And the news that arsonists are responsible for some of the fires that lead to deaths is enraging a lot of people.
Dave (the pi55ed) 2009/2/11 Paul <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > I'm in Melbourne and the whole thing still seems a bit surreal at this > stage. I was at a family members house on Saturday, it was so hot, the air > was thick with smoke and wind was unbelievably strong. Some of the areas > hit are only a 30 minute drive from the central business and are pretty much > the outer suburbs of Melbourne. > > I can think of the two other PDML members of the past who live in Melbourne > and from memory they weren't in any area affected. > > Paul > > [email protected] wrote: >> >> ---- 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. >> > > -- > 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.
