Yes, it seems our two parts of the globe have a lot in common - for all the wrong reasons!
Bad as last weekend was in Victoria, the death toll (now approaching 200) comes nowhere near the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. As an aside, I've just finished reading James Lee Burke's book "The Tin Roof Blowdown" which is set in New Orleans during and immediately after Katrina. The magnitude of that disaster seems almost unbelievable. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:38:20 -0500, "ann sanfedele" <[email protected]> said: > Brian -- > to make sure my feeble memory wasn't playing tricks on me, I grabbed > this off the web: > > http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2005/2005-12-15-04.asp > > http://tinyurl.com/cn43zo > > Basically, when the Katrina hurricane hit our gulf coast the usually > damp northwest was experiencing a drought > (northwest including parts of Canada and up thorugh Alaska) > > I'm glad to hear from you guys that you are all ok wasn't sure quite > where everyone was - except I remember David S > being "out west" > > As to your photo - it reminded me of what I saw looking from my roof on > 9/11... same direction, even... that > must have been pretty scary. > > ann > > Brian Walters wrote: > > >Hi Mike > > > >On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:33:09 -0500, "Beaker" <[email protected]> said: > > > > > >>It's a striking photo- and it adds quite a bit knowing it is smoke, > >>rather than odd clouds. > >> > >>How is the drought situation? I imagine it was a major factor in the > >>fires. Some years, it's either too much or too little. > >> > >>Stay Safe, > >>Mike > >> > >> > >> > >Thanks. I'm in Sydney - a long way from the current problems in > >Queensland and Victoria. > >.... > > > > > >It seems so > >bizarre to have flooding and fires occurring at the same time in > >different parts of the country. > >Cheers > >Brian > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Brian Walters > >Western Sydney Australia > >http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > > > >>>http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/125130/Where_There039s_Smoke.html > >>> > >>> > >>>Comments, as always, most welcome. > >>> > >>> > >>>Cheers > >>> > >>>Brian > >>> > >>> > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service? -- 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.
