Please consider reading about Angeles N.F. hotshot Fernando Allende's battle with cancer, and donating to the GoFundMe. The link can be found on our linksite, lm7.us. We wish him a full recovery, and safety for all of our wildland firefighters

PSA! 👀

Here is the atrocity of a Google Street View link: www.google.com/maps/@34.227...

Any details that would help us commemorate this loss would be appreciated.

Another mysterious Roadside Memorial added to our ever-growing database. On Google Street View history, we see it was established sometime in either 2022-2023 w letters now gone.

landmark717.com/blog/roadsid...

#AngelesNF #AngelesNationalForest #Highway2

aims to encourage forest visitors to live stream their experiences with areas otherwise unseen by most

Okay, deep breath. If you’ve made it this far, happy first day of April 🫠

BREAKING NEWS: “NaturePing LLC” will be sponsoring a plan to deploy free WiFi to popular campsites and hiking destinations within the Angeles National Forest as soon as mid-2025. The initiative, co-sponsored by major social media networks including Meta and TikTok, [cont. below]

Great collaboration here between the Takataka Club and Women Forage SoCal! See you there. RSVP link: www.eventbrite.com/e/takataka-c...

FIREAID BENEFIT CONCERT 🎤
Two venues. One night. Your favorite artists coming together for music & solidarity. Watch it live on KTLA+ on Jan. 30: ktla.com/news/califor...

In the spirit of Bluesky, here is an alternative video URL (ad-free ‘cause we pay for that one): vimeo.com/1050185215/3...

Missing Angeles National Forest? Watch This!

With the forest closure extended through the end of January 2025, some of us are aching to be in our favorite place! Here's a video that might help tide you over (or make you miss the place more, who's to say)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsbL...

🚩 RED FLAG WARNING 🚩
#CriticalFireWeather conditions are occurring NOW and extend through Friday. One less spark equals one less wildfire.

We're legally required to include this non-endorsement disclaimer anytime we use the US Department of Defense's footage, so:
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The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
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And finally, a beautiful drop with the system on an actual fire above Palm Springs:

This is what it looks like in action:

Here's a clip from the Department of Defense showing part of the conversion process: the tank being loaded (into a Lockheed C-130 Hercules in this case)

“MAFFS” stands for Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems, which temporarily converts planes from the USAF and Air National Guard into fire fighting assets during fire season

What is this plane clearly marked “USAF” (United States Air Force) doing on a SoCal fire, you ask?

Some views from the #HughesFire yesterday thanks to an obnoxiously-heavy lens