BUTTS–OF THE LITTER VARIETY

Repost:  The fires have started up aleady for this year. Six new fires and it is only April. Felt it was time to repost this message from last year. 

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Are you a smoker? Do you know a smoker? Share this with them. Here's the deal. Don't throw your cigarette butts out of your car. Don't throw them on the ground. Would you take a burning coal from a barbecue and toss it out where it can start a fire? Would you walk around dropping lit matches everywhere? You shouldn't do this any time of year but during the hot, dry weather it is critical that you don't do this. Forest fire season is in full, early swing and we are low on water. There is a large patch of burnt grass on our highway right between the lanes. Use some common sense people. Don't even get me started on the dirty mess part of this issue.

FOREST FIRE FURY

Sadly a helicopter pilot has crashed and is presumed dead after dropping into a river while filling his bucket with water. They have found his flight helmet and debris from the helicopter but have not yet found his body. updated August 15,2009

The forest fires in British Columbia were terrible again this year. Some from lightning strikes some from dumb@$$es who drop cigarette butts or people who had unmanaged camp fires.

These ones however were intentionally set by the people who are there to fight the fires.
Why you ask? This is a controlled burn to remove the fuel source before the fires can jump to a new area. Have the fire going up the hill and away from the towns and then when the uncontrolled fire comes over the hill there is nothing left to burn so it won't reach the buildings.
Great in theory. I sure hope they know what they are doing.
Mount McLean in the Canadian province of British Columbia was the site of this particular burn.
There have been evacuations in the numbering in the thousands in these areas.

Since April of this year 2,200 fires have burned 170,171 acres of forested land. Obviously drastic measures are needed.
Here you have the helicopter pilots who fly over the lakes to pick up water in huge buckets to dump or to spread fire retardants over the areas. They are taking a greatly deserved break in their flying to watch up close and personal as the fuel is burned away.