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Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 04:30:32 No.1043790 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1043805 >>1043833 >>1044021

Started playing this and really fell in love with the idea of being a fire lookout.

Anyone have experience with it?

Wiki says it takes a real "hardy" person to do it.

Is it that shitty?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 04:51:46 No.1043805 Report

Quoted By: >>1043905

>>1043790
It's a shit job that will be automated by remote sensors on drone/satellite.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 05:56:51 No.1043824 Report

Quoted By: >>1043833 >>1044428

This shit is literally a dream job of mine.

I've always wanted a small cabin with an incredible view in the mountains, live entirely off the grid with a loyal dog, a small library, and a handful of guns. Maybe internet access.

Check this out. I'd kill for this job

https://youtu.be/6YPBO_ISKuc?t=57

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 06:04:50 No.1043833 Report

Quoted By: >>1043906 >>1044586

>>1043790
>>1043824
it's easy to romanticize but, judging from your presence on 4chan, you both have a need, however slight, to interact socially.

most secluded jobs like this are appealing in theory but terribly lonely in reality.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 06:45:20 No.1043847 Report

Quoted By: >>1044015 >>1044586

Was a volunteer fire lookout for a while. It's fun, but can get real boring.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 10:54:53 No.1043905 Report

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>>1043805
It already is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 10:55:55 No.1043906 Report

Quoted By: >>1043982

>>1043833
Satphone & internet would take care of that I'm sure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 11:54:12 No.1043982 Report

Quoted By: >>1044365

>>1043906
What internet do you think you'd be using out there, anon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 13:59:49 No.1044015 Report

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>>1043847
Details? How long was a shift? A week? Month? Or hourly? What were some cool things you seen?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 14:26:06 No.1044021 Report

Quoted By: >>1044023

>>1043790

I met a girl who did this once before. She sat in a lookout tower in Wyoming for 8 hours a day. Just sat there, read books, and watched for smoke. It paid something like 8 bucks an hour. It was cool but you can see it becoming boring very fast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 14:27:26 No.1044023 Report

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>>1044021

Also for what its worth, it was in eastern Wyoming, so it was on top of a butte with a spectacular view of the prairie. Nothing to see but sun burnt grass and blue skies, not exactly the natural splendor that most people think of.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 14:42:54 No.1044031 Report

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Its boring as ever loving fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Jun 2017 22:48:55 No.1044365 Report

Quoted By: >>1044421

>>1043982

Microwave-band wireless, numbnuts. Those lookout towers have line of sight to fucking EVERYWHERE. That's literally the whole point.
Or if nothing's in range, ISDN over copper. I've visited 3 lookout towers in mid and northern California over the years, and all of them were wired for telephone and power, with a backup generator for the power.
Your internet speeds are shit and latency is high, so you're not playing Overwatch from up there, but keeping in touch via email or posting on forums is no problem at all.

Mule

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Mule Sat 24 Jun 2017 01:01:56 No.1044421 Report

Quoted By: >>1044430

>>1044365
>Your internet speeds are shit and latency is high
then you're doing it wrong.

A little more latency (couple of ms) than a typical wired install, sure, but 50+mbit over 30 miles isn't difficult with an inexpensive ($300 a side) link.
>Pic extremely related.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jun 2017 01:16:32 No.1044428 Report

Quoted By: >>1044630

>>1043824
>whistler
>clearly jasper

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jun 2017 01:21:25 No.1044430 Report

Quoted By: >>1044445

>>1044421
Are you that guy who was doing installs for the Air Force?
I'm jelly of your job.

Mule

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Mule Sat 24 Jun 2017 01:42:05 No.1044445 Report

Quoted By: >>1044447

>>1044430
Negative, two-way/paging and IP backhaul. Mostly digital, though there's still some analog simulcasts that get maintained.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jun 2017 01:43:41 No.1044447 Report

Quoted By: >>1044475

>>1044445
So I can still go Max Headroom on some radio stations?

Mule

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Mule Sat 24 Jun 2017 02:08:02 No.1044475 Report

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>>1044447
Broadcast? notmyproblem.exe

Terrestrial broadcast is amazing. Amazing that it even works.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jun 2017 05:40:31 No.1044586 Report

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>>1043833
>>1043847

It'd be doable depending on how long you were out there. Might be good if you have an extended project to work on that needs an extended amount off focussed concentration.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Jun 2017 07:13:20 No.1044630 Report

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>>1044428

Whistlers Mountain isn't Mt. Whistler, and ishe certainly in Jasper

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