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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-24-2011, 08:19 PM
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I saw smoke from a brush fire on the drive home from work yesterday, and then a chopper doing runs from the valley up to the ridge where the fire was. Followed it to this location just 1 block off my normal route home. The chopper was getting water from the Truckee River - yes, in Nevada this is called a river :)
The chopper hovered rock steady just inches above the water in 25-30 mph winds for a minute or two to fill its tank. Meanwhile, I was having trouble standing still enough to get a picture because of the gusty wind.
You can see the filling device as the chopper lifts off. His round trip to fill and drop the water took 8 - 10 minutes.
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