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| Red Top Lookout firefinder
Tribute /31 She is a madness, a woman, and an interesting idea. The reality which encloses her power as a landscape between above and below,,, A geography in each of our minds,,, electrons of order or a reflection of the stars as her time escapes; some to her leaves, some to her roots. She is a ship, a distance between points, the lines on this page.
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The FIre finger at Red Top Lookout, near Swak Pass, WA, is typical of many other lookouts, both surviving and relegated to memory. It stands in the center of the lookout and is used to generate numbers which, when called in to firefighters, gives them references to the fire's location and makes it easier to find. As you an imagine, if you get close enough to a fire, you'll start to see the smoke, but down under the canopy, climbing up a drainage slope, the smoke isn't always visible, so you first use the lookouts description and then start using your senses to find the actual fire. From there, it is up to the crew to either extinguish it, monitor it for a while, or set back and wait for rain,, whichever fits the operation plan of the day.
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