Thread: Texas Fires..

Tweet

YellowMello, that appears to be taken around the Austin Airport,looking east. Torched homes now stands at over 1400 in the Bastrop Fire. The elite search teams are now going house to house in search of more fatalaties. People have evacuated to realatives and other places,so it's hard to get a handle on the head count.

Credentials of some volunteer fire fighters were not the type required for this type fire and they were sent home. This just blows my mind,I suspect that FEMA came in and took the effort over from the good ole boys. That will come out later, right now the fire should be their main concentration. A plane from the west coast got here wed. and is sitting because no pilot is available to fly it. I guess we Texans don't fly that type of aircraft. Just venting sorry ???

collapseprb_t400_fsharpen.jpgOr you can be in my part of the country where we have the opposite of drought - 14 plus inches of rain in the past week or so
"CAPITAL REGION — The cresting Mohawk River washed out the approach to the Route 103 bridge in Glenville, temporarily closed all bridges across the river in Schenectady County and once again rose into the city’s soaked Stockade neighborhood Thursday afternoon."

Some of the bridges are open now after inspection. In the photo are gate houses for the Erie Canal


You Texans - stay safe !!!

Originally Posted by Don Dalton

YellowMello, that appears to be taken around the Austin Airport,looking east. Torched homes now stands at over 1400 in the Bastrop Fire. The elite search teams are now going house to house in search of more fatalaties. People have evacuated to realatives and other places,so it's hard to get a handle on the head count.

Credentials of some volunteer fire fighters were not the type required for this type fire and they were sent home. This just blows my mind,I suspect that FEMA came in and took the effort over from the good ole boys. That will come out later, right now the fire should be their main concentration. A plane from the west coast got here wed. and is sitting because no pilot is available to fly it. I guess we Texans don't fly that type of aircraft. Just venting sorry ???

Thanks for the pin point on the locale - - - I've been there many times but not in about 10 years and things change so much. I got some more pics from my buddy today and I may post them up later. As far as whose fault it is, it has been my experience that "anything" the GOOBERMENT has their finger in it, then it will take a loooooong time and cost loooooots of taxpayers money. Just my "onion" !