They had that problem at another wildfire in bc near Kamloops. Drone flying and brought down all the fire fighting equipment in the area. Really annoying at drone pilots sometimes.
Sent while mobile > On Aug 17, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Steve D <bigd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The particular fires are in southern BC along the US/Canada border from > Osoyoos over to Rock Creek/Kettle Valley area. > > We've got a temporary service in place relayed from a neighboring WISP now. > It's not a lot, but it's something. Another community north of there is > completely in the dark due to the fires to the south... no phone lines, no > power, not even cell. Logistically, there's nothing we can do for this > community right now either. Reports indicate the power company is setting up > a generator. > > 30 homes were lost in Rock Creek so far, and then there's an effin' idiot > flying a drone which has caused the air support for the fire to be grounded > yesterday. Now *THERE* is someone I hope the black suits find... > > -Steve D > >> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:30 AM, D. Ryan Spott <rsp...@ngc457.com> wrote: >> Where are you at Steve? >> >> ryan >> >> -- >> D. Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc >> broadband | telco | colo | communities >> PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294 >> 425-939-0047 >> >>> On Aug 16, 2015, at 12:52, Steve D <bigd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> We had a bad situation this week where wildfire took out our upstream's >>> fiber in one valley which we relay wirelessly over to another valley. We >>> had calls from people angry that we weren't driving through the roadblocks >>> to fix it. >>> >>> :( >>> >>> -Steve D >>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >>>> The last row are me during a thunderstorm. >>>> >>>> From: D. Ryan Spott >>>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 2:07 PM >>>> To: af@afmug.com ; memb...@wispa.org >>>> Subject: [AFMUG] What to do when the Internet is down... >>>> >>>> Normally these comics are just humor. The 'complain to your local >>>> congressman' is what got me to send it to this group. >>>> >>>> ryan >>>> >>>> <eijjfgai.png> >>>> -- >>>> D. Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc >>>> broadband | telco | colo | communities >>>> PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294 >>>> 425-939-0047 >
