Re: Wildfires Down Under?
On Mar 7, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On 07/03/2009, at 5:07 AM, Horn, John wrote: How are things on the wildfire front down under? A lot better - We've had a cool change (it's down to mid-teens rather than high 30s!) and we've finally had some proper rain. Hopefully the fire season is over for this year, and it's good to get the first real rain for the year to refill our water tank. Just for something different, we had an earthquake here last night, magnitude 4.7 which is not that impressive for areas used to them, but large by local standards. It was felt over a large area, including much of Melbourne. Epicentre was 600 metres from our house! We certainly felt it. http://snipurl.com/dbjdk [earthquake_usgs_gov] http://snipurl.com/dbjft [maps_google_com] Zoom in and you'll see our place just to the NW. Regards, Ray Ludenia. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Wildfires Down Under?
Geez Ray (and Charlie) Which deity did you piss off? =+)) Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com On Mar 7, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On 07/03/2009, at 5:07 AM, Horn, John wrote: How are things on the wildfire front down under? A lot better - We've had a cool change (it's down to mid-teens rather than high 30s!) and we've finally had some proper rain. Hopefully the fire season is over for this year, and it's good to get the first real rain for the year to refill our water tank. Just for something different, we had an earthquake here last night, magnitude 4.7 which is not that impressive for areas used to them, but large by local standards. It was felt over a large area, including much of Melbourne. Epicentre was 600 metres from our house! We certainly felt it. http://snipurl.com/dbjdk [earthquake_usgs_gov] http://snipurl.com/dbjft [maps_google_com] Zoom in and you'll see our place just to the NW. Regards, Ray Ludenia. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Wildfires Down Under?
Ray wrote: Hopefully the fire season is over for this year, and it's good to get the first real rain for the year to refill our water tank. Just for something different, we had an earthquake here last night, magnitude 4.7 which is not that impressive for areas used to them, but large by local standards. It was felt over a large area, including much of Melbourne. Epicentre was 600 metres from our house! We certainly felt it. Yikes, I'll bet you did, that's practically on top of it. The last significant quake here in the SF bay area was a 5.4 in October of 2007 about 6 miles NNE of my house. I was on the second story of our house and got rocked pretty good. We even had slight damage to the house. I'm glad to hear its cooling off down under. I hope you guys get lots of rain (but not too much) this year. Doug ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Wildfires Down Under?
Infi, obviously. - Original Message - From: Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 5:13 AM Subject: Re: Wildfires Down Under? Geez Ray (and Charlie) Which deity did you piss off? =+)) Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Wildfires Down Under?
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Re: Wildfires Down Under?
On 07/03/2009, at 5:07 AM, Horn, John wrote: How are things on the wildfire front down under? A lot better - We've had a cool change (it's down to mid-teens rather than high 30s!) and we've finally had some proper rain. To explain, fires are classified as Going, Contained, or Controlled. All bar one fire in Victoria is at least contained now. That's the one on Wilson's Promontory (the southernmost point of the mainland) which is all national park. The main visitor centre is safe now, and they're hoping they'll get it contained in a few more days. The scale of these fires is almost incomprehensible - the combined length of the major fire-fronts is over 1100 km (685 miles or so). Charlie. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
