On Friday 06 December 2002 02:30 pm, Collins espoused: > Memory serves you right. The mountain and western states had the > worst drowth and forrest fires in about 100 years (Colorado most > especially). I don't know how that sort of thing is handled down > under, but many people believe that the severest problems were created > by several decades of failure to prune old growth forrests > (environmentalist wackos would never allow that) which become > tinderboxes with passage of time.
Same here, also lack of monies in local authorities to do burnoffs, and then local householders who pile rubbish on property lines and near bush. > We've had good early fall snowfall in Colorado (most ski areas are > open early this year), but it's too early to say whether the > weatherman will bring us the March snows that we depend on to break > the drouth cycle. we would accept any sort of water, snow oice blocks etc. > You could get your thong, Keith, and join the nudie cuties in their > rain dance. <grin> Not allowed to join them these days. -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
