Thread: Harvey Fires back on.

Stay safe Big fella.....

Originally Posted by Bytemrk

Stay safe Big fella.....

There is no way it can get here.There is a huge area burnt out between us and the current fires during the Boddington fire.
Andrew

One wonders if the Powers That Be have the foresight...after the hindsight from the Yarloop debacle... to 'invite' that DC-10 tanker to take a trip over here... You know, the one 'they' rejected because 'they' did'nt think... that it would have been as effective or spectacular as a handful of little aircraft buzzing around.

I'm told, the wa govt doesn't have the money to pay for it to be over in wa .

Originally Posted by Eevo

I'm told, the wa govt doesn't have the money to pay for it to be over in wa .

There was a lot of good reasons why it wasn't suitable, if you listen to the right people and not what the media wants you to hear..

One very good reason,there are limited places it can operate out of and those limited places simply havent got a water supply to fill it.
You cant beat the 2 helitacs we have,should have a heap more.Ive been at fires where they are only traveling a few hundred meters to a km from the fire front to fill out of farmers dams.They are bloody effective.AWESOME to watch in action too.






Andrew

The fire that actually burnt Yarloop out re-started today,burning out of control in unburnt country.They say it was a smouldering tree that set it off.
Andrew

Originally Posted by superquag

One wonders if the Powers That Be have the foresight...after the hindsight from the Yarloop debacle... to 'invite' that DC-10 tanker to take a trip over here... You know, the one 'they' rejected because 'they' did'nt think... that it would have been as effective or spectacular as a handful of little aircraft buzzing around.

Yarloop burnt at night, you can't use air support then. We get our big winds at night, that is when the Waroona (Yarloop) fire made its big initial run of 30km across to the coast.

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