Anderson Cooper 360 was just talking about 19 helicopters sitting on the tarmac from Saturday to Tuesday unused because they could not get ranger spotters like the law requires. Also 2 large water planes just sat unused . I used this link as a reference ,for I know it differs some.

As Fires Burned Copters Were Grounded:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/s ... 90,00.html

This is just like Mayor Nagin in New Orleans letting all those buses sit in a parking lot unused during Katrina .So many lives could have been saved with those buses.

Buses Not Used for Katrina:

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2005/10/ ... oded-n.php