Fire officials, already strapped for ground crews, said today that they were desperate for reinforcements for their battle from the air.
They rest in cement vaults, strapped to the ground so they will not float away again in another storm.
They say heroic ambitions at the top – whether for £22bn of savings over five years, or a seven-day NHS – bear no relation to reality on the cash-strapped ground.
Josh had me get down on the ground as he strapped me into some used kids' goalie pads (backwards, I would later learn) and into 20-year-old, never-washed shoulder pads.
These tests emulate typical situations occurring while an operator is handling sensors and serve to determine in which of these situations it is recommendable for lab personnel to use static control measures like wrist straps to ground lab personnel.
The chair is secured to the ground and you're strapped in at the waist," said Mr Li.
A platform with a wheel attached rose several feet above the ground, and she appeared strapped to it while wearing a black ensemble.
A photograph published by local media showed a red-haired woman lying on the ground with a rifle strapped to her and a handgun by her side.
It's an ophidiophobe's worst nightmare: being strapped in to a seat 40,000ft above ground with a snake slithering around your ankles.
"A lot of dead on the ground and many who died whilst strapped to their seats.
A lot of dead on the ground and many who died whilst strapped to their seats," a security officer told Reuters from the crash site.
