2021 summer fires

[plowhog]

The Beckwourth fire in NE CA now exceeds 80,000 acres.

Worsening conditions prompt new evacuations for Beckwourth Complex

Updated as of 7:45 a. m. on July 15. US 395 is back open between Reno and Susanville. Updated as of 9:35 p. m. on July 14. Worsening conditions have prompted new mandatory evacuations in Lassen County. The Lassen County Sheriff's Office has issued a mandatory evacuation order for Doyle and Old...

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Yesterday some idiot started a new wildfire near Boomtown in Verdi, NV. Resources are having to be diverted ...

Forward progress stopped on 67-acre Garson Fire near Boomtown, 85% contained

Update, as of 6:27 p. m. on July 13: The Garson Fire is now 85% contained as crews remain on the scene to continue fighting the blaze overnight. Original story: Forward progress was stopped on a 67-acre fire burning south of Boomtown Sunday evening. The Garson Fire broke out around 5 p. m. on...

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[Jchonline]

We had smoke on the Eastern slope of the Rockies this morning, probably from Bootleg.

 

[oosik]

bcp - your maps show why I haven't seen much smoke yet. Everything is blowing due East.

 

[bcp]

Tuesday morning smoke

Bruce

 

[Diggin It]

And now, of all things .....

'Scary': Fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircraft

Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during what could be a ferocious wildfire season, potentially endangering surrounding communities

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[Jchonline]

My brother has been a commercial private pilot for 15 years now. He flew multiple times per week during COVID (rich folks), and he is still flying them all around the world. No issues with jet fuel. That is probably just media hype. If they have a shortage it is probably their own faults for not planning ahead like the rest of the airline industry has for the past few decades.

 

[plowhog]

Minden air tankers sit unused through another busy fire season

Mechanic Ed Welch is dismantling a dream, piece by piece. They are two BAE 146's, former commuter planes that long time pilot Len Parker purchased with the goal of boosting Nevada's firefighting arsenal. That was the dream that Parker says turned into a nightmare of bureaucratic red tape. "Joe...

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[Larry Caldwell]

My brother has been a commercial private pilot for 15 years now. He flew multiple times per week during COVID (rich folks), and he is still flying them all around the world. No issues with jet fuel. That is probably just media hype. If they have a shortage it is probably their own faults for not planning ahead like the rest of the airline industry has for the past few decades.

This is not the airline industry, and if they are refueling at at an airport it's a short runway local airport. Sometimes they meet the fuel truck at a forest LZ. There may be plenty of fuel, just not where it needs to be.

 

[Jchonline]

This is not the airline industry, and if they are refueling at at an airport it's a short runway local airport. Sometimes they meet the fuel truck at a forest LZ. There may be plenty of fuel, just not where it needs to be.

Private pilots land at small airports all the time, Most of the fire ops planes I see flying (I do check radar when there are active fires) are flying out of the very same airports most of the time. They are still able to manage fuel.

 

[Panik]

That is probably just media hype. If they have a shortage it is probably their own faults for not planning ahead like the rest of the airline industry has for the past few decades.

I'm curious... exactly whose fault is it exactly for not planning ahead?.... The contract air suppression company, the BLM/Forest Service, or the airport's fault?