Hi Paul & all our Australian friends: Stay safe & I hope the fires are put
down soon. Sending best regards from Chicago. Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: are all our Aussies ok?
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
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