archie bunker wrote:
When I was coming home from work today, there was a fire going about a mile from the house. I followed the volunteer firetruck to where it was, and it looked bad. It was on open rangeland, but, with the wind, could have run away fast. They had equipment hauling ass in, and were all over it. Within 15 minutes of me seeing it, (it had already been going a while) we watched 3 planes circle around a minute, and dump water on it. I was listening to the scanner, and the guys on the ground were directing the planes. 10 minutes later, it was under control. The ground guys just had to mop it up after that.
Scary shit!!
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Reminds me of summers in the Kootenay..Good money...But hard on those who lost their homes