River fire flyover by

[craig333]

Blancoliro flying the Husky over the River fire. Different perspective than we get from the media.

 

[Ronin]

Thanks for posting Craig- great video. We're just west of Dog Bar Rd and Taylor Crossing and can see the fire retardant line from our deck. My wife's childhood home ( now Montoliva Vineyard) is right next to the Chicago Park elementary school and she can see that her home survived. Interesting to see the path and scope of the fire.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Great view.Nice to see how well the fire retardant works.
Still a close call.
Ronin glad you are safe.
Frank

 

[goinoregon]

wow. very interesting. i just learned a bit about retardant..
my daughter and family were on the columbia a few weeks ago and they got to watch the planes come down and scoop water into their bellies, and fly off to dump on a local fire. pretty amazing flying, and machines.

 

[Lighthawk]

Good commentary by our Juan Browne, one of Nevada County's gems.
He's family with a good friend, and we've camped togeher.

This fire was close to home, and one of my remodel projects was evacuated last Wednesday. The fire was less than a mile away, exploding from 20 acres to 2600 acres. Between the fire, and quarantined subcontractors and employee, it's been quite a circus.

We're just thankful the fire is contained, and smoke has abated. The bad news is a good friend lost his home off Taylorsville Rd.