Wildfire crews get creative for water sources during severe droughts
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El Dorado County, California — Crews are fighting the explosive Caldor Fire during extraordinary drought conditions that have spurred water restrictions in several California cities. Water levels are so low at lakes and reservoirs crews depend on, they're sometimes forced to get creative to access the water they need, reports CBS Sacramento.
"It may require us to go a little bit further in some areas if we know it's remote and there's not easily accessible water or there isn't city water that's available," said Daniel Berlant, a spokesperson for CAL FIRE. Fire trucks and helicopters have been filling up at Jenkinson Lake to battle the Caldor Fire. Water levels there are very low there and have dropped ten feet in just the last two months.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.