Setting is an AU, mostly analogous to modern times with modern tech. Magic is present, but rare, and isn't relevant to the question. I have a modern country in the midst of a civil war that has been going on for thirteen years now. Government control is tenuous in some areas, and portions of the country are under rebel control.

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Hi detailers!
I’m getting ready for my August Camp NaNoWriMo novel and I’d appreciate a bit of helpful advice.

Setting: Contemporary, Southeastern Utah, a cattle ranch in a fictitious county shoehorned in between National parks, late spring or early summer (not cattle selling season)
Synopsis: A rancher in need of money agrees to take on paying ( Read more... )

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I'm looking for the correct term, preferably, or failing that either a picture or video that shows the phenomena I'm referring to.

The phenomena I need a name for or image of is when a flame forms into a tube shape. I've only ever seen a few images of it, and they were always interior fires where the tube formed against or very close to a ceiling or ( Read more... )

I need to put out a forest fire with snow, however, I am coming up pretty short with the googlefu/EBSCOfu when it comes to finding historical examples of this happening. I've found 2 news stories reporting a snowfall aiding forest fighters, one from 1889 and the other from 1992, but I'm coming up short on details of amount of snowfall, extent of ( Read more... )

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What does it feel like to get sprayed with a fire extinguisher?

Cold? Tingly? Numbing?

How long do the effects last? Is the residue hard to get out of clothes? How about hair?

Any other details to keep in mind?

Edit: The scene takes place in a house; the extinguisher in my house is ABC dry chemical, so that's probably what I want. but it ( Read more... )

I've tried google searches of fire-fighter equipment, and found out that there are goggles out there which are fog resistant and protect eyes from smoke, BUT won't actually allow one to see in a fire unless the wearer is crouching down below the smoke ( Read more... )

I'm writing a Batman fanfiction. I've got the basic scenario fleshed out but need help with some little details. (By some uncanny coincidence...)

This is what I'm working with: Arkham Asylum is located on an island in the Gotham River. It's connected to the city by bridge or accessible by boat. (Naturally, the dock/bridge would be guarded but that' ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm hunting down information on firefighters. I've been insanely lucky that every other search term I've used has worked ( Read more... )