglitch 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Probably the salt is not consentrated enough. I'm guessing though.

[–] RedditWanderer 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A clear sign we want to be annexed /s

[–] jaybone 4 points 4 days ago

Can you annex me?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I hope we're at least refueling them, and maybe buying them beers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

As a thank you they sent us a drone to fuck one up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

CA Friends Unite!

Those of us who are glad we're gonna have homes left to go home to are so grateful for every scoop!

[–] mlg 2 points 4 days ago

Bring back Canadair Sabre plz