Something interesting...

[layla]

There's a firefighter helicopter (we assume) dipping water from the pond in the gravel pit with a bucket. It's done a few trips now; it takes about 3-5 minutes to do a round trip, which means that wherever it's taking the water is rather alarmingly close. It's possible that they're just practicing for an actual emergency, though.




Circling around to get a good angle on the pond.




Lowering the bucket into the pond (which is behind a gravel pile) -- I didn't want to get any closer because I don't want them to feel like they can't maneuver due to rubberneckers. They go straight down, hover for a minute while the bucket fills, then it's up and away.




Taking off and flying back up into the hills.


It's a surprisingly tiny bucket, although I guess you can only carry so much weight with a smallish flying machine. You can actually SEE the difference in the way the helicopter maneuvers when it's empty and when it's full.

Comments

[polarbee.livejournal.com]

Per Thadd: Because the inventor's last name was Bambi.
Now see, I was picturing some early mishap between a deer and a bucket, but I guess it's not quite that interesting. :)
Oh, and apparently a boiler exploded somewhere in Fox. That's what they were putting out.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

Now, see, I would have pictured some sort of horrible accident involving a deer and a helicopter and ... yeah. On the other hand, I guess the name Bambi must have originated with some family of human beings originally.

Oh, and apparently a boiler exploded somewhere in Fox.

Somehow this does not surprise me.