Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Fire!!!!

It can produce some pretty spectacular scenes.

The wildfire yesterday northeast of the city gave us all some things to watch for, one of them, being careful in a forest that is filled with diseased trees of dwarf mistletoe.....during +30C temperatures.

This could really have been a serious scenario.  As it was, at least one home was burned to the ground.

If the wind had been blowing from the northeast, I couldn't have taken these pictures and the city would have been in a total haze.

I am often amazed at the water bombers and their bird dog going in ahead of them under conditions like the ones above. 

Fliers......."Men of Steel"!!! 

1 comment:

Phil L said...

Good pics. Good thing no-one was hurt. Unfortunate about the property loss.