2024 Wildfire Season

[daftandbarmy]

An interesting clip on widlfire fighting camps...

 

[Weinie]

An interesting clip on widlfire fighting camps...

Forrest Tower - Information Officer

 

[lenaitch]

I see 'Hawaii' Mars got quite a send-off yesterday.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

It was impressive in person.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Ootsa Lake, now...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832264365208166523

 

[Brad Sallows]

I see 'Hawaii' Mars got quite a send-off yesterday.

Coming off its land transport.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Should be fine. I mean, it's not as if any large ammo dumps might go up if it gets away from them

DND plans 'prescribed burns' at Metchosin's Rocky Point

Burning of up to 50 hectares will be conducted by the B.C. Wildfire Service, and times will be determined by weather, DND said

www.timescolonist.com

 

[Brad Sallows]

Should be fine. I mean, it's not as if any large ammo dumps might go up if it gets away from them

Just wait until Oct 31 to do it.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Should be fine. I mean, it's not as if any large ammo dumps might go up if it gets away from them

DND plans 'prescribed burns' at Metchosin's Rocky Point

Burning of up to 50 hectares will be conducted by the B.C. Wildfire Service, and times will be determined by weather, DND said

www.timescolonist.com

Not really a possibility.

 

[Cloud Cover]

The Hullcar mountain fire near Armstrong burned a small part of our range 3 property (it’s just forest land). That area was a mortar training range in WW2. There were no detonations from that but a shed full of propane orchard foggers burned up.

 

[lenaitch]

It seems De Haviland is restarting the production line on the CL-515 - lastest version of the 215/415 - with a 22-plane EU order.

For the record, I have never heard any version of the aircraft called the 'Canadair'; I rarely heard it called 'Superscooper'.

The World's Most Desperately Needed Airplane Is Back in Production

Manufacturer De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is rapidly bringing a water-bombing aircraft back into production as orders have surged due to raging wildfires fueled …

financialpost.com

 

[YZT580]

It seems De Haviland is restarting the production line on the CL-515 - lastest version of the 215/415 - with a 22-plane EU order.

For the record, I have never heard any version of the aircraft called the 'Canadair'; I rarely heard it called 'Superscooper'.

The World's Most Desperately Needed Airplane Is Back in Production

Manufacturer De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is rapidly bringing a water-bombing aircraft back into production as orders have surged due to raging wildfires fueled …

financialpost.com

Really bad journalism. Like 6000 liters translates to 20 bathtubs?