Wow.

But we also have another aircraft.

It's called the Gulfstream V, owned by NSF NCAR here in the U.S., and that can take a payload that includes passengers And so the day that we flew over Pear Lake, we actually had both airplanes there.

We actually fly them in tandem.

So the ER-2 is flying really high.

The other plane is actually flying through the tops of the fire generated clouds.

And that way we have direct measurements that we can correlate with the so-called steerable satellite, if you will.

So what are you hoping to do with the information you obtain from these missions?

David, what have you learned about the ways Aboriginal people in the West lived with fire?

I'm glad you brought up that topic because I was just thinking about it.

We certainly have to look at that as a broader context for our current time period.

So if we look at Western North America in general, we know that fires used to burn almost all summer.

And any accounts that we have, say from the 1800s, that were in newspapers or other writings, almost all of those accounts say that the skies were smoky all summer long.

So what we had going on then was fires were much more prevalent over time, and then during periods of hot, dry weather, windy weather, those fires would kick up, become very intense, cover a large area of ground, and then they might die down a little bit.

But they did burn all summer.

Are we getting those fears confused with the reality on the ground? And I wonder if that's interfering with the kind of forest management, sometimes fighting fire by fire, that you talk about.

So

SoYeah, I'll echo what, what, uh, what Brian... or what, uh, Sean said about, you know, the Comic Geek Speak group, uh, kind of pushing things forward.

Independent books like Mouse Guard and Cursed Pirate Girl definitely got a good push- Yeah ... from, from the community you guys all built.

And, uh, it was at a time where trying to get, you know, big attention from review sites or magazines wasn't that easy, and you guys had built this wonderful fan community and host community that made good recommendations, um, and then invited folks like us onto your show multiple times.

Uh- And to London.

That was really cool.

[laughs] Yeah.

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[laughs] All right, David, can you-

Well, you know, I never dealt with any trailer parks, but I did have to inspect some properties in Orange Mound in Memphis, which, uh, was made famous from The Blind Side.

So, you know, some humble beginnings here and there, but I was born into this stuff.

It- agency was always around.

My dad was an agent.

Um, but opening a business was a completely different story.

You know, I- I came in as a team member and had a team member mindset and struggled and saw a lot of agents struggling around me, and I just wasn't okay with that.

... uh, hard for you early on that you want to teach people now?

easier.David Peterson is Boys Latin athletic director and a P.E. teacher.

You'll get a kid ... say, for example, he's talking to one of his friends and you say, "Hey, Khalil, can you stop talking?" "Oh, my bad, Mr.

Peterson.

I got you." Again, when you have that relationship, they're a lot more prone to be honest with you.

They're a lot more prone to just ...

When you're holding them accountable, they're a lot more likely to take it and not get defensive, uh, towards you.

He's also an alum.

It's the love too.

David Peterson is Boys Latin athletic director and a PE teacher.

You'll get a kid at, say for example, he's talking to one of his friends, and you say, "Hey, Khalil, can you stop talking?" "Oh my bad, Mr.

Peterson, I got you." Again, when you have that relationship, they're a lot more prone to be honest with you.

They're a lot more prone to just...

When you're holding them accountable, they're a lot more likely to take it and not get defensive, uh, towards you.

He's also an alum.

Just the love too.

I feel like when I went to the high school, the teacher actually loves you like a- like a- like you're their child, and that's kinda how I like to implement things with the, uh, boys now.

Uh, David Peterson pleased with, uh, his outing yesterday?

Yeah, that was a great team win.

Good to get out there and get to my pitch limits and get six, and, um, yeah, a solid day.