On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 09:27 am, Collins Richey wrote: SNIP > 1) People like to build in areas that look pretty and green without any > thought given to what might happen when it's all ablaze. In the case of > towns, the decisions were made decades or centuries ago. > > 2) Environmentalists are usually opposed to any efforts to thin the > forests and remove dead fuel in aging forests near populated areas. The > standard argument: Forest management is just clearcutting, but if > nature is doing the "clearing," that's aok. People who might suffer > aren't extremely important. > > 3) All of the above leaves the way open for arsonists and/or careless > people to trigger a disaster. > > A few of the people who live in the foothills communities west of Denver > are now starting to prepare themselves by clearing around their homes > and removing excess downed timber.
This is very much what happens in OZ. There are certain places on this earth where fire is a natural environmental rejuvinator; there are trees and shrubs here that need fire to germinate. So Oz is a place where big fires can and do occur. Yet if there is no fire for a while its DEVELOPED, and people start living there: short term memory is naon existant. Last but not least are the pollies and of course the greenies and arsonists. -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'SKIPPY' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061, Australia:: PH:61733002161 Practising Geriatric, Retired Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
