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The sky was on fire this morning

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  1. gmule

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    I am used to seeing the pinkish red sunrises this one looked more like a fire
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    Awesome !
    Big fire !
     
  3. gmule

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    Here it was a few minutes earlier.
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    I wish I had my big camera with me instead of using the iPhone. They would have been spectacular pictures with a wide angle lense
     
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    Red sky in morning , Sailor take warning !
    Any truth to it ?
    You get bad weather today ?
     
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    We had rain in the city and the weather forecasters are calling for snow at about 9,000 feet I live at 8,500 so I might get a dusting tonight. Definitely cold enough for a fire tonight that is for sure. On Monday the high peaks above 10,000 feet had a few inches of snow.
     
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    Forecast for Clear & in the 20°s tonight
    Fire 24/7 for the last 3 days, looks like it may not go out until Spring
     
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    And we now have snow
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    :bug::startled::hair::bug:

    The "S" word

    "Sailor take warning" is right :)
     
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    Took this one when I got to work one morning this past spring.. Don't remember what the weather was like the rest of the day but I think bogydave is right..

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    Cool pictures guys.:yes:
     
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    Not sure why but no pictures show up.
     
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    We hit 85 here in NC today. I'm just hoping it gets cool enough tonight that I don't have to run the A/C!
     
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    So... what's a guy gotta do to get a ride in that thing? Prolly join up? :D Nice pic.
     
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    You can do any one of several things.. Easiest (or perhaps hardest;)) would be to join up.. You could also get stuck in the Superdome in New Orleans after a hurricane:hair:, hang out in an embassy that is under attack overseas with appropriate U.S. citizen credentials to be evacuated:rootintootin: or be part of the press corp that follows the president around:banana:.. Additionally, you can be on a Warren Miller crew when they're filming something interesting..:eek: I'm sure there's a dozen other ways to get a ride.:sherlock:

    "The walk out to the heli is no easy task, with 100 miles-per-hour rotor gusts trying to push us to the ground. But soon we're loaded and airborne, with pilots Doug Burpee and Jeff Freeman spinning the 20-ton craft through the canyons of the Sierra like they were the jungles of Vietnam. Chris Patterson and Kent Harvey-lead shooters, so to speak, for the Warren Miller film crew-lean out the open front doors where 50-caliber gunners usually sit. The pilots, like the athletes, lay it on thick when the cameras are rolling, buzzing the tops of trees and cranking turns so tight and fast that the G-forces pin one side of the crew to the wall and pull the other side out snug against their safety belts."

    http://www.skinet.com/skiing/2002/09/drop-and-give-me-heli
     
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    Couple of pics from "Storm"
     

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  16. Stinny

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    You drivin' during the WM stuff? Sounds like a nice diversion.
     
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    No Sir. Different unit. The guys who did it had a blast. The MWTC is just north of Mammoth in CA. Beautiful country although unforgiving.
     
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    gmule- had plow trucks out this morning at the tunnels. About 1.5" on bare ground at the shop this morning. Glad the weekend should be nice.
     
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    Alway's liked the H53's, just an awesome helo
     
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    Red sky at night
    hope it means "sailor's delight" :
    Tonight's sunset

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