I caught a glimpse of a huge water "bomber" flying out of Vancouver Island. I think this is an article about it: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/10/25/bc-waterbomber.html I hope it helps. It drops a lot of water. Can not believe the amount of damage being done by ma nature (and some %#*@ arsonist) Yikes.
Neil.
On 10/25/07, Ben <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote: > Of what i rear, 4 to be exact, from the west coast. > > Ben > > Michael Elliott wrote: > > > I hear that Canada has loaned one or two of those Bombardier 415's to > > us for these fires. Thank you! >
-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) |
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