because you let too many in.
"…used to refer to any mixed race person"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulatto
makes no sense whatsoever.
Hats off to the rescuer but the story is bullshit.
Firstly, they're not trapped at all. The fire is burning into the wind in the middle of the night and is hardly raging… they could have just walked out to the road which seems to be about 300 yards away. What the hell do they think they're gonna achieve with a couple of rakes? Stay in your fire fighting vehicle next time.
All unnecessary heroics.
Good effort. just make sure you leave a space between >>10381505 and (PB)
I dabble in a bit of GIS interp...last time i checked i couldn't see anything resembling a sub pen entrance on Water Island. The old WW2 naval base is at Krum Bay across the channel on St. Thomas island...
Have you spotted anything?
I'm a fire fighter.
I have ten years experience as an area commander and have trained 2 generations of firemen. pic related is me. 1st rule of firefighting is don't leave the black unless the plan calls for it. They've walked into the dead man's zone and put themselves and their rescuers in danger. The rakes…We call them Rakehos and they serve a purpose when you want to pinch a fire off in an area that's inaccessible for vehicles… but in that sort of vegetation, they're a waste of time.
I stick by my original comments. There is no cliff between them and the road, the smoke is blowing away from them.
The whole rescue was completely unnecessary. There's an excellent firebreak only 300 yards away.
I once saw some hillbillies start a raging inferno by half filling a tire up with lighter fluid and rolling it down a mountain.
About 5 minutes later there were 30 ft flame heights roaring through the forest.
I also made a fire so large by dropping incendiaries from a helicopter that a pyrocumulus cloud formed over the top of us, dumped half and inch of rain on an otherwise sunny day and nearly put the fire out.
I've seen fires burn through swamps…on top of the water… I've stood on a fire trail blasting rabbits that were trying to escape.
This silverback could go on and on…
Yes of course and 6f8881 is right.
>We're shepherds of our planet
The best way to do it isn't to mechanically 'remove debris'…. it's by using fire during the cooler months to reduce fuel loads in the forest.
There are of course many nuances (like fire adapted vegetation types) and never as black and white/easy as it sounds.
Trying to convince a hysterical woman that bush fire safety is more important than her washing is not a fun job.
Man will one day take his rightful place in the galaxy and realize his role as a space faring gardener.