Fires in Australia make for a smoky Melbourne
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153746/bushfires-char-victoria
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153746/bushfires-char-victoria
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Pretty bad over there at the moment, and the weather is not helping.
Ive been right next to a helo drop, and its like a van sized slug of water hits the ground, you do not want to be under it.
Tho to be fair, when they dropped next to us, we were in a flare up, and they had just refilled at a dam, and were less than 100ft up when they saw us and came back and dropped saving us from the wind change in the gulley.
Scary and awesome at the same time.
Stay safe over there, were on high alert here at the moment too.
There's a couple of terrible fires in Southern California. Hundreds of home have burned and the wind isn't at full forecasted speed yet.
I thought moving cars with a dozer would go a bit quicker? This is why my alternate evacuation plan involves pedaling to the rodeo grounds should we have a conflagration.
Every Cat skinner's dream. I imagine that after the media was gone the operator might have kicked it up a notch or two. I would have.
Great minds think alike. Having only the experience of running a farm tractor, I didn't want to speak for the experienced operators. But I was thinking that.
The other thought was how many lawyers are going to try to make money from the car clearing operation?
Then, I turned on a BBC report. It looked like the highway was closed and cleared as only engines were going by. Then a guy on an ebike went by at high speed. Soon a couple of folks on bicycles went by going the other way and waved.
They needed the cat/dozers downtown also, as that was gridlock. It looked like a disaster movie evacuation.
Don’t think any lawyer can sue the state for clearing the road . The whole area is under State of emergency orders .
Ebike at 6:17
Canada is sending all of our waterbombers and many crews to Cali. Tell that pos Trump your welcome!
I'm sorry, but it looks like one is out of commission. Hope they get the idiot that was flying the drone. Such a pretty scooper plane!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f...ne-while-flying/ar-BB1reO60?ocid=BingNewsSerp
They are awesome. Our lake is designated a fill lake. They fly down the lake to let everyone know to get the hell out of the way. Then they make a turn and come back up the lake filling the plane. It’s full in what seems about 30 seconds.
Some satellite before/after photos of the LA fires:
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s...palisades-eaton-before-after-satellite-images
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s...palisades-eaton-before-after-satellite-images
I've watched the single engine scoopers scoop. It is pretty cool to see. I always think of the legend of the snorkler getting scooped up and dropped on a fire. Good campfire story to tell by a lake.
BC fire sent a plane down near here when there were no others close enough. We invade each other during fire season, as do the fires. From what I understand, the Canadian border folks wave our crews through when the situation is dire. Hope we can keep it that way.
