"... He said they gave him and other strike teams expert chain saw dudes from Oregon and he was very upbeat. He said he would point to 5 or 6 trees and within minutes these guys had em' down" That's what I like to hear. Expert chainsaw-men whacking those damned dead 'Golden Pines' down.
We should have had them in action before the fire, and will need them even more when this is over --- no matter how loud the evil tree-buggering envirofascists scream.
How much good does cutting trees down do? Do they remove them after to create a fire break?
good post.