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Welcome aboard! I kind of wish I was in FL right now. Too cold for golf around here.

Welcome Bas!

I would say this is the non-fire season, historically speaking. Summer is when we usually burn up out here.

FYI I merged the technical posts from the OP's intro thread here to keep them all in one place. It appears some answers preceded the first post here, so I'll move the original post there to here as well.

I saw video on the news that they are using air tankers that can refill their tanks by skimming across the water. They were refilling in the ocean, though to your point there wouldn't be any pumps involved in that process.

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Good thought, but I don't think practical. It's not along the routes the water comes in from. Closest is the Colorado River Aqueduct, but I suspect they're already pulling as much as the can from that. Most of the rest is stolen piped from northern California, and the Salton Sea is to the...

Cite? In any case, they probably should be. They have to allow for the winter rain and spring snow melt. Many lakes out here are fed by large watersheds. They have to estimate what will be entering the lake in the future and allow for it. Water can often enter the lake faster than they can...

I'll play devil's advocate and ask where they were supposed to store the water? Lakes only hold so much before they overflow. I'm guessing most of them were full after the big rain years (they were around here). New dams would be very expensive and probably shot down anyway. "Dumping into...

In the western US power companies have started to cut power to high-risk areas during some storms (high winds predicted). Not sure if it's happening elsewhere. Bummer on all that stuff in your refrigerator and freezer. :cry::eek:

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

My brother lives in the area and had to evacuate. So far his place is safe, but... Why couldn't it happen in England?

Given the smiley, I think it was intended as a joke. That's how I took it anyway.

Welcome aboard Al!

Don't hold your breath:

Welcome!

I haven't tested visibility. In the app I looked at to verify the event, I'm setting different border colors and such.

FYI in Report view the Paint event can be used instead of the Format event.

Yeah, I take ours out of the car when we're home. It is a pain. I assume they're trying to save weight/increase mileage with the mini tires.