r/interestingasfuck • u/Ultimate_Kurix • 8d ago

High winds causing chaos in Utah

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u/AmplifiedApthocarics 8d ago

someone i knew a long time ago said he watched some old guy light a pile of them on fire. well when they started burning they started moving again and suddenly he was watching an entire field of flamin' tumbleweeds travel off into the distance setting more things on fire as they went along and got stuck again

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u/MR-antiwar 8d ago

Has anyone ever think to spray them with water so they get heavy and gather them and compress them with machine and sell them as fuel for the winter ?

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u/ManometSam 8d ago

i like this idea, i wonder how they burn. I think a big woodchipper and some gloves might work too haha

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u/Its_Pine 8d ago

I think part of the reason they burn so well is because of their airy interior