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    Falling pics 11/25/09

    @Jacob J. @slowp @tarzanthomas @hammerlogging @datalogger @Burvol @Gologit I see some of you folks show up as taggable; others appear long gone from the site. It's been a long time since I was here last. Hope all is well. I am sure I've forgotten some people. I haven't been on the saw in a long...
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    Fire

    Nice to be in the high desert this time of year - high and dry. We sure had a wet winter though.
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    Fire

    By god, I'll pay that bill and return to sender with a bill paid charge! :laugh:
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    tree tried to kill me

    The chain was too lazy to make a proper "notch" or the operator was? And what's a "30% lean"? We speak in degrees here. GrassGuerilla might want some more popcorn now.
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    Fire

    Bobster! I owe you a breakfast since you sneakily took the check from the table and went to pay while I scowled from behind the glass of tea. Hard to run with a glass o' tea in your face, ya know?
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    tree tried to kill me

    Some people just need an ass whoopin' when messing with straight grained wood and crappy saws.
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    Fire

    I'll pop in to say the book madhatte linked to is excellent. Gonna have to read it again soon.
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    British columbia felling job

    Being a tree "surgeon" is nothing at all, nowhere close, not even by a mile, the same as being a production timber faller. Nobody just walks into a falling job - especially coming from across the pond to the other side of the NA continent. When they say, steep ground, it's steep. Your thighs...
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    Fire

    I've missed two opportunities to do my refresher this winter/spring because of work, and thus missed out on a super fun conifer woodland burn with knee-breaking slopes. But it's good to be working, even if the youngins I'm supervising are gonna give me gray hair by the time I hit 30.
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    Fire

    Get off the couch, 'tater. :laugh:
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    Fire

    If anyone needs a good ol' ass whooping, it's Smokey Bear. Bring it on.
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    Fire

    A home in the wildland is no different than a tree or a shrub; they're all made of wood and wood burns. Fire is not the problem - it never has been - too many people building too many homes in the wrong places with too lax zoning laws is the problem. An anti-fire culture doesn't help, either.
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    Falling pics 11/25/09

    That probably ain't the best way to conduct one's self whilst installing humboldts in those west coast trees. They'll kick your ass down the hill and call you a fool.
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    Fire

    Unless some people have found a way to control weather and climate, there is simply no such thing as "wildfire prevention". We can slow it down (fuel reduction) or speed it up (fire suppression), but other than that, Mother Nature has the upper hand when it comes to wildfire. All the talk...
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    Fire

    Budget cuts, even for fire, are the wave of the future, unfortunately. Adding to that, the burden of thinning should not fully rely on federal or state governments' shoulders. Land and homeowners need to take responsibility, too. More so than they have in the past. However, the Granite...
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    Fire

    Sounds eerily similar to South Canyon, which was almost 19 years ago (7/6/1994). Those of you who have not read the book about that fire by John Maclean should do so.
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    Fire

    A nice video made by a firefighter in CO on the West Fork Complex. <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/69120008?color=ff9933" width="560" height="380" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
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    Fire

    Looks pretty snazzy! :rock:
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    The Descriptive Process

    Mild summer here so far in NE. Highs in the 80s, lows in upper 50s - low 60s. Easy compared to Texas - Dad called earlier and said it was 108 today. But the folks in the grocery store today sure were harpin' about "the heat and humidity". It wouldn't be so humid if they didn't water all that...
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    Fire

    I read where 1,000hr. fuels in CO are at 4-10%. That is bone dry.
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