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05-28-2008, 02:00 AM | #1 | |
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May 28, 2008: Bombing Wildfires
A new system of fighting wildfires.
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Bob Ferguson photo In the case of a huge fire threatening population centers, being able to press any rear ramp plane into the fray, without equipping them with tanks and plumbing, would be a big advantage.
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05-28-2008, 03:12 AM | #2 |
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05-28-2008, 11:23 AM | #3 |
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Here's a Black Spruce, going up like a Roman Candle, at an Alaska wildfire last week. Very quick, very hot, very dangerous to get near.
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05-28-2008, 11:34 AM | #4 | |
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I was just reading an article in the Washington Post this morning that said that a new USDA commissioned report has found that the effects of global warming are already being felt in the United States, and that the increase in wild fires out West is due to global warming.
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