Posted on 08/23/2023 8:02:37 PM PDT by Sertorius
Scorching heat and a lack of rain have made much of Louisiana a tinderbox, causing wildfires across the state.
As firefighters tackle the blaze, state officials are urging people not to go sightseeing for them — and to stop sending drones up to take pictures.
"We have aircraft in the air and people’s drones are getting in the way," Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said.
Strain emphasized that there is a statewide burn ban in place, and urged residents to be hypervigilant about fire risk.
"It is imperative that everyone adhere to the burn ban and take the red flag warning seriously."
(Excerpt) Read more at theadvocate.com ...
Louisiana wildfire. Sounds like a good name for a hot sauce.
“Stop flying drones, you might accidentally see something we don’t want you to see.”
So people are setting the fires, though not necessarily always on purpose?
Yeah, I'm sure that the transients and lookeeloos are all about conformity with their dictates. /s
That stated, check out the pre-fire details about the homeless problem on Maui:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/06/06/mpd-brings-services-growing-west-maui-homeless-camp/
https://www.lahainanews.com/news/local-news/2022/12/02/ka-hale-a-ke-ola-receives-5-million-grant/
whoops, wrong thread.
Don’t want to catch arsonist in action.
Yeah, I am not sure how drones interfere with airplanes fighting the fires.
Already some firefighting near miss incidents:
No fire just a Blackhawk over N.Y. years ago:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/army-blackhawk-hits-drone-180965047/
I thought it was climate change.
Flying drones to toss cigarettes does seem irresponsible.
So what I am also hearing is that small drones are possible weapons against government vehicles like Joe Biden boasts about.
Well, flying them into the flight path of the fire fighter aircraft, but I’ve not seen too many drone pilots do that.
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