Day 5: There are two helicopters working on this side of the ridge now, one along the crest and one on the lower reach of the fire. When they dip down below the treeline at the old Ceccanti farm, it only takes a second or two for the buckets to be refilled. I don't believe there's a pond back there, so they are undoubtedly reloading from a tanker. Smoke is rising in a more concentrated column than before, which indicates to me that they're driving the fire into one centralized area. This is no quick job, the suppression of a fire in tall timber. They're doing an excellent job of bringing it under control.
365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Dump
Day 5: There are two helicopters working on this side of the ridge now, one along the crest and one on the lower reach of the fire. When they dip down below the treeline at the old Ceccanti farm, it only takes a second or two for the buckets to be refilled. I don't believe there's a pond back there, so they are undoubtedly reloading from a tanker. Smoke is rising in a more concentrated column than before, which indicates to me that they're driving the fire into one centralized area. This is no quick job, the suppression of a fire in tall timber. They're doing an excellent job of bringing it under control.
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