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TAYLOR: But the blast areca doesn’t extend anywhere near as far
he fire area for the high bursts.
AYRES
This is true on clear days,
WARREN:
Trees,
dry hot days.
but most days are not clear,
brush and pround cover are important,
Eucalyptus,
pines,
tuo,
on
drought resistant brush and yrasses
are full of otfs and waxes which burn explosively,
Thev ore trying to
replant the areas with different hinds of piants that do not have a high
wax content.
Put this made a preat contribution to the fiel Air fire,
PAYLOR
('m just questioning whether mos realiy true thar under
peneral circumstances there won't be Jarse contlaprations in wet
weather; at least [ve neard a tot ot discussion about this from the
people who seem to knaw,
WARREN:
You've pot attenuation of the infrared by the «loud
cover,
AYRES: [If at's wer weather you re not goiny to get enough thermal
flux to start the fire in the first place beyond perhaps two or three
miles,
TAYLOR:
Okay.
LISENBUD:
Yes.
That's a big distance.
That's six miles in diameter,
which makes for
quite an area,
AYRES: That's a big area but it's within the blast perimeter,
Everything in that area is flattened,
UPTON:
What's the length and breadth of Manhattan’
MILLER:
About thirteen miles long,
AYRES:
It's a mile-and-a-half wide,
UPTON:
Soa detonation over Columbus Circle could envelop Man-
hattan in the fireball.
UNHAM:.
MILLER:
[¢ would be academic.
That's right.