Talk:Bridge Fire

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The Bridge fire appears to have flared up as of Oct. 20 as large smoke clouds billow near the point of origin above Glendora. This does not seem to be reported anywhere but the smoke is very visible above my home in Arcadia. The Bridge fire suffered from a lack of resources when it started and only a few helicopters responded originally. Fire management for whatever reasons failed to knock it down fast enough when it was small. Air resources are the difference makers and the fire burned through to the high desert. Approx. 100 homes were lost and I believe the response was mis-managed. Air resources such as VLATs make the big difference and there are too few to go around. We have money to give illegal migrants for free medical care, prepaid phones, and free gender reassignment surgery, but not enough for firefighting air resources. Air resouces like VLATs are the most effective at knocking down fast moving and large fire fronts. The bigger the air tanker the better. Don't let any uninformed, uneducated fire planner tell you about the virtues of 500 gallon drop slings and water drop "efficiency." Capacity is what matters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.126.231.213 (talk) 00:05, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Progression section issues

The "Progression" section, tagged as needing a rewite, has ten paragraphs. This is counting the one-line two-sentence opening paragraph. The fifth paragraph is 1 and 1/2 lines for one sentence. The sixth paragraph is a-half-a-line for one sentence, seventh paragraph is shorter, with only thirteen words. The ninth and tenth paragraphs are also too short.

That wasn't what this began about:

The third sentence in the eighth paragraph states, "The fire's most active section was in the northwest while the in the east it still affects residents in the Mount Baldy area, is missing something. Anyway, can't say I am vague. -- Otr500 (talk) 04:40, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]