On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Doug LaRue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Reply to message from DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 07 May 2008 > 17:43:09 -0700 > > > > Let nature burn the forests as it sees fit. Stop mass building in areas > > that are geologically prone to self-pruning or adapt your building > > methods. Expect to withstand the inevitable on your own. Maybe learn how > > to farm ashes. > > during filming of the news of the last big fires, a local news station > interviewed > a Swiss newsman and his photographer. He was asked if they have fires like > these since they have many towns in the mountains and forests. The Swiss > reporter said that they have quite a few large forest fires but they let them > burn. > Because they don't have people building homes alone out in the wilderness and > instead build their homes together in towns, there's little to no loss of > property > or life. Unlike how we do it here in the US. > > That should have been shown over and over again instead of just the one time > on the one station. > > Doug
In case you have not noticed. SoCal is _not_ Switzerland ;) Windows is not Linux. I am not you. etc. BobLQ "Married for 17 years to a Swiss-German, pero no mas :)" -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
