Congressman Duncan Hunter says there are four Marine helicopters on the ground at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station equipped with buckets that are ready to help fight the San Diego County wildfires. But they are waiting on Cal Fire officials, who say the choppers cannot fly without a Cal Fire crew member called a spotter on board.
Hunter says the Marine crew chiefs have plenty of expertise and could fly at a moment’s notice but are grounded until they work it out with Cal Fire
Good Lord, a pi$$ing match while the county burns.
I’m glad Duncan Hunter is working on this, if anyone can get it fixed he can.
113 homes have burned at Lake Arrowhead.