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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (166651)8/2/2001 1:45:38 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
From the article:

At 9 a.m., the Hot Shots were replaced with a young "mop-up" crew expecting helicopter relief to arrive within the hour. When the mop-up crew inquired about the missing helicopter just after noon, the dispatch office told the crew field boss that helicopters could not be used in the area because the Chewuch River contained endangered fish.

Final permission to use Chewuch water wasn’t granted until 2 p.m.

Are you telling me that from 5:30am when the request was made, to 2pm when PERMISSION was granted, is not enough time for a helicopter to get water from a river which was obviously within RUNNING distance of the fire? Even granting 10am as being the time when the choppers were available, that is FOUR hours.

Heads should roll on this one.

Derek
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