If you come across drone photos of the fire described here, in social media or anywhere, please report them to the Ventura County Fire Department at vcfd@ventura.org Subject “I found someone’s drone photos of the wildfire” for further investigation.<p>(They could be taken by licensed media personnel, so be polite about it.)
I wish comments like the dead one here weren't killed. Nobody wants to consider alternative viewpoints too often around here.<p>I honestly feel like the officials here are just malingering to try to get drones banned because they don't like them. No way one tiny drone flying somewhere in the forest means no helicopters can do their job in the entire vicinity. It's no different than a large bird being around.
Rather than the boring af repetitive talk about the fake Gatwick Drone. Or all the fake sightings.<p>Or the one sub par test of a drone hitting a plane in a facility.<p>How about we talk about how we let the government take over so much of our world.<p>We are moving to 3D, f the government. How do they own it all?<p>How can we not even use toys in 99% of our world.<p>It's a disgrace.<p>The data we are collecting from drones around the world is amazing. They lets us crawl back some of what governments have taken away. Good on people filming fires, they are possibly contributing more than these grounded helicopters. Helicopters need to learn how to share the space.