In article <HdCdnYovoM9TnHnEnZ2dnUU7-anNnZ2d@supernews.com>, Byker says...
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>> The fires are in Sonoma County...my house is in Marin, just south of it.
>> Hope this doesn't mean the fires are coming south. No smoke in the
>> sky...thinking they're just in a holding pattern for use later.
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>> Took these with a little Nikon point 'n shoot
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>Oh, they look SO reassuring, but are they REALLY effective?
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkzjrZ-jcbY
>http://www.azfamily.com/story/35615211/air-tankers-often-ineffective-in-fighting-wildfires
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>Dated, but still relevant:
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>Air tanker drops in wildfires are often just for show
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>A helicopter drops water on a ridge above Latigo Canyon in Malibu, where a
>fast-moving brush fire threatened homes in November:
>http://tinyurl.com/y7ukm4uu
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>Julie Cart and Bettina Boxall
>Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
>July 29, 2008
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>Long before it reached the ground, the retardant had dissipated into a mist.
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>http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-wildfires29-2008jul29-story.html
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After I posted the pics the local news stated there was a hillside fire in my
home town...even though I didn't see any heavy smoke in the skies. Anyway, it
now makes sense.
A local news station reports that 99% of the fires in this area were started by
humans. The driving force with these fires are the 20 - 40 mph winds...mix that
with the usual careless indigent people living out in the open in tents etc, it
happens.
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