On 24/10/2007, at 1:04 PM, David Brin wrote:
Ever wonder what happened to civil defense, in an era
of high techHomelandSecurity? It’s guys like me…
heaven help us!
Maybe once this dies down and people have a chance to take stock,
people in bushfire zones in the US will take a look at the
Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
These guys scare the hell out of me.
Me too, but not for the same reason. It scares me that that boy has
prettier hair than my wife!
Jim
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Charlie Bell wrote:
Maybe once this dies down and people have a chance to take stock,
people in bushfire zones in the US will take a look at the
strategies used Down Under. With it being the start of the fire
season here, the Make a Plan - Leave Early or Stay And Fight
stuff is all
Charlie Bell wrote:
Maybe once this dies down and people have a chance to take stock,
people in bushfire zones in the US will take a look at the
strategies used Down Under. With it being the start of the fire
season here, the Make a Plan - Leave Early or Stay And Fight
stuff is all
On 10/24/07, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Years ago, I watched a Botsuana movie The Gods Must Be Crazy,
where the bushman hero used an interesting technique to fight an
out-of-control fire: he used fire to start a controlled fire,
creating a barrier of ashes, so that the
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, David Brin wrote:
thanks Nick,
Thanks for asking. Cheryl the kids pets are with
Cheryl's mom in her mobile home along el camino real,
in a more urban part of Encinitas. All are fine.
Last night I stood on the hilltop behind my home,
looking up Lone Jack Road at
Not with the Santa Ana blowing so fiercely, you don't.
Note: our huge fire in Los Alamos was caused by a controlled burn (a tactic
the firefighters are very well aware of, upsides and downsides both) that
got out of control due to a strong shifting wind.
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
You
As Steve said,
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six
years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set
up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established
a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat
technologies, and even casts of
Isn't CERT one of those volunteer programs setup by FEMA? Dr. Brin, did you
do any training with them?
adios mis amigos
john
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--- John Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't CERT one of those volunteer programs setup by
FEMA? Dr. Brin, did you
do any training with them?
About twenty five hours. Any less would be absurd,
any more would eliminate most working parents.
See:
https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, David Brin wrote:
With the family cared-for, I put on my green CERT* vest goggles and
hard hat to canvassed our neighborhood to see who had stayed. Then I
helped man a sheriffs roadbloc for a while. And again a while later
with the natural
er
National Guard.
Ever
That's Dr. Brin for you. At Nippon 2007 I happened
to observe him
stuff 10,000 yen into the donation box for a fan
that had to taken to
the hospital by ambulence.
SHucks, Jim, that ain't much. Anyway, it's part of my
attempt to create massive fandom cognitive dissonance.
Half of the
That's Dr. Brin for you. At Nippon 2007 I happened
to observe him
stuff 10,000 yen into the donation box for a fan
that had to taken to
the hospital by ambulence.
Shucks, Jim, that ain't much. Anyway, it's part of my
attempt to create massive fandom cognitive dissonance.
Half of the
On 10/24/2007 4:04:13 PM, David Brin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
That's Dr. Brin for you. At Nippon 2007 I happened
to observe him
stuff 10,000 yen into the donation box for a fan
that had to taken to
the hospital by ambulence.
SHucks, Jim, that ain't
much. Anyway,
it's part of
On 10/24/07, David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Diff is, the latter set can't ever point to an actual
action or event, only at a personality. And on THAT
basis... well... I guess I agree with them! ;-)
Don't you mean personalities, plural?
;-)
Nick
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On 25/10/2007, at 2:38 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Years ago, I watched a Botsuana movie The Gods Must Be Crazy,
where the bushman hero used an interesting technique to fight an
out-of-control fire: he used fire to start a controlled fire,
creating a barrier of ashes, so that the
That's pretty cool. I wonder why this isn't publicized more.
john
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Behalf Of David Brin
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:28 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: RE: Brin: Fire info
--- John Garcia [EMAIL
Don't you mean personalities, plural?
Hrm... you mean the one I download into grays or the
one I use for greens?
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