A small forest fire last week near our hospital
Sep 17, 2018 15:16:34 #
This happened with a lightning strike (supposedly) about 300 yards from our local hospital at around 4:30 pm Sept 11.
At a little after 5 there was a lot of aircraft in the air- local tanker base is 15 air miles away in Castlegar. I took these close to home (2 minute walk), It was impressive the skill and coordination of these pilots. There was 4-5 of these small bombers (don't know what kind they are, maybe someone can help with that) very precise drops. They soon had the flames knocked down then a couple helicopters (210's I think) showed up with buckets and took over, they worked till a little over dusk when the land attack took over. Very impressive and professional.
The BC Government had budgeted $60,000,000 to fight forest fires, last I hear was it has cost us $450,000,000 so far and counting, most that it has ever cost.
At a little after 5 there was a lot of aircraft in the air- local tanker base is 15 air miles away in Castlegar. I took these close to home (2 minute walk), It was impressive the skill and coordination of these pilots. There was 4-5 of these small bombers (don't know what kind they are, maybe someone can help with that) very precise drops. They soon had the flames knocked down then a couple helicopters (210's I think) showed up with buckets and took over, they worked till a little over dusk when the land attack took over. Very impressive and professional.
The BC Government had budgeted $60,000,000 to fight forest fires, last I hear was it has cost us $450,000,000 so far and counting, most that it has ever cost.
Sep 17, 2018 15:18:25 #
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Sep 17, 2018 20:07:30 #
UTMike wrote:
Nice set, Swede! That first catch is striking.
Thanks Mike
Swede
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