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General => Eye Candy | Videos and Pics => Topic started by: Redk on July 28, 2017, 12:50:04 AM
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90 miles on the helix today (Others) looking for opportunity out the back road.
Hot and dry !
I did know I was headed into an area that had burned a week ago...
Even then, it was a real surprise when the gray asphalt turned pink before me ! Really weird !
The borate bombers have a lot of colorant in the loads they drop. It stays a while before blending in...
redk
(http://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ian-James-2-Tanker-911-pulling-up-just-after-a-drop-on-the-Poco-Fire-June-15-2012-smaller.jpg)
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You took a wrong turn and mistakenly got on the "Ladies Only" road. ;)
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lol
Actually, it was my chosen destination... My intent was to see if there might be opportunity for us .
Reality sets in when you get a 1st person, hands on view of a calamity. It was grim.
I dunno... Perhaps I should pursue contact with the owners of the property to see if they would hire someone to manage recovery and a major rebuild... Didn't seem like the time, though. I'd expect they are still in shock.
redk
I've just Gotta get a handy camera to take more pics ! The slr is just not ez to carry on the scooter.
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Burned out areas are always so shocking in how desolate they are and how complete the destruction can be in a fast moving fire. So sad...
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Man !
A 3 engine full sized jet. That can't be a cheap way to prevent fires.
Geez.
Stig
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Burned out areas are always so shocking in how desolate they are and how complete the destruction can be in a fast moving fire. So sad...
And on the flip side while traveling through burnt areas can have a feeling of passing through a cemetery as soon as the old or new plants start growing back it's seeing a rebirth which is amazing.
Man !
A 3 engine full sized jet. That can't be a cheap way to prevent fires.
It's a DC-10 privately owned and leased out to various agencies for fire fighting. California uses it regularly. http://www.10tanker.com/the-plane.html (http://www.10tanker.com/the-plane.html)
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Saw the result of a massive fire in the Southern Cascades in the Williamette National Forest near Sister's Oregon a few weeks ago.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170731/b6dfe6b3ef8da7969a94bb262e2b530e.jpg)
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And on the flip side while traveling through burnt areas can have a feeling of passing through a cemetery as soon as the old or new plants start growing back it's seeing a rebirth which is amazing.
It's a DC-10 privately owned and leased out to various agencies for fire fighting. California uses it regularly. http://www.10tanker.com/the-plane.html (http://www.10tanker.com/the-plane.html)
Thanks for the correction MJR! Guess I need to bone up on my jetology.
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Burned out areas are always so shocking in how desolate they are and how complete the destruction can be in a fast moving fire. So sad...
Agreed, yet there is a flip side...
There will be quite a bit more runoff in the rainy season... and there is a bit of placer gold in the area... alluvial deposits will probably get a bigger than usual shuffle and there could be more found by the hobby miners panning in some of the creeks next spring.
redk