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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:23 PM
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CALM! YOU WANT CALM? WATCH THESE GUYS:
US Forest Service crew on the Tumblebug Fire in mid-September. I posted many photos of the drift smoke, but watch this shit from the fire line:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoa_qzbb2lA
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:34 PM
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1. K & R!
This is one of those professions that I think you either have what it takes or you don't.

And not many do.

Many thanks to our firefighters everywhere.

:patriot:
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:35 PM
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2. Okay, one look at this and I'm terrified.
I love my socialist firefighters.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:37 PM
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3. Oh, man .. are you ever right!
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:40 PM
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5. +1. nt
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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:37 PM
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4. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!! I can't decide if those guys are brave or suicidal. But boy
am I thankful they are out there doing their jobs.

Rec.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:45 PM
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6. I love the akimbo lean!
What guts. These are the guys and gals I work with during fire season. I'm damn proud.
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bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:48 PM
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7. As in "leaning into the frickin' blast furnace"???
You should be proud, DemoTex. Thanks for posting that.
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:59 PM
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8. No, Bertman .. you should be proud.
They work for you. They are the living legacy of "Republicans" Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot. Neither were really Republicans, but that is an old story.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 11:05 PM
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9. Living in the woods, this scares the crap out of me. Amazing!
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