If it doesn’t happen near a major US city, no one seems interested in covering it.
Because CNN is based in Atlanta, it gets more coverage than Chicago.
The media have eliminated their ability to cover the news, and we are all poorer for it.
]]>Yeah, Kryten, the manning standard for public safety is “too many people if nothing happens, and not enough for more than a single incident.” After the Howard years I’m surprised they hadn’t privatized fire fighting.
Everyone wants maximum protection, but politicians want to show their worth by cutting budgets. They cut things that they don’t think voters will notice, and they don’t until there is a problem – like a major fire or a bridge that wasn’t maintained collapses.
Dig your slit trench, get a “space blanket” and a wool blanket to soak to go over the trench, and have a cooler full of ice, because the weather patterns don’t look like they are going to improve.
Low and slow is always dangerous, Jill, and the air over a major fire creates its own turbulence. The French use pilots from their Air Force flight demonstration team for aerial fire fighting.
]]>Glad to hear the pilot is OK, though. Fixed wing aircraft through fire area…CRAZY DANGEROUS.
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We are just bracing for our next fire season already. It would be very surprising as we usually don’t think about it until around Sept., but that last season was very bad, and people are still worried. The preliminary report on the last seasons debacle is in and it’s not pretty. A lot of stupid (and IMHO criminally negligent) decisions were made and things not done, or done badly by Gov and various agencies. So now they are all scrambling like mad, even though the final report isn’t ready and things will change! It bothers me… I keep thinking “Fools rush in…” etc. *sigh* On the plus side, there isn’t much left to burn. 😐 Talk about black humor.
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