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re: Video of father and son driving through forest fire in Montana
Posted on 8/19/18 at 5:35 pm to Northwestern tiger
Posted on 8/19/18 at 5:35 pm to Northwestern tiger
Looked to me like they were fine where they were before they drove INTO the fiery forest.
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Posted on 8/19/18 at 5:53 pm to cattus
quote:This.
Hate news links, always good to look for a YT link before posting
Made me watch a commercial, then the fricking video wouldn't play. frick you ABC.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:55 pm to dcrews
They drove down and got close to a lake is how they survived.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:16 pm to Northwestern tiger
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:16 pm to dcrews
That’s not how these fires behave. I’ve driven through a much smaller wildfire. Flames shooting 100+ feet in the air and the wind turbulence the fires generate are fricking terrifying.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:27 pm to Northwestern tiger
I'm not watching the video, somebody want to tell me why someone would drive through a forest fire?
It doesn't seem like a good idea.
It doesn't seem like a good idea.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:31 pm to heypaul
Hypothetical, they were at the end of a dead end road and it was the only way to escape. Or there was a worse fire coming from the other direction. It looked like they lucked out and the flame front had already passed through. They wouldnt have made it otherwise.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:31 pm to heypaul
They were hiking and trying to get out.
After coming on a tree blocking the road they reversed all the way back to the lakes edge and called for help. They were picked up by a park ranger in a boat.
Shortly after reversing back to the lake the car caught fire and burned up.
After coming on a tree blocking the road they reversed all the way back to the lakes edge and called for help. They were picked up by a park ranger in a boat.
Shortly after reversing back to the lake the car caught fire and burned up.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:35 pm to donRANDOMnumbers
Ironically, if they had to take to the lake to escape the fire, they may have died of hypothermia that water is cold.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:39 pm to donRANDOMnumbers
Ahh ok
Thanks
Thanks
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:09 pm to donRANDOMnumbers
Yea, I'd be pretty damn scared there
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:39 pm to jmarto1
Can't imagine how fast their hearts had to be beating, putting it in reverse and navigating back through that. Man that was intense.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:54 pm to Northwestern tiger
quote:
father and son
more like father and soy
god damn sackless millenials
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:57 pm to Uncle Stu
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god damn sackless millenials
I hate millenials as much as the next guy but if the dad was 70 the son could be 50.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 11:05 pm to Northwestern tiger
Highway to Hell shite right there.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 11:24 pm to dcrews
quote:
Looked to me like they were fine where they were before they drove INTO the fiery forest.
I was in glacier last summer when a modest 500 acre fire went to 5,000 acres in less than 12 hours and to 20,000+ in 36 hours based on a shift in the wind.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:35 am to real turf fan
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I kept expecting for them to go around a curve and find a fallen, burning tree trunk blocking the road.
That Would have ended their trip and their lives. i guess it wasnt their time. Lucky day for them.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:39 am to Northwestern tiger
Link without ad.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Posted on 8/20/18 at 6:39 am to FLObserver
Except there was a tree blocking the road
Posted on 8/20/18 at 8:20 am to Ed Osteen
They leave the lake drive thru fire, turn around and go back to lake and get saved. WTF. I'd rather die of hypothermia than burn to death. Not a good decision to try to leave WATER in the middle of a forest firs.
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