AIR BASE MOVES TO SNUFF OUT SMOKE.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer The occasional billowing bil·low n. 1. A large wave or swell of water. 2. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound. v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows v.intr. 1. smoke from firefighting 1. firefighting - What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires." 2. exercises at Air Force Plant 42 will be a thing of the past as the installation moves toward a cleaner training system, the installation's commander said Friday. Plant 42 will begin installing a gas-powered firefighting training pit in late summer, replacing a pit that burns jet fuel. The Air Force expects the project will cost approximately $2 million. A study is being conducted to determine whether the pit will be fueled by liquid natural gas or liquid propane gas. Construction should begin in August and should be completed by spring 1997, said Lt. Col. Pete Drinkwater, Plant 42's commander. The existing fire pit uses about 6,000 gallons of jet fuel a year. It is expected that a gas-powered pit will use less fuel, Drinkwater said. ``This will eliminate the billowing smoke from Plant 42,'' Drinkwater said. In another move aimed at cutting air pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. , Plant 42 will also purchase a chipper chipper Drug slang An occasional user of illicit drugs. See Recreational drug use Tobacco A popular term for a person who smokes < 5 cigarettes/day, who may be resistant to nicotine dependence or addiction, and often born to non-smoking parents. shredder, eliminating the need to burn tumbleweeds and brush. The shredded tumbleweeds and brush will be put into a pit and covered with mulch mulch, any material, usually organic, that is spread on the ground to protect the soil and the roots of plants from the effects of soil crusting, erosion, or freezing; it is also used to retard the growth of weeds. and top soil, Drinkwater said. The shredder is expected to cost about $35,000 and will be operational this summer, Drinkwater said. |
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