I've seen those up close and personal out there. Very frustrating when the "firenado" picks up burning tumbleweeds and distributes them into unburned areas.

I wonder which idiots were firing tracer ammunition this time of year. Used to be it wasn't even issued once the cheat grass was dry enough to burn. (Spent 30 years in the NG here, very familiar with range fires in the OTA.) Visiting units perhaps, locals should know better.

My car was covered with soot and ash this morning. I wondered where the fire was.

Back in the 90s one dropped its load at the west end of the Boise airport. It hit the canal and made a huge orange mess. A second earlier and that load would have hit the road. I bet it could easily take out a windshield.

A unit I was in did that after the injury rate got quite high. We were beating the crap out of each other on the playing fields. Even volleyball became a blood sport.

Just racoons and bats AFAIK. The rebuilt house just sold for 1.2 million. Getting pricey up here.

I used to see bats all the time around here, not so much these days. The attic of the old "abandoned" house across the street used to be where they "hung out". Haven't seen any since they tore down and rebuilt that house.

I saw them used with good effect on a range fire S of Boise a number of years back - also saw the aftermath of one of the tankers dropping his load just after takeoff and the entire orangey mess ended up around and in the canal at the end of the Boise Air Terminal runway west side.

I used to rent that little house at that address back in the 80s. Dirt cheap too, $180 a month.

I used to work out in the desert south of Boise. Encountering irresponsible shooters was a regular event out there. At one point a group was shooting straight down the road. When confronted they generally become indignant and start on about how it's BLM land and they have a right, blah blah blah

It's been years since they opened up the old one. Pretty neat when they do, sirens go off before the plume begins to shoot upwards into the sky.

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Last time I saw the old "rooster tail" was quite a few years back when they had an anniversary of some kind for the dam. Like you say, the new one is alright, but no way does it compare to the old one.

ACHD just hates Boise period.

I cannot imagine anyone driving one who isn't a D-bag. Clueless at best, but still a D-bag.

Had one. A 12 ton chunk of firewood peeled off of it onto the neighbors roof. Cost me 1500 to get rid of the rest of it. Not a fan - nor was the neighbor.

I remember well the sinking feeling of seeing team buses in the parking lot of the hotel. A noisy night guaranteed.

I finally managed to log on, only to be dumped off a minute later. Not sure what is going on, but with current events being what they are, I can't help but suspect tampering by musk-o-vites.