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.
This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.
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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