Saw a plane crash yesterday

[SWkiljoy]

Good Call Angus!   

Side Note:
I love watching Penguin troll, many times it leads from a good post to an argument within a few posts after he arrives   

[VonMessa]

What firemen DON'T want folks to do is get caught inside a burning structure while attempting to put the fire out.

It makes their job harder and many times more dangerous when they, themselves have to go into a burning structure to save some dumb-ass that didn't have the brains to get out while they still could.

[icepac]

Nice job on the response.

Was "Sporticus" an adult?

That said, I find Robby Rotten to be an awesome character who should be making cameo appearances in movies.

[Dragon]

Well done Angus.


PS. Is that volcano still spewing?

[Penguin]

Good Call Angus!   

Side Note:
I love watching Penguin troll, many times it leads from a good post to an argument within a few posts after he arrives   

How did I troll?  I just asked a question about fire safety.

What firemen DON'T want folks to do is get caught inside a burning structure while attempting to put the fire out.

It makes their job harder and many times more dangerous when they, themselves have to go into a burning structure to save some dumb-ass that didn't have the brains to get out while they still could.

And someone finally answered, thank-you VonMessa. 

-Penguin

[ROX]

Angus, are you saying the guy in the plane (or one of them) was one of the stars of "Lazy Town" or his stunt double?

Well done on seeing the crash and getting it called into the authorities as quickly as you did!  Speed in getting ambulances (etc.) to the scene as quickly as possible is most often the thing that saves the most lives.  It's not up to anyone who is not a doctor to decide if someone is injured or not.  Someone can have a concussion and it can be fatal hours later if the person is not admitted and kept for overnight observation.  Well done on getting them hwlp quickly!!    

[Lepape2]

Well done Angus! That's a once in a lifetime event 

[Vudu15]

What I'm asking is, if your plane is on the ground and on fire and you're not in it, should you try to use your handheld fire extinguisher on the fire while the fire department gets there?

-Penguin

internal extinguishers are for people only or to make a path for people to get out. let the a/c burn.... better it then you.

[Penguin]

Ah, now that makes sense.

-Penguin

[Dago]

What you did was admirable, Angus; I you.  However, isn't a handheld fire extinguisher too little, too late for an avgas fire?    My dad always told me that the fire department hates it when people try to put out the fire themselves.  Is it different in your country?

-Penguin

If a person were on fire, that handheld extinguisher would have been very handy.  Better to have it and not need it, then the other way around.  A "well-done" for getting out there prepared to help and doing what you could.

[Ack-Ack]

I think that Angus strung a cable across the grass strip so he'd have an excuse to go running out with his large fire extinguisher.  Either that or his kids found out a Sportacus look-a-like was in the plane.

ack-ack

[Angus]

Penguin: I am curious about what you think you would have done.
And Ack-Ack: It was the guy doubling as Sportacus in our country on a countrywide children entertainment tour. My kids were on the morning show, and he was heading for the Westman Islands by air for the next.
He was wearing the blue suit and the mustache.
And....I have 2 fire extinguishers Could have brought a fire blanket too, but just grabbed what was nearest,- at the exit.

[Penguin]

Penguin: I am curious about what you think you would have done.
And Ack-Ack: It was the guy doubling as Sportacus in our country on a countrywide children entertainment tour. My kids were on the morning show, and he was heading for the Westman Islands by air for the next.
He was wearing the blue suit and the mustache.
And....I have 2 fire extinguishers Could have brought a fire blanket too, but just grabbed what was nearest,- at the exit.

In all honesty, I'd probably faint or run away and call the fire department and hide under my bed.  I didn't mean to criticize you, I was just curious about how you managed to put out the fire.

-Penguin

[Tupac]

In all honesty, I'd probably faint or run away and call the fire department and hide under my bed.  I didn't mean to criticize you, I was just curious about how you managed to put out the fire.

-Penguin

There wasn't a fire.

[Penguin]

Oops, I made a very incorrect assumption!

-Penguin