Steven Cook

[Steve Inman @SteveInmanClips]

Darwin Winner

[Steve Inman @SteveInmanClips]

He just needed a hot dose of Leadicillin.

[Steve Inman @SteveInmanClips]

Fantastic ending, but surprised it didn't happen sooner.

[Steve Inman @SteveInmanClips]

When reality settles in.

[Steve Inman @SteveInmanClips]

Two robbers entered the building. Only one escaped.

[Steve Inman @SteveInmanClips]

Update on this FAFO clip:

A grand jury declined to file criminal charges against the customer who shot and killed a robber at the El Ranchito #4 taqueria in southwest Houston, Texas, in January 2023.
Incident

[Steve Inman @SteveInman]

From Criminals to Hole-y Men
Compilation

[Billy Bowling  𝕏 @babowling12]

Some moments from yesterday covering the Matt’s Creek Fire, just outside of Natural Bridge, Va.

Look closely for a Leonids meteor burning up above the wildfire, just after sunset.

📍Snowden, Va

[Billy Bowling  𝕏 @babowling12]

Eerily apocalyptic scenes live from the James River Bridge this afternoon. The #mattscreekfire is nearing 7,000 acres and with steady winds and low humidity in place, this afternoon is poised to be critical.

📍Snowden, Va

[Billy Bowling  𝕏 @babowling12]

Near constant NW winds continually generating a reoccurring Firenado along this front line of the Matts Creek Fire.

📍Snowden, Va

[The Hotshot Wake Up @HotshotWake]

Virginia: The Southern Area Red Team is taking over the Matt’s Creek Fire on the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest outside of Big Island, VA.

The fire is 5,200 acres and 2% contained.

Thanks to the subscriber that shared this 📷 #wildfire #vafire #vawx

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[Chase Steely @Chase_Steely]

Banger

Oliver Anthony “Rich Men North of Richmond”

[The Hotshot Wake Up @HotshotWake]

From a Canadian firefighter who knows what’s going on:
#canada #wildfire #smoke
(Worth the read)

“I know you may know, but people need to know and understand that most Canadian wildfire management agencies have fire “zonation” policies similar to Alaska.

This means in large areas of their jurisdictions, especially in the northern part of the country, wildfires are left to run there natural course w little or no direct action or suppression. We’ll protect values at risk, ie. infrastructure, communities, critical habitat or culturally significant features on the landscape, we’ll map them and maybe try to burn them to natural barrier, fight one flank and let the rest roll (limited action) but we are not putting them out.

On many of the fires we don’t even try. A number of these fires are huge boreal gobblers (I am currently assigned to a 250,000 ha fire, well over 600,000 acres and you could fit the org. chart on one side of a beer can).

The only thing that is going to put out this fire out and many across the country is winter, 5 months from now. It’s going to be a long, smoky summer for everyone. You have a wide reach, it would be great if you can help people understand these dynamics in the Canadian wildfire scene when they’re bitching about the smoke.

Cheers 🍻 and thanks.”

Pretty decent picture of what’s going on. Thanks for the insight.

In the industry we call this letting a fire “Do its thing”. It’s especially common in these vast boreal forests. Siberia does the same thing. Identify hazards and values at risk, mitigate, let it go.

Cheers.