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Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« 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/
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2014, 08:03:09 PM »
That photo makes it look kind of like a volcanic eruption.
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #3 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:
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2014, 03:14:12 PM »
California is always on fire.  :lol1:
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2014, 03:18:48 PM »
Well, that IS what the map says.   :green:
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2014, 03:19:55 PM »
he he butt  :green:
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2014, 06:48:03 PM »
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2014, 07:29:50 PM »
That was awesome.
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2014, 10:29:37 PM »
Pretty cool.
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #10 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

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.
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #11 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

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?
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #12 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.
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #13 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?
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Re: Forrest Fire a few miles away.
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2014, 07:23:37 PM »
I'd imagine they'd aim for the edge to stop the flames from advancing.
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