Lovely. More idiots in action.
A drone’s collision with a water-dropping aircraft fighting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles caused temporary grounding of all aircraft working that fire and took out one of just two amphibious planes capable of repeatedly scooping 1,600 gallons of water from the ocean and delivering it onto nearby flames, Cal Fire told The War Zone.
A Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper turboprop plane smashed into a drone around 10 a.m. local time, Cal Fire spokesman Chris Thomas told The War Zone.
The drone was flying despite a Temporary Flight Restriction TFR imposed by the FAA over the area from Jan. 9 to Jan. 23 to prevent any aircraft, manned or drone, from interfering with firefighting efforts. The drone was being flown by a photographer taking video of the flames, the LA Times reported.
“It’s a federal crime, punishable by up to 12 months in prison, to interfere with firefighting efforts on public lands,” the FAA said in a statement. “Additionally, the FAA can impose a civil penalty of up to $75,000 against any drone pilot who interferes with wildfire suppression, law enforcement or emergency response operations when temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) are in place. The FAA treats these violations seriously and immediately considers swift enforcement action for these offenses. The FAA has not authorized anyone unaffiliated with the Los Angeles firefighting operations to fly drones in the TFRs.”
This guy needs to be made an example of, as do the people who have been caught lighting fires.
People need their Instagram fixes. They also caught an arsonist but haven't released the name. Probably a crimmigrant.
ReplyDeleteOr a drug-addled, unhoused cull.
DeleteHere’s the arsonist who was arrested for allegedly starting the Kenneth Fire, which has burned 800+ acres of Los Angeles
DeleteAre we about to find out these fires are being set by illegal migrant gangs with the intent of looting?
video
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1877559499172593789/video/1
Or a maga turd
DeleteHalf the fires in the hillsides turn out to be homeless/drug addicts camping in the brush, and too stoned to notice when their campfire gets blown around by 50MPH gusts, and suddenly the whole canyon is going up.
DeleteThat's been a regular feature for several decades hereabouts.
A non-zero number of them are also illegal aliens.
Setting them deliberately for looting doesn't even need to enter into things.
Pic and story here: https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/arson-eyed-las-kenneth-fire-suspect-gang-tackled-residents
DeleteTo Anonymous 0418PM you might read this. Fires were not caused by a “maga turd;” this catastrophe was the result of the deliberate efforts of liberal leftist communist “turds” in CA government and their fellow travelers in numerous leftist influence groups: https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1877757377597862370
DeleteLike the lighting of these fires, this is not an accident. Your .gov at work for you!
ReplyDeleteBut my RIGHTS! I have the God given right to fly my drone anywhere I want without restrictions or government interference!
ReplyDeleteSince when do we trust BIG GOVERNMENT to tell us what/when/where to do stuff? Is this a free country?
Oh the irony....
You also get to pay for the damage you caused.
DeleteActually, you don't. Try flying a plane without a pilot's license.
DeleteThis is your Gov at work...against you. (15 min 'smart cities. More invisible fast trains. Chunks of land for the '28 Olympics...) The Federal funding in the gabillions will be the biggest baddest money laundering scam, coming right up.
DeleteHere we have our trusty Ghostsniper starting/believing the latest conspiracy theory. It never fails.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia is burning. The investigation as to who/how the fire started has not even started but our resident conspiracy theorist is already proposing his own stupid theories. Illegal migrants did it!
Is it possible that illegal migrants started the fire? Yes. It is also possible that the fire was started by a lighting, a cigarette butt, a car, electrical infrastructure, fireworks, exploding e-bike, a glass bottle, jewish space lasers, aliens, godzilla or one of the Game of thrones dragons and a million other things that could have created a spark that could light dry vegetation... It happens EVERY year since 1776.
We have no idea what/how started the fires. Ghostsniper has no idea of what/how started the fire. The smart/intelligent thing to do is wait until the fire has been controlled, the investigation has concluded and then MAYBE we will know what happen. But we all know that people like ghostsniper are neither smart or intelligent.
You've got to be pretty naive to think all these fires are accidental. Ghostsniper provided a video, looks like a foreigner to me. Go ahead and wait for the FBI coverup, er uh govt. investigation, you can read all about it in WaPo and NYT then.
DeleteSo, are you saying there weren't any fires before 1776?
DeleteYour snark detector is out of whack, moron. Get it calibrated.
DeleteIs this the same X post that shows the cops arresting some young guy with a bike and a propane torch? Yeah, just happened to be carrying this old torch with me, for no particular reason.
Delete"KTLA reported that on Thursday afternoon, around 4:30 p.m. local time, police responded to an incident involving an individual with a blowtorch attempting to set fire to multiple Christmas trees and garbage near the area of Arcos Drive and Galendo Street in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles.
DeleteThis came at roughly the same time as the Kenneth Fire, which erupted late Thursday afternoon in the San Fernando Valley and is now spreading through the West Hills.....
Local residents stepped up and collared the creep and held him for the police.
Anon@827, I didn't know that Jewish space lasers were starting fires so long ago. Wow, every year since 1776 and not in the history books
DeleteA while back, there was a report that LA has about 14,000 small fires started every year by homeless. Yes, there is a possibility that that the current large fires were started accidentally. There is also a possibility that they were started for nefarious reasons. The bicycle gangs looting the evacuated areas is one example of the LA illegal gangs taking advantage of the situation.
Also, at least Ghostsniper publishes with his nom de plume which the Anons just can't get around to doing.
Dave
Money on George Webb's theory...elites using top of the line advanced AI to create scenarios and how-to's...all they need to do is pre-program outcomes and expectations with parameters.
DeleteIf the authorities actually know who was flying the drone (and it does sound like they do), this guy needs to get the full hammer. If there's any way to stack charges (multiple flights = multiple offenses) do it. Put him away for as many years as possible, federally, and beggar him with fines. Do it with huge publicity: this is what will happen if you are caught.... Then do it again. And again. Put away a couple of 16 year olds. The way to end this drone stupidity is to make the odds of getting caught high and the penalties awe inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI agree but the problem is the DA's only know how to prosecute Republicans. They are so confused when a liberal gets arrested they turn them loose.
DeleteTime to publicly name the drone operator and Gitmo him for five years.
ReplyDeleteThanks to Joe, there's some openings at Gitmo now.
DeletePeople lighting these fires need to be roasted.
ReplyDeleteUnpossible!
ReplyDeleteThe World's Foremost Canuckistani Drone Expert assured the whole world that drones could never be used for nefarious purposes, and we had nothing to worry about from their use. Never ever ever.
At least it is fixable, and didn't crash.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet the flight crew wants five minutes alone with the drone flyer.
DeleteListening to the news last night on NewsMax, commenters as the night wore on, changed the description of the implement used to light the fires; by the guy the citizens caught, from propane torch to blowtorch to flame thrower.
ReplyDeleteOn Newsmax, the supposed home of truth in network journalism these days.
Then they wonder why we detest them.
Nemo