by Timothy RuttAs we write, the Colby fire above Glendora has consumed 125 acres, and authorities are evacuating homes in the forest areas. The scanner is very active with firefighting traffic, and we’ll keep monitoring to see if it will affect Altadena or adjoining areas. Community correspondent Chris “The Skywatcher” Considine has shared some pictures of the superscooper airplanes that have been deployed to fight the fire this morning. The ‘scoopers, from Canada, are under contract to LA County for fire season. PIctures after the jump.
I find it absolutely ridiculous that the super scoopers are from Canada! Why doesn’t California have their own!? After all of these years! After all of these disasters! Don’t tell me budget cuts….if we have the money to fund idiotic bullet trains to Fresno…we certainly have the funds to maintain a fleet of super scoopers.
officially now 1700 ACRES burned at 10:25am
Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 10:24 AM
I find it absolutely ridiculous that the super scoopers are from Canada! Why doesn’t California have their own!? After all of these years! After all of these disasters! Don’t tell me budget cuts….if we have the money to fund idiotic bullet trains to Fresno…we certainly have the funds to maintain a fleet of super scoopers.