Hey... us noisy AUS people have been busy sleepin' Not sure about the cold though? Snow? Whassat? :^)
New South Wales has been burning since Christmas Day... literally!! About 170/180 properties lost, thousands evacuated, and fortunately no deaths. There have been over 100 fires burning around the state... fuelled by near-40 degree days and fast winds. The sky here has been a smokey orange haze for the last week and a bit. We went camping on New Years Day, only to have to return the next day because the camp site was sweltering in 40 degrees and suffering from heavy winds that were pulling tents up... coming back we drove in between two of the fires that had started up that morning, and the winds were just fanning them quickly out of control. The freeway was covered in smoke in a few places, and then there was a fire at the top of a reserve in our main town... we drove past watching the helicopters swooping down, picking up the water and then dropping it on the flames (clearly visible from 2 or 3 km's away). I think all the fires are now contained, but they are forecasting another treacherous weekend. There are still approx 80 fires burning. All the national parks have been closed, except one local one near here. And most of these fires have been lit by arsonists. Approx 25 people have been charged so far, with a majority being teenagers. The youngest caught was 9. As for the fire service, they're bloody legends!!! And, bizarely, they had snow on Christmas Day in Thredbo!! In the middle of SUMMER???? What the??!! N "Erika L. Walker-Arnold\" \"" wrote: > > .. is everyone sleeping? (besides the States ...) you noisy UK/AUS people > <grin> are exceptionally still today ... is the cold putting you into a deep > freeze? > > Erika > ----------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
