note - the lafd helos were already in the air when the 2nd fire
started - the first fire went under control and the helos were
immediately diverted to the palisades fires
maybe the lafd helos arrived in 5 minutes at the palisades fire but
their normal response time from van nuys airport would have been 10
minutes
what does that tell us?
1. maybe someone thought that the helos would get tied up at the first
fire - and that would have slowed their response to the Palisades Fire
2. if the helos had returned to Van Nuys and shut down their rotors -
would that have caused a 10 to 20 minute delay in re-launching ? or
can those helos relaunch immediately after a shutdown?
3. did the helos realize that they were 'off script' and they
intentionally missed with their drops?
4. was there any coordination between those helos and the ground units
at the very beginning of the fire? we know that Fire 4 was having
trouble reaching any IC - and we know that LAC E69 and E70 were
talking about setting up a helispot - and we know that LAFD had their
own helispot set up somewhere - unknwon where
we are rambling - this is disjointed - there are many angles on this puzzle
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