Doug -- what a fascinating account! I think your brother-in-law ought to write a book. So few of us ever experience that kind of thing.
Freight trains certainly get a bad rap in the noise department. The Engineer's brother and his gf were in the path of Ike. They were in the eye for somewhere around an hour. They described the sound as 'like a freight train', too =+)). I think you have me confused with Barbara Ott - the other crone that used to be on the list. She lives up in the Sierra somewhere (I used to know, but I can't remember now). I live in Portland, OR. Barbara's husband worked for the Forest Service and she talked about how the crews would have to make the decision all the time about which houses to save. If a house had a shake roof, a big wooden deck as was in fuel, you could pretty much write it off. Makes me think about my own house here in Portland. We have a metal roof, but have big evergreens all around us and a huge deck. We typically don't have fires in town, though, but who knows what can happen these days. Hotter, dryer summers seem to be in the forecast. BTW, Ray and Maree went back to Australia on Feb. 4. They live S.E. Of Melbourne. I haven't heard from them and I hope they are OK. Does anyone know???? Amities, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
