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Rhiannon12866

(204,721 posts) Mon Jun 27, 2022, 02:15 AM Jun 2022

Taking the fight to the night against California's wildfires with new helicopters - 60 Minutes

Bill Whitaker reports on the largest helicopter to ever fight fires at night, used in California as the state faced one of its most intense fire years ever. Aired on 06/26/2022.

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Taking the fight to the night against California's wildfires with new helicopters - 60 Minutes (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 OP

Thanks for posting this amazing video (and the same ol' bureaucratic resistance to change)! FailureToCommunicate Jun 2022 #1

This is a big deal Unwind Your Mind Jun 2022 #2

FailureToCommunicate

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1. Thanks for posting this amazing video (and the same ol' bureaucratic resistance to change)!

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Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:56 AM

Jun 2022

Unwind Your Mind

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2. This is a big deal

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Mon Jun 27, 2022, 03:43 PM

Jun 2022

We had our worst fire less than five years ago (Tubbs Oct ‘17) and there was no flying at night then

We were on alert for about 10 days and we never all slept at the same time. I remember being up in the early morning, listening to the radio and waiting for daylight so the air attack could go up.

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