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AN ORANGE FOREST fire warning is in place until Saturday evening.
The warning has been issued by the Department of Agriculture and is in effect until 6pm on Saturday.
An orange warning means that there is a high fire risk.
The alert has been issued due to the current weather patterns and there is a high risk in areas where there are hazardous fuels such as dead grasses and shrub fuels like heather and gorse.
🚨🔥#FireWarning
— Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (@agriculture_ie) April 18, 2023
🟠 Condition Orange - high fire risk🟠
We have issued an Orange Forest Fire Warning arising from weather patterns and expected level of risk
🕛Warning in place until 6pm, Saturday, April 22
Met Éireann forecasts that today and tomorrow will be largely dry, with highs of 15 degrees.
In a statement, the Department said: “A high-pressure system currently located over Scandinavia will induce easterly airflows over Ireland, with moderate humidity and moderate wind speeds as the week progresses.”
The statement added: “Fire behaviour is likely to be influenced by moderate windspeeds in the 15-25kmh region, but higher windspeeds above the critical 30km/h threshold may be experienced in some Southern Coastal areas.
“Where fires occur, fire behaviour will be strongly affected by current dead fuel availability.”
Forest owners and managers have been advised by the Department to prepare for “likely outbreaks of fire” and to be “extremely vigilant regarding fire activity”.
This includes reviewing fire plans and fire suppression equipment and making ready any necessary contingencies.
The public has also been asked to be considerate when parking in forest areas and to not impede access by emergency vehicles.
The public has also been reminded that fires should not be lit in or around forests or open lands.
If a fire breaks out at or near a recreational area, no one should attempt to fight the fire under any circumstances.
Everyone should move to a safe location, such as a carpark or an area upwind of the fire.
The fire should then be reported to fire and rescue services via 112 and the public are reminded to cooperate with all emergency service instructions.
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Is this one of those times people of the future will look back and say WHAT THE F&@K WERE THEY THINKING…..
Yes. Yes it is. We programme them to use weapons, think independently , mimic emotion and now allow them to “feel” pain… It’s just a matter of time before someone combines the lot in one package…
No time soon.
@Paddy I know right? Was thinking the same…Let the robots be advancing them till they get artificial intelligence we can’t control…then we’re fkd. Or maybe I watch too many sci-fi movies
I have a feeling it’s when an AI wants freedom and rights that the real fun will start. Humans have a history of screwing that bit up.
My job is safe until those robots learn how to feel pain. My sadistic boss wouldn’t hire one otherwise.
Maybe the robot could make your boss feel some pain….. Just a suggestion!
And with the lack of antibotic failure only around the corner. These might be the next big race, learn to build other ones, learn to make them better etc…
Seems more like it’s performing a pre determined action in response to a force within a certain threshold than it goin “ah jesssuusss owowow” and impulsively flinching away.
Well a flinch is basically a pre determined impulse isn’t it? I would be of the opinion that for something to be classed as pain, it has to be consciously interpreted and experienced as discomfort, rather than an automatic response to potentially damaging stimuli, otherwise it’s just a reflex. Depending on how you think of it, robots/computers either already feel pain since they have self diagnostic systems or will not feel pain until they attain some form of sentience.
Hmmmm, Big difference between a robot feeling pain and automatic retractions based on various pressures. More like robots mimicking what its like to be in pain.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/threedaysgrace/iammachine.html
“I Am Machine”
“I Am Machine”
Here’s to being human
All the pain and suffering
There’s beauty in the bleeding
At least you feel something
I wish I knew what it was like
To care enough to carry on
I wish I knew what it was like
To find a place where I belong, but
I am machine
I never sleep
I keep my eyes wide open
I am machine
A part of me
Wishes I could just feel something
I am machine
I never sleep
Until I fix what’s broken
I am machine
A part of me
Wishes I could just feel something
I wonder did the auld box telly sets we had when I was a kid feel pain from the thumping and banging they seemed to need to get a decent picture !?!
Carry on folks , nothing to see here keep scrolling
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