I observed something a few minutes ago I need to make note of.
I have previously mentioned San Diego's fire-fighting helicopters and their base of operations.
A few minutes ago while taking a walk, I observed one of them approaching said base. I saw it trailing a spray of water behind it, and it also had it's hose for taking on water extended.
As it was getting close to it's landing spot at Montgomery Field, when it was perhaps 10 feet above the ground, I saw it hover and release a considerable amount of water from it's tank - which really startled me because there had definitely been no sign of smoke or other indications of fire from that spot.
After the copter released the water I lost sight of it as it went behind a building and presumably landed.
Only explanation I can think for releasing water from the tank just before landing is it's simply not allowed to land otherwise. I hope they at least dumped the water on some plants!
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