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Title: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on August 27, 2014, 07:13:26 PM: I'm watching a fire on top of a ridgeline get put out by a squadron of firebomber planes and helicopters. 8)

http://www.ksby.com/news/vegetation-fire-closes-harris-grade-near-lompoc/ (http://www.ksby.com/news/vegetation-fire-closes-harris-grade-near-lompoc/)
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Pyraxis on August 27, 2014, 08:03:09 PM: That photo makes it look kind of like a volcanic eruption.
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on August 27, 2014, 08:12:46 PM: LOL!! kinda does, doesn't it?? :green:

Those hills are mostly limestone and there isn't a (active) volcano for a few hundred miles of here.

It's a good thing the fire happened at the top of the hill, it didn't spread too far before they got it under control.
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 20, 2014, 02:34:32 PM: Well, deja vu!

Now there's a forrest fire a few miles from here in the opposite direction.

It's near one of the gates to Vandenberg AFB. That's 2 large brush fires in less than a month.

... and NO, I'm not the one setting them! :smarty: :finger:
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 20, 2014, 03:14:12 PM: California is always on fire. :lol1:
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 20, 2014, 03:18:48 PM: Well, that IS what the map says. :green:
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Gopher Gary on September 20, 2014, 03:19:55 PM: he he butt :green:
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Parts on September 23, 2014, 06:48:03 PM: Have you seen this vid?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a97_1410721875 (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a97_1410721875)
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Jack on September 23, 2014, 07:29:50 PM: That was awesome.
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: odeon on September 23, 2014, 10:29:37 PM: Pretty cool.
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 24, 2014, 11:19:03 AM: Quote from: Parts on September 23, 2014, 06:48:03 PM
Have you seen this vid?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a97_1410721875 (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a97_1410721875)

pfft!! no, but I've seen that plane in person several times. It's a DC-10 and the largest water bomber in the world AFAIK. I also know the engineer who designed the dump valve mechanisms. The nozzles were especially difficult to design because a jet is travelling much faster than a prop plane so standard nozzles simply create a mist. It took several designs before they found one that woud keep the water jet intact as it the air at 200mph.
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Jack on September 24, 2014, 03:37:34 PM: Quote from: Pappy Boyington on September 24, 2014, 11:19:03 AM
Quote from: Parts on September 23, 2014, 06:48:03 PM
Have you seen this vid?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a97_1410721875 (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a97_1410721875)

pfft!! no, but I've seen that plane in person several times. It's a DC-10 and the largest water bomber in the world AFAIK. I also know the engineer who designed the dump valve mechanisms. The nozzles were especially difficult to design because a jet is travelling much faster than a prop plane so standard nozzles simply create a mist. It took several designs before they found one that woud keep the water jet intact as it the air at 200mph.
Why is it red? Some sort of flame retardant?
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 24, 2014, 05:30:45 PM: Quote from: Jack on September 24, 2014, 03:37:34 PM
Why is it red? Some sort of flame retardant?

Yep.
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Jack on September 24, 2014, 06:32:44 PM: Do they ever drop any directly on the fire, or is it standard to only aim around the edge of it?
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 24, 2014, 07:23:37 PM: I'd imagine they'd aim for the edge to stop the flames from advancing.
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Parts on September 24, 2014, 08:25:39 PM: Wonder what it's like on the plane when they are doing a run like that not just the movement but the noise of dumping all that stuff and the engines as he pulls up.
Title: Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on October 24, 2014, 10:35:09 AM: Found a video showing the water bombers fighting the fire.

Harris Grade fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXS6qHJJlzM#ws)