It's A Warzone Out There

[mongers]

Damn that's bad    :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23123817

Firefighters die battling Arizona wildfire

At least 19 US firefighters have been killed battling a wildfire in central Arizona, local officials say.

They died while fighting the blaze threatening the town of Yarnell, about 80 miles (130km) north-west of Phoenix.

The fire started on Friday but later spread rapidly amid high heat, low humidity and windy conditions.

Arizona and other parts of the western United States - including California - have recorded near-record temperatures over the weekend.

"It has been confirmed that 19 wildland firefighters have lost their lives on the Yarnell Hill fire Arizona," the US Wildland Fire Aviation said in a statement, according to Reuters.

The agency said it was asking "for prayers for the families and friends of these brave men and women".

Some 200 firefighters are battling the fast-moving wildfire and about 50 houses have reportedly been evacuated.

[jimmy olsen]

Terrible news. 

[Admiral Yi]

I wonder if fire jumpers carry something with them to use if they don't want to burn to death.

[jimmy olsen]

They have fire proof tents for last resort, but this fire was to fierce and overwhelmed them.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, they carry those fire-proof deployable shelters, they look like fire-proof sleeping bags, to jump into in case the fire changes direction and overcomes them. 

Stops fire, but not asphyxiation.  That's how those forestry firefighters died 20 years ago in Colorado.

[mongers]

I wonder if fire jumpers carry something with them to use if they don't want to burn to death.

Nothing will adequately protect them from the extreme dangers they sometimes face.

[Caliga]

 

I think he meant something akin to a cyanide pill.

[DGuller]

I wonder if fire jumpers carry something with them to use if they don't want to burn to death.

Nothing will adequately protect them from the extreme dangers they sometimes face.

[Siege]

Warzones have bad people shooting all kinds of deadly things at you trying to kill you.

[CountDeMoney]

Yikes, the only member of the unit that survived had left to get a recovery vehicle.   Talk about survivor's guilt.

[Eddie Teach]

Warzones have bad people shooting all kinds of deadly things at you trying to kill you.

And wildfire is God throwing deadly fire and smoke trying to kill you.

[Siege]

Warzones have bad people shooting all kinds of deadly things at you trying to kill you.

And wildfire is God throwing deadly fire and smoke trying to kill you.

True. But a warzone does not make.
War is a human activity.

[Razgovory]

Ants wage war.

[Siege]

Ants wage war.

No they don't.
They hunt.

[Razgovory]

Ants wage war.

No they don't.
They hunt.

They actually attack other colonies of the same species, take prisoners, and use them as slaves.