---- Anthony Farr <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm in Sydney, which is safe. The fires near here didn't get very bad. > > Melbourne's summer climate is much more arid than Sydney's, so fires there > are more frequently close to the flashpoint at which vapourised eucalyptus > oil in the atmosphere will explode into a fireball. Sydney's blanketing > humidity usually suppresses the combustibility of the atmosphere around the > fire front.
I'm finding the news pics we see here decidedly odd. You will see an aerial shot of maybe a dozen dwellings, all razed to the ground. Around them are numerous, perfectly flammable trees that have not, apparently, been touched. In another shot you will see large areas of woodland reduced to grey ash, with nearby dwellings apparently untouched. > > There is a Melbourne pdmler whose been in lurk mode for a good while, his > name escapes me, but I think he's a city boy so should be safe (I hope so > anyway). > > Regards, Anthony > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > ann > > sanfedele > > Sent: Monday, 9 February 2009 3:18 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: are all our Aussies ok? > > > > > > I'll take our iciness to fire anyday -- hope everyone is safe > > > > ann > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow > > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
