Today the fire is providing an air show...
May. 6th, 2009 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
palsgraf_polkaThis morning when I got to work the fire looked as if it was being contained:
But then it started peeking out over the right hand ridge and started to move toward me and the homes again:
It's quite an airshow out there - there are 3 helicopters and 4 fixed wing aircraft fighting the flames:
Here's the DC-10 that keeps coming over with the red fire retardant (he's almost impossible to see on my phone):
Here he is dropping the retardant:
So, we'll see how the firefighters do in keeping the fire from coming more this way. Right now the wind is low and they can really work on it. But the winds will pick up this afternoon like yesterday and blow it either more toward the North or more West toward my office.
But then it started peeking out over the right hand ridge and started to move toward me and the homes again:
It's quite an airshow out there - there are 3 helicopters and 4 fixed wing aircraft fighting the flames:
Here's the DC-10 that keeps coming over with the red fire retardant (he's almost impossible to see on my phone):
Here he is dropping the retardant:
So, we'll see how the firefighters do in keeping the fire from coming more this way. Right now the wind is low and they can really work on it. But the winds will pick up this afternoon like yesterday and blow it either more toward the North or more West toward my office.
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THIS JUST IN---
Date: 2009-05-06 06:52 pm (UTC)FIRE GOOD BUT BURN
Re: THIS JUST IN---
Date: 2009-05-06 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-06 10:38 pm (UTC)That said...
The DC-10 drop tanker gives me such a chubby every time I see it...
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Date: 2009-05-06 10:43 pm (UTC)We've been watching it make spectacular drops and fly-bys all day. This pilot is really good.
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Date: 2009-05-06 11:46 pm (UTC)