How is you all?

[Rookie]

Vets

good to hear you are still vertical. Have a good spring, it is just starting to get cooler here now. Dont have to plead for more water donations. Actually have started to light fires at night.

Greetings from Paradise

Rookie

Originally Posted by Rookie

Vets

good to hear you are still vertical. Have a good spring, it is just starting to get cooler here now. Dont have to plead for more water donations. Actually have started to light fires at night.

Greetings from Paradise

Rookie

Thanks Rookie ... nothing more awesome than cozy fires to get ya through the cold spells.

I still find it mindboggling to know that while we are starting Spring some folks the other side of the world are doing the opposites seasons. I thought the world was flat, but I guess not

Vets

[Rookie]

You Mean Its Not Flat, Damn I See Ships Falling Off The Edge As They Head Out From Our Beach

Rookie

Originally Posted by Rookie

You Mean Its Not Flat, Damn I See Ships Falling Off The Edge As They Head Out From Our Beach

Rookie

Yes. Shocking disillusionment, isn't it? To think they're just going down the blindside of the globe

Geez, just read this news bit in Canoe News about this helicopter crash (fatalities) that happened here today in one of the residential areas. I don't know where or when it happened or any details other than this story so far.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — A helicopter has crashed in a residential neighbourhood in Cranbrook, B.C.

Residents say the helicopter was flying above the area when it suddenly crashed and burst into flames.

Witnesses say there were several people in the immediate area when the chopper went down.

Police and emergency officials are on the scene but police would not comment.

A fire department official says firefighters are on the scene and that there are fatalities, but he did not have any further details.

Wow ... more from a BC news source ... this happened about 1:00 pm here and VERY close to where I live (on 14th) so explains all the sirens I heard about then 4 people were killed ... one a pedestrian.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...cranbrook.html

killed in helicopter crash in southeastern B.C.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | 5:21 PM ET Comments9Recommend43CBC News
A helicopter crashed in the middle of a residential neighbourhood in Cranbrook, B.C., on Tuesday, killing four people, witnesses say. (CBC)The RCMP have confirmed that four people died when a helicopter crashed into the middle of a street in a busy residential neighbourhood in Cranbrook, in the southeastern Interior of B.C., on Tuesday afternoon.

Witnesses said the chopper was flying low before the crash, apparently checking BC Hydro power lines, when it suddenly came down.

Barry Coulter, editor of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman, said three people in the helicopter, including two BC Hydro employees, and a pedestrian died in the crash.

The helicopter exploded into a fireball and attempts by witnesses to rescue the victims were unsuccessful, said Coulter.

The aircraft came down just after 1 p.m. MT near the corner of 14th Street and 10th Street, not far from downtown. At least one vehicle was damaged in the crash.

The weather at the time was calm and clear and there was no wind, Coulter said.

... just checked a local map and the accident looks to be 10/11 blocks straight down 14th from my location. A few blocks further North (towards my location) very busy core down Safeway, traffic, pedestrians etc, could have meant a whole lot worse ... bad and sad enough for the people here. Small community ...........

Well, hard to believe it, but at the moment at 9:30 PM it's +24 outside ... reached +28 today. Just had to gloat ... I'm in heaven!

------ regards the helicopter crash ... victims identified, one, the pedestrian the copter landed on was wearing headphones at the time which probably, as the news reports say, he didn't hear it to know to get out of the way, a Kenya lad around 20/23 not clear on age, here as a student, was on his way to the post office to mail some letters home to his family. The pilot and the hydro workers all local. Reasons for crash still being investigated.