Re: Excitement in the Backyard!
Originally Posted by
Surfermom
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No, I wish they would sample more. This is such an important estuary - the nursery for dolphins, water fowl, oysters, fish that we are trying to form a partnership to ensure more stewardship of the river.
Thankfully, they do all the saving around here! I was surprised that such a large ship was this far upriver. Winter tides can leave the place very shallow. They apparently knew what they were doing!
That's quite a sight! Do you think they were training?
Maintenance, yes, but not for the ship. You are getting closer.
Off topic, but you might want to see a doctor about that condition.
Nifty on the helicopter. Any guess what they were up to?
Not ship's maintenance, so probably not taking on stores then.
Naval equipment maintenance perhaps? Radio beacons, radar, sonar, ship handling equipment?
Or is it to maintain the personnel? Shore leave, medical problems/routine check-ups.
Hearts and minds, a peace-keeping force, an insurrection? I have heard they are popular over your side of the pond.
Like your lot, we have different non-military outfits operating jellycopters. These include Coast Guard, Police, Air-Ambulance, Mountain Rescue and Air-Sea-Rescue. The latter are generally yellow, but much larger than the one that landed here.
It was most likely an air ambulance from a different county because our local one was probably in action. They will find an open area as near to an emergency incident as possible, and they carry paramedics, sometimes a flying doctor and/or surgeon and often one of the flying crew is a medic as well.
Sometimes they will land on a space not bigger than a matchbox such as a clearing in an orchard, or on the motorway (with traffic stopped to leave a space of course.)
Sometimes they provide on site assistance, and sometimes they transport a victim to a trauma unit.
This one took off and headed in the direction of our local hospital, which is the smallest in the area.
Most of them are operated by a charity and rely on public donations.
Like I said, heroes the lot of them.
Well, yer new man is in, and the Clown is out. I wonder if he was allowed to keep his crayons. He can't have any dollies left because he has already thrown them all out the pram.
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