That fire in Stephens county, and the one around Ratliff City in Carter county burned land across a BUNCH of my pipeline route. Some of my fellow FD guys were out on the Ratliff City fire for 36 hours straight. When we got a wind shift behind the front Thursday evening around 1800 hrs, it just went crazy. No matter how many times I see what a fast moving large fire can do, it still amazes me. I had to go fly a special patrol yesterday morning, and another one this morning in those areas, but luckily, everything was in good shape. Avbug, maybe you can answer this one for me... I've been told by a couple of pilots in the past that there is some animosity between Air Tanker pilots and SEAT pilots. Seems to me that they're both out there to do the same job... whats up?
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