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There were a few episodes of Ice Pilots NWT where they ferried two CL-215s from Yellowknife Canada to Turkey. These planes have no deicing, are short range, and were designed for fighting fires. It was interesting to see all the issues they had to deal with to get them across the Atlantic.
Here is a quick video of one of their mechanics showing how the CL-215s work:
There's a book called "Young Men and Fire," if I remember correctly, about the firefighters of the Bitterroots (on the Montana side. We call them the Coeur d'Alenes! ). It is still in my "to read" stack--the title alone scares me! But it's supposed to be a very good read.
There's a book called "Young Men and Fire," if I remember correctly, about the firefighters of the Bitterroots (on the Montana side. We call them the Coeur d'Alenes! ). It is still in my "to read" stack--the title alone scares me! But it's supposed to be a very good read.
It is a scary book, but one of the very best I've ever read. All of Norm McLean's few books tell more about the panhandle and N.W. Montana than any other books ever written. The books is as much about him as an old man as it is about the Mann Gulch fire.
Welcome to C-D, and the Idaho Forum! And thanks for posting my local San Diego News10 report, which personally I find relevant, because I'm still in San Diego County, but it may not have all that much appeal for this forum's members. But anyway, everybody got a glimpse of Ocean Beach which is a cool place to be!
Aside from that, yes, the fire danger is high all over the west this year.
Do you think the drought will slow down the idiots with fireworks?
Not a chance.
The Blacktail reservoir fire we discussed here was due to a windy day and some leftover bottle rockets from the 4th of July.
It became the largest range fire ever recorded in less than 24 hours; over 500,000 acres scorched in less than 3 full days.
This year is now hotter earlier than 2015, but last year was a hot one too, instead of the cool, rainy summer of 2014.
I don't know how much difference this will make in forest fire fuel supply, but it should cut down the strength of range fires a little.
Don't ever forget that range fires set fire to forests too. Even when someone is camping far from a forest, please make sure any fire is dead, dead, dead. Build fires only in the fire basins made for the purpose, and keep the fireworks home this summer.
Be careful target shooting, and keep an eye out for your neighbors. If you don't own a Pulaski or 2, buy them, along with some high-capacity watering hoses. Keep all lawns cut short. Cut down all pastures that aren't being grazed. If you don't have a tractor and any plowing equipment, go find out which neighbor has them.
The plow will be your last ditch house-saver. But only if it can be used. A house surrounded closely by timber could be in jeopardy.
It is pretty annoying that the tribes continue selling fireworks in fire season and bad drought years, especially since we are told over and over how they are such wonderful stewards of the land.
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). It is still in my "to read" stack--the title alone scares me! But it's supposed to be a very good read.
