What a day. I smelled like a fireplace after this… the rest of my brush gear is on its way from California… looks like we’ll be having more of these this summer.
A firefighter from the Texas Forest Services watches a helicopter douse the wildfire on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Spring, Texas. (© 2011 Patrick T. Fallon / Houston Chronicle )
A helicopter flies in a water bucket to help control a wildfire on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Spring. ( Patrick T. Fallon / Houston Chronicle )
Wayne Swamber, 14, plays basketball at him home while a water dropping helicopter douses a wildfire on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Spring. ( Patrick T. Fallon / Houston Chronicle )
I wish I would have shot this from further away to make greater compression with a 300mm and make the helicopter bigger. Ugh..
Houston Chronicle Page A1, Saturday June 18. © 2011 Houston Chronicle.
Bystanders take pictures with their cell phones of a helicopter dousing a wildfire on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Spring. ( Patrick T. Fallon / Houston Chronicle )
Volunteer firefighters from Klein Fire Dept. set up a house line to protect homes on Lincolns Meadow Drive while helicopters douse a wildfire on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Spring. ( Patrick T. Fallon / Houston Chronicle )
Texas Forest Service ground crews coordinate their next buldozer fire line strategy while trying to control a wildfire on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Spring. ( Patrick T. Fallon / Houston Chronicle )
Lt. Escobar of the Harris County Sheriffs watches a helicopter douse a wildfire on Friday, June 17, 2011 in Spring. ( Patrick T. Fallon / Houston Chronicle )
Daniel Berman
June 18th, 2011 at 9:57 pmDigging that last one Patrick!
pfallon
June 19th, 2011 at 12:20 amThanks Daniel… I should have worked it more to get those power lines out..