2 Sept FIRE/FLOODING UPDATE
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For a design introduced in 1957, the U-2 enjoys a unique distinction by still being in actual service. All hail Kelly Johnson and the other engineers for U-2 and SR-71!
Not sure if you saw but yesterday there was a U2 flying over CA and it had the call sign of "GETALIFE" which I find darn funny.
You have any other info on it? What website?
Hi Juan, I love the succinct and factual updates. You made me look, as I understood the U2 flight suits were necessary as it is needed to get oxygen into the system above about 50,000 feet. Instead, a quick Google confirmed that you were correct that it is a 'backup', though probably worth expanding on. A rapid decompress (something that is quite possible in an aircraft that people like to fling missiles toward) at 70,000 would result in nitrogen in the blood boiling essentially instantly, and causing death in seconds. So the suit is a "backup" that is required for any flight above normal airline flight levels. They use it all the time of course, since it is wired to all sorts of aircraft systems. The Dragon Lady is an amazing bird, and a testament to the designers of the day for it's amazing resilience and service during difficult times.
Well said Charles .... Well said .....
Hi Juan. Thanks for recommending Zeke and his THE LOOKOUT. Finally we get good reporting on the fires. Also thanks for your great reporting.
We had over 8.5 inches of rain in just a few hours in New Jersey it’s bad a lot of flooding we’re right in the thick of it
I hope everyone recovers from the flooding Doug.
A lot of ash and smoke here in Kansas!!
We had a U2 at NASA Ames in Mountainview CA. We did design on the “Duckbill” front end to house more equipment. They are very interesting aircraft.
Used to go out and watch the U2 takeoffs there. Now they have the ER2 which does not do the steep climb of the U2. Retired from there 20 years ago.
@@mikeharper8968 Retired from the Navy at Moffett Field in '89. They were there during my first Moffett tour '69-71. Saw a few taking off (from a P-3 above) at Beale. Way impressive.
Do they still have the C-141A? I worked there in 1980.
Juan, would like your voice regarding N560AR. Citation Jet crash less then a mile after departing Robertson Airport, Plainville CT. Sadly, 4 killed. I am very familiar with that airport as I live nearby and know many who have done their flight training out of there. Fairly small runway.
Thanks,
Collin
Thank you for ALL your excellent hard work.
Juan can you do an episode on what it takes to get your sporting pilots license? Time and average costs? Thanks for all you do! We're still dealing with the aftermath of the Bootleg fire here in Southern Oregon
I got to do a ride along in the u2 chase car back in 2005 when I was in UAE. That was a lot of fun.
I thought all of the U2's had been retired for good. NASA had one of the last operating out of Ames Research Center/Moffat Field in Mountain View but I haven't seen that in the air in a good 20 years or more. Looks like I was wrong -- the U2 lives on!
The U2 carries while its speedy offspring the SR71 sits in museums. Two sensational planes, seen & heard them both (My ears are still getting over the SR71)
Last I knew they still fly the U2 out of Beal AFB. That was a critical base in the SR71 days that many did not know much about. I drove by there a lot, and you could often see the U2s practice touch-and-go for pilot qualification. They also have drones and T-38 advanced trainers that NASA pilots qualified in.
Lots of neighbors are Delta pilots where I live in south metro Atlanta, but one is is a retired USAF U2 driver. Me? I was an Army helicopter and fixed wing pilot who never flew higher than 10,00ft AGL and that was only to cool off due to the Nomex nylon flight suits we wore in Vietnam. I'm sure thankful that my son & family moved from the Lake Tahoe area to Reno a few years ago.
As someone who spent most summers growing up at Lake Davis, I've been following the Fire progress for the last few days. I do think the fire did get away from them on the North East front as it blew through a decent sized meadow. At least it looks like they have been successful keeping it mostly north of the Lake.
JUAN, thanks for fire update&pix, Now as quoted by WABC 7 NYC, INThe 99 years of weather records NOTHING like this was ever seen, where I live, we had 8.33” and MANY flooded roadways, theGARDENSTATE PARKWAY near EXIT147 looked like a river n/&s this was the FIRSTin history, I 78, in an area called7 bridges, flooded out the RAHWAYRIVER making it impassible, people slept in their cars, the typical places in NYwere underwater, in PA IS176 HAS19 FEET OF WATER, IN NYC a security camera caw a crack develop, then basement wall blew out drowning people there,,they lived there15 years, Staten Island nyc got just under12” so far 28 dead, 3 tornadoes in NJ, & 4 in PA, , many roads are NEXTto rivers, & always flood, but there many places where NEVER EVER flooded before, are under water, you should have seen the subway system, warterfalls , some operated, some not. My TV IS DIRECTV, half the night no service stay well 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I've lived in South Lake Tahoe from September 1992 until this past Monday. Hoping to return---soon.
I love this channel. Always leaves me feeling cheery afterwards
It makes me feel like eating a banana split with a cheery on top .... just like I did when I was young ....
Reno needs everybody to show up this year to keep this great piece of aviation tradition alive.
It has been so long since NYC has had a non-snow storm that nobody thought there would be flooding…
The flooding in the Northeast wasn't as "sudden" as people suppose, in that it was well forecasted and well advertised, more than a day in advance that I know of. Some people are just not going to pay heed, no matter what.
TS Ida met up with jet stream and eastward moving cold front and got supercharged which caused the massive storm output
Agreed. I'm ok ill be ok attitude. Guess what fatal decision numpties!!
The intensity, precip per hour, was underestimated. For example, 3.15 inches of rain fell in Central Park in one hour. an hourly rainfall record set only two weeks ago. Elsewhere, parts of NYC had 10-inch rainfalls. It is no surprise then that flash flooding on asphalt was deadly with underpasses flooded, autos submerged, subways inundated, and citizens swept to deaths. Yes, heavy precip was predicted. The resultant amounts and ultimate devastation were not.
In the end, this storm followed a track, interacted with midlatitude jet stream vorticity induced uplift, and produced devastation over a large swath of the eastern USA very similar to another historical monster storm: Camille of 1969. In both Ida and Camille, more people were killed, not in the area of landfall, but in the northeast where unprecedented rainfall amounts and freshwater flooding proved catastrophic.
@@texleeger8973 24 hours in advance, the Weather Service office in New York City issued a Flash Flood Watch which called for "3 to 5 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts." That's about as good as it's gonna get in terms of advance notice of a flash flood event, especially where such events are rare. In any flood or storm, post-mortem accounts claiming "it struck without warning" are invariably wrong.
Also...even if (impossibly) the forecast accurately predicted exact rainfall totals and intensities, right down to the nearest apartment address, in any large population there are still going to be a lot of dumb people who will not react appropriately to safeguard their own lives. (Plenty of people also eschew vaccines during a pandemic. Whacha gonna do?)
I still say the flood didn't strike as "suddenly" as all that, given the competent advance billing. Our Weather Service is a national treasure.
@@michaelspunich7273 like evacuate
How can they claim 0 fatalities? Didn't you have some firefighting planes that crashed and killed the pilots? The U2 looks like a sailplane with its long, narrow wings.
CalFire= California.
I'm in New Jersey right by Caldwell airport CDW 9 inches of Rain lots of flooding , Passaic river Still Rising . Praying for some rain fo you guys
Water. On the left coast nary a drop to be found and on the other left coast more than they can handle. In ten years will prolly reverse.
The U-2 images are very cool. That pilot is also a Sport Class Reno Air Racer. Drop by the F1 hangar & say hello. I'm #72, The ACME Special.
Juan, regarding fire behaviour and firefighting, did you come across a channel called “the lookout”? He’s really good, level headed, very informative...
Yep, see yesterday's update...
@@blancolirio good! I missed that one - you put out so much high quality content I cannot keep up - well done and thank you.
I have never noticed the reading glasses before Juan ...I am sure I just missed it ... but please .. don't get old like me ....lol lol
Too late...lol
Everyone above 50 needs either reading or driving glasses, it's a fact of life.
@@gordonrichardson2972 Yes my friend .. but I see many who deny that fact and walk around half blind and missing much in in our old days ... lol .... Have a great day Gordon ..
@@blancolirio You will never get old too me Juan .. Thank you for what you do and who you are.. we need more like you in this world ...
@@gordonrichardson2972 hi IUSED to wearTRIFOCAL glasses for too many years, thenJAN& FEB, I had cataracts removed, but my choice on expenses chose to only need readers + 2.5 & dark glasses in sun, I just turned 80 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Mr. Brown, your reports/work are absolutely terrific. Lucky to have people like you.
I live a few miles from the Chico Ca. Airport and the U2's flight path is right over my house, and I love having my house shake when they go near Vertical over my house, it reminds me of my time on the flight deck loading LOX on Attack Aircraft for VA36 on the USS America during 'The Six Day War' in 1967! I always try to get a video of the U2's for you, but I can't get outta my house fast enough..... Thanks for all you do for American Aviation, and especially your fire updates, you're the only 'real' total all-around fire updates in all of the western US....stay safe!
Thank you Juan for timely updates.
I wonder if thats the NOAA/NASA U2s from Edwards Air Force Base taking these pics, Camberras are also used
Looks like the 2019 Caples Lake fire had an impact on the Caldor Fire, reducing the head of the fire making it easier to attack.
Wow, the last shot gave me "goosebumps" I used to live in Silver Knolls, right off the approach end of runway 8. We always had an "Air Race" party. Best, Bob
I think that was the very first of Juan's videos that I ever watched.
Man, I wish the ,Klamath, settle down. The air has just been terrible. Can't see mount shasta from mount shasta.
When you going to present your ‘Sky King’ addition? th-cam.com/video/k7zoKIrZR3g/w-d-xo.html
The north east had plenty of 4warning.
¿Don't they watch the weather channel.
I can't imagine their local weather reports didn't alert them.
This storm was no surprise sir...
I heard they even got alerts on their smart phones.
Sorry to hear of the flooding trouble in NYC
I just love the look in your eyes when you're talking airplanes. Your love of flying shines!
Cool I use to work there.... a long time ago... Reno Stead airport that is,,,
They still fly those fossils? Wow. Maintenance must be ridiculous.
MAKE RAIN !!!!!
My sister moved into her house yesterday during the hurricane in PA. The driver said it was the worst weather and most difficult conditions he had seen in his career.
How long is an area safe from fires after a fore his used up the fuel? Year's? What actions does the govt take to harden an area after a fire has run through?
I'm surprised they don't have unmanned aircraft taking the pictures of the fires. Those pics from the U2 were epic. Another great report from Juan.
There are UAVs providing monitoring imagery for operations.
Thanks Juan, excellent info and update. 👍
Did you report anything about Louisiana?
Excellent report - Thank you.
Hey Juan, Can you hurry-up and get a handle on those California wild fires, as I'm pretty sure I can't manage missing two Reno National Championship Air Races in a row!!!! Thanks, and I'll see you there.
Just in case you're still reporting on plane crashes, there was a citation crash in Connecticut this morning.
Your reporting is clear, timely and very helpful. Better than mainstream news. Thank you.
Man, I wish I could hit that Reno race!! I'll live vicariously through you, Juan, with your videos. Great U-2 shots!! AMAZING!
We got 4.74" of rain up here in central MA in the past 24 hours. Rivers are super high. Nothing around my neighborhood, since this is where the water flow begins way up here. Didn't even lose power! If my rain gauge didn't record it, I wouldn't have believed it.
Here in S. Central PA (Bedford Co.) my rain gauge had 3.5” in 6 hours Tuesday night and 5” on Wednesday for a total of 8.5” for Ida. Lots of flooding even now on Thursday but it is nice and sunny.
@@williamgrover9723 - Wow, you guys got pounded pretty good! Same up here today - nice and sunny, but much cooler than the past few weeks have been.
Aidan Craddock's Voodoo video from the Valley of Speed, wicked fast! Thanks Juan!
Another 2.5 inches of rain here in drenched southern NH. We had 15 inches of rain here in July, another 8-10 inches in August, and the hits just keep coming with September. Perspective, having lived here since 1972, a third of that would have been considered a wet summer in past years.
Yeah, been crazy. 4.74" last night here in central MA, and 11" in July.
Could you send some of that extra Rain out to us here in SoCal, would much appreciate it.
@@georgespalding7640 - Wish we could! We've got plenty here. Total opposite of CA these days - crazy imbalance!
@@SmittySmithsonite I know what you are talking about. Where I live in Eastern PA we had approx 4.5" from Fred, approx Another 4.6" from Henri and now we had about 4.2" of rain from Ida. Some areas saw close to 6" and others saw close to 8" down closer to Philadelphia, PA. Then there were some areas in New Jersey that saw 10" to over 12" of rain plus had a Tornado come through their area on top and having flash flooding all at the same time last night!! Talk about adding insult to injury to injury! Some of the flooding in the Philadelphia area is Historic levels. I hope the rain and flooding up in Mass, RI, CT, VT, NH, NY, does NOT reach those levels, But from what I heard on the News, Central Park NY broke a record rainfall record last night and there was flooding in the subways and on some major highways in NY City.
@@matthewgroff433 Yeah, New York was nuts! One of the mechanics I follow on TH-cam posted a live video of the New York City bus depot that he works at. The whole place filled up with 4 feet of water in less than an hour. It was crazy! Nothing anywhere near that bad up here in MA, but I’m in the high ground of the state. Boston & the Cape probably got it pretty hard.
JB, zero fatalities, some of which I'd attribute to your warnings ⚠️
Cool U2 info.
Thanks for today's updates.
Beautiful old birds. You're such a kid. Love the smile.
Take care and stay safe. 🤟🏽🖖🏽
We Californians should consider ourselves "somewhat" lucky that the monsoon season is winding down and although we got a few lightning strike fires this year, it's nothing compared to what we experienced last year. 🙏🏼
Could you do me a favor and post that on all of these stupid robot fire channels that are going around ? ... they are what is out of control ....thanks ... and have a great day ...
SippyCup - last year was horrific. My house was actually struck by lightning. Some family were caught up in the SCU fire that stretched for multiple miles.
@@nancychace8619 so sorry to hear that. I remember vividly on August 16 we were at an AirBnB at Clear Lake and the lightning rolled in. It cleared up enough for us to go to Upper Blue Lake and spend a nice day there, but then the monsoon moved in after that.
If folks in the NE followed Mike's Weather Page they wouldn't have been surprised. He said catastrophic flooding several days ago
Yep…. I love the U2 - 9th reconnaissance wing and 9th Physiological Support Squadron at Beale AFB.
Have fun at Reno Air Races!!!
Had no idea nyc flooded, yikes!
Are you doin a vlog on the capital city airshow?
Why use the U2 instead of less exotic aircraft. Is the altitude really needed? Is it to get above the smoke?
Routine training flights over our area all the time.
The U2 includes infrared sensors which are used to detect hot-spots through dense smoke layers. It is not just there to take pretty pictures.
@@gordonrichardson2972 I like your thinking Gordon ...
I live in Yonkers NY and most roads are barely usable.
MAKE RAIN !!!!
Went to the air races many years ago with my father-in-law. Steve Hinton lived down the street from me in corona california. Will always have great memories of this event
Thanks for the fire updates Juan. Hopping for good weather so I can finally go the Reno Air Races.
Amazing what information resources Juan has.
Thanks for shot of air from way up there!!
Thank You, Juan!
Great report. Like the U2 pics. Thanks for sharing
When you go to the airshow please be careful my friend I hope you have a great time can't wait to see what you're doing to your other plane good video and like always tell Pete we said hi and God bless🖐🙏🛩
Hopefully the smoke clears at Reno so planes can get there! It may be clear on site but getting into there might be an issue for VFR flight into Stead
Crescent City slight breeze fog 53°
I used too drive truck through Crescent City twice a week from Wa. to Eureka for 10 years .. have partied there on and off when I was young living in Eureka .. always liked that town and it's people ...
Flew with Sherm Smoot at Continental. An excellent Captain and fun to fly with.
Is rare bear still around?
Interesting music play list. Lol. Keep the info coming.
OFF TOPIC: Reporting on major network, a aircraft just crashed and collided with a CT. Building?
Cessna 560 Citation XLS+(3560 feet required for takeoff at sea level) at Robertson airport CT (Runway length 3665 ft, elevation 200 ft). 3665-3560=105ft. Not a lot of margin for error.
"Three hundred miles an hour fifty feet above the Earth" from the poem
"Race Gear" the Thompson Trophy Race .
What happened to STREGA ?
think if that IDA had gone to the west.
Great update, Brownie!
Anyone notice how there's almost a complete blackout of news from Louisiana?
There's a giant power failure, which has affected communications.
Appreciate your analysis.
Juan,
I live about 25 miles west of Boston. We got 4.1 inches of rain in approx 8 hours from remains of TS Ida (some areas in southern New England received over 8 inches of rain in that time - considered a '200 year event'). This is all on top of receiving over 5 inches of rain in August 2021 (remains of TS Fred and TS Henri) and just under 13 inches of rain in July 2021 (TS Elsa).
Paul (in MA)
Voodoo from 2017 ? I haven't been to Reno since September 92'. I've never forgotten the sound these amazing A/C make....thanks for posting. Makes me think about driving down this year, been to long! Pegasus when I first saw her, R A Hoover flying chase.... 10 years of vacation time in Reno well spent! Hope the rain starts early this fall, like September 21st.
The trees will be reborn, the structures can be demolished and rebuilt, but life can never be replaced if lost...thank heavens there have been no lives lost (and touch wood won't be) as yet!!!! We sadly lost so many lives during our fires of 2019/2020 across Aus, my we never have a fire season like that again for a long long time...and may the same be the case for California, life is too precious!!!!
Love your coverage of the fires Juan, and all subjects you decide to cover...can always be assured it will be a BS FREE ZONE and told as it is...long live the Blancolirio channel!!!! Cheers from Aus!!!!
The U2 is such an interesting Aircraft. What is is a stretched F104 Starfighter fuselage with big wings.
A Zep fan. Cool.
I noticed that too.👍🏻
Sad to say that I won't be able to go to the races due to family illness. I am fortunate to have been to a number of them and seeing the Gee Bee and Tsunami and the Pond racer.
Is Rare Bear gonna be there?
I can't even tell my mom about Desolation Wilderness.
She hiked the area in the 1960's and met my dad.
I didn’t think the U2 aircraft were still flying.
That’s how you know it’s a good spy plane ;)
Absolutely. I work for one of the Gov agencies that support them and I recently sent them few hundred thousand feet of photographic film for their use. They aren't going away anytime soon..
U-2S.... They are still in use and quite effective.
No aircraft has replaced it.
the rumors of Satellite Advancement has been greatly exaggerated.
Well apparently me an old blancolirio are on the same brain wave..when he should the u2 photos I did a deep dive on U2 pressurization came back to the video and he proceeds to discus how the cockpit is partially pressurized and the suits supplement that
I am hoping to hook up with you to give you the battalion patches and a surprise gift from Rosie the Riveter!
Thank you Juan. Glad to see reconnaissance aircraft used in wildfires.
I thought that the U2s and TR-1s were obsolete and were retired years ago.
I had no idea th2 U2 was still in service!! That is crazy!!!
Rear Bear???
I will be at the Reno Air Races as well. See you there Juan!
Too bad no P-47 racers
All those flat earth people should see those U-2 photos, (smile)
Climate changes perhaps ? Interesting and frankly upsetting that devastating weather events heat waves , wildfires, hurricanes and profound flood events following rain bombs….that these can be discussed which is important but not the fact that these extreme wearier events are symptomatic of our worlds climate undergoing dramatic and accelerated heating.
The question why do this self censorship as it just maintains an unhealthy denial when the science is clear. By all estimates such weather we have seen as described is also happening in other parts of the world and things regarding the frequency of such extreme weather events will not only become more frequency but have more intensity.
If you have doubts about climate change then I leave this with you …”what do you understand about what’s happening in Arctic and indeed the Antarctic and with regards to the Arctic what will happen when the reflective ice cover is lost and new sea ice formation during winter is functionally lost. Presuming your intelligent source TH-cam and listen to actual climate scientists discuss these matters. Focussing on how the jet stream is formed and why it’s significant if you cannot answer such questions at present then you are not informed and your opinion one way or the other is lacking merit.
So please take up this challenge, as it’s that important!
@Paul Simonson depends where your interests lay …cognitive biases ..and dissonance …also there are actors who for no clearly definable reason choose to be contrarians …however the recent UN IPPC REPORT is a study involving thousands of scientists who are questioning serious science based research which those research papers were peer reviewed prior to publishing are again scrutinised word by word looking for poor study criteria and such or false assumptions from poor data sets .
All in all a very rigorous process. As opposed to a few contrarians that make regular appearances selling a product that people who are deniers wish to hear. So does one put their faith in a few actors who often skew a poorly worded or ambiguously worded paper in order to draw the wrong conclusion or indeed wilfully draw false conclusions from a study where lay people that’s people who are non scientists may be easily swayed.
Science is a rigorous process and demands a professional respect.
We can choose our opinions however we are not at liberty to be selectively dishonest by choosing only those facts that support ones views. We can only build a world view with the facts at hand while remaining prepared to change ones views when relevant facts present themselves that say otherwise.
On a personal note in this stage of world wide events transpiring to remain at odds to the science of climatology should raise a personal concern as I find such intellectual indifference to be frankly pathological considering the seriousness that scientists and THE IPPC have outlined. I would suggest taking a sabbatical and spend serious time studying both sides of opinions and world views.
Clear Lake fire had fatals, I thought.
Love the U2 shots