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The crews of the helicopters were magnificent and turned a difficult situation into one that was very manageable.
A few hours ago on the news in Australia, it was revealed that the American crew of a Hercules C-130 water bomber had crashed in New South Wales while fighting fires. When I heard about it, I felt gutted. For some reason, it seems harder to accept when the tragedy happens to those from another country who are over here and helping. I'm aware that we have a reciprocal relationship with regards to fire fighting with both the US and Canada. Other countries have also been helping. Maybe I might try and develop a Topical Collection on fire fighters. They are certainly deserving.
Anyway, I felt it necessary to salute the American crew of this aircraft.
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Emu,
thanks for the salute.
Firemen from around the world are serving there. And they seem able to immediately mobilize for these events, far better than most NGOs (not a slight to the NGOs, but a tip of the hat to the fire fighters).
I remember being on the train from Albany to NYC in early days of this millenium and seeing fire fighters and EMS and others from pretty much everywhere heading down to that graveyard that had once touched the sky.
Bless them all, and god protect you all in Oz.
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Not to take one iota of praise'n'glory from the flying firefighters, but they deploy to (and operate from) locations capable of supporting aircraft ... like, say, airports.
Not quite the same thing as boating up some river or bouncing along some 'road' to reach some semblance of a lost-in-the-jungle village, or hopping thru a mountainside of rubble to dig people out of an earthquake or a mudslide.
Or, for that matter, jumping out of those perfectly good airplanes:
http://johnmacleanbooks.com/manngulch/
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (who will note in passing that the State of California allows women prison inmates to fight forest fires for very little money but, once they're out, will not hire convicted felons to fight forest fires)
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It is sad to see the ultimate sacrifices these men and women make. It is becoming too much the norm in California these days.
My father was a firefighter, not for forest fires, but in my home town although he had his share of brush fires in the dry spells. He was forced into retirement early due to a heart attack in '74 which was attributed to damage from smoke inhalation from a multi-alarm fire he fought in the 50s - nobody realized it in those days. Finally did him in years later, but the fire department was there for him throughout.
In retirement my father was enlisted by my mother and her coworkers to sort and soak stamps off correspondence from the university arriving from all over the world. It kept him out of trouble as he watched his John Wayne movies on tv. He wasn't a collector, but he was a contributor.
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IMHO, our emergency responders and police deserve the same accolades and thanks as our military veterans. Both risk their lives to defend and protect us.
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On New Years Day, my property was in danger, due to fires in an area close to Melbourne, Australia. I live on 2.5 acres and was first in the path of the fire front. It was a stressful time and I had my water pump and hose ready to try and protect my property. It was not a huge fire compared to those in other areas of Australia, but still very worrying. I was very relieved when I heard the "thwap-thwap-thwap-thwap" of the fire spotting helicopter, followed not long after by the somewhat deeper sound of the first water bombing (kestrel) helicopter.
The crews of the helicopters were magnificent and turned a difficult situation into one that was very manageable.
A few hours ago on the news in Australia, it was revealed that the American crew of a Hercules C-130 water bomber had crashed in New South Wales while fighting fires. When I heard about it, I felt gutted. For some reason, it seems harder to accept when the tragedy happens to those from another country who are over here and helping. I'm aware that we have a reciprocal relationship with regards to fire fighting with both the US and Canada. Other countries have also been helping. Maybe I might try and develop a Topical Collection on fire fighters. They are certainly deserving.
Anyway, I felt it necessary to salute the American crew of this aircraft.
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Emu,
thanks for the salute.
Firemen from around the world are serving there. And they seem able to immediately mobilize for these events, far better than most NGOs (not a slight to the NGOs, but a tip of the hat to the fire fighters).
I remember being on the train from Albany to NYC in early days of this millenium and seeing fire fighters and EMS and others from pretty much everywhere heading down to that graveyard that had once touched the sky.
Bless them all, and god protect you all in Oz.
David
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Not to take one iota of praise'n'glory from the flying firefighters, but they deploy to (and operate from) locations capable of supporting aircraft ... like, say, airports.
Not quite the same thing as boating up some river or bouncing along some 'road' to reach some semblance of a lost-in-the-jungle village, or hopping thru a mountainside of rubble to dig people out of an earthquake or a mudslide.
Or, for that matter, jumping out of those perfectly good airplanes:
http://johnmacleanbooks.com/manngulch/
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (who will note in passing that the State of California allows women prison inmates to fight forest fires for very little money but, once they're out, will not hire convicted felons to fight forest fires)
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re: Aircraft Crash Fighting Fires
It is sad to see the ultimate sacrifices these men and women make. It is becoming too much the norm in California these days.
My father was a firefighter, not for forest fires, but in my home town although he had his share of brush fires in the dry spells. He was forced into retirement early due to a heart attack in '74 which was attributed to damage from smoke inhalation from a multi-alarm fire he fought in the 50s - nobody realized it in those days. Finally did him in years later, but the fire department was there for him throughout.
In retirement my father was enlisted by my mother and her coworkers to sort and soak stamps off correspondence from the university arriving from all over the world. It kept him out of trouble as he watched his John Wayne movies on tv. He wasn't a collector, but he was a contributor.
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IMHO, our emergency responders and police deserve the same accolades and thanks as our military veterans. Both risk their lives to defend and protect us.
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