German AF GAF689 GLEX on ground at San Diego Int'l with GAF939 Airbus A350 on descent for Las Vegas-looks like McCarran
MAFFS02 and 6 USAF C-130 Hercules dropping on the River Fire
River Fire Erupts in Nevada and Placer Counties, Threatening Homes
A wildfire that broke out near the border between Nevada and Placer counties Wednesday afternoon quickly grew to 100 acres and was threatening houses, according to authorities. The fire — identified as the River Fire by Cal Fire — started just after 2 p.m. off Milk Ranch Road and Bear River Campground Road just north of Applegate. In the short time between when it was first reported by Cal Fire and the latest update, it’s size jumped from 45 acres to 100 acres. It is currently zero percent contained.
The Cal Fire Nevada Yuba Placer unit tweeted video and said the incident commander has requested support for structure defense due to the immediate threat to homes in the area.
CAL FIRE/ Placer County Fire responding to the vegetation fire in the Bear River campground near Colfax in Placer County. The incident commander has asked for structure defense for immediate threat to homes in the area. A resource request for more air resources and engines pic.twitter.com/b99Dd7MaGN — CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (@CALFIRENEU) August 4, 2021
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/river-fire-erupts-in-nevada-and-placer-counties-threatening-homes/ar-AAMWWc7
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/
2 moar C-130s on the River Fire
MAFFS02 3 05 06 USAF C-130's dropping on River Fire
a refresher
The Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, Program provides emergency capability to supplement existing commercial tanker support on wildland fires. MAFFS aids the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. When all other air tankers are activated but further assistance is needed, the Forest Service can request help from the Air Force's MAFFS units. MAFFS is a mission that highlights interagency cooperation. MAFFS units fit inside C-130 airplanes without requiring structural modification. This allows the units to be loaded on short notice. It takes about two hours to load a MAFFS unit onto the C-130. The C-130s drop retardant from an altitude of about 150 feet through a discharge tube located in place of the left rear paratroop door of the aircraft. A MAFFS unit can discharge its load 3,000 gallons weighing 28,000 pounds in less than five seconds. The retardant covers an area one-quarter of a mile long and 60 feet wide. After the plane discharges its load, and returns to an air tanker base, it can be refilled and airborne again in less than 20 minutes.
MAFFS units can drop either water or retardant called "slurry." Slurry is made of 80 to 85 percent water, 10 to 15 percent ammonium sulfate, a jelling agent and red coloring. The red in the retardant helps pilots see where they have dropped previous loads. Along with retarding the fire, the slurry acts as a fertilizer. Because the MAFFS discharges the agent in a mist, slurry does not cause damage to buildings.
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104558/modular-airborne-fire-fighting-system/
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Tesla, Inc. sold by Chairman of Board: $22.12m-August 2
Opex award @ $52.38/sh and sale @ $707.60/sh avg.
Robyn M. Denholm has served as a director since August 2014 and as Chair since November 2018. Since January 2021, Ms. Denholm has been an operating partner of Blackbird Ventures, a venture capital firm. From January 2017 through June 2019, Ms. Denholm was with Telstra Corporation Limited, a telecommunications company, as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy from October 2018 through June 2019, and Chief Operations Officer from January 2017 to October 2018. Prior to Telstra, from August 2007 to February 2016, Ms. Denholm was with Juniper Networks, Inc., a manufacturer of networking equipment (“Juniper”), serving first as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and then as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Operations Officer. Prior to joining Juniper, Ms. Denholm served in various executive roles at Sun Microsystems, Inc. from January 1996 to August 2007. Ms. Denholm also served at Toyota Motor Corporation Australia for seven years and at Arthur Andersen & Company for five years in various finance assignments. Ms. Denholm is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia/New Zealand, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
https://ir.tesla.com/corporate/robyn-m-denholm
https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1242782&tc=7
Tesla Chairman Robyn Denholm Sells Shares Worth Over $22 Million
Tesla Inc. Chairman Robyn Denholm sold 31,250 shares of the electric-vehicle maker for more than $22 million, according to a regulatory filing late Wednesday.
Denholm, who recently testified in a Delaware court as part of a shareholder lawsuit over Tesla’s controversial 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, has served on Tesla’s board since August 2014. She became chair in November 2018 after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was forced to relinquish the role as part of his settlement agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC agreement, announced in September of 2018, required Musk to step down from the role and be replaced by an independent chairman for three years.
Those three years are almost up, meaning that Musk could potentially resume the role. Tesla has yet to file its proxy for the 2021 shareholder meeting.
Denholm lives in Australia and was previously the chief financial officer at Australian telecoms company Telstra Corp. The filing Wednesday shows she exercised options to purchase the shares, paying the required strike prices, then subsequently sold the stock. All the transactions were executed on Aug. 2 and the shares were sold at weighted average prices ranging from $700 to $726.11.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tesla-chairman-robyn-denholm-sells-shares-worth-over-22-million-1.1636735