Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-25 Thread Nick Arnett
On 10/24/07, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back burning is what it's called. Probably wouldn't be able to help in the current fires - back burning works best in the early fire season to reduce fuel load in various strategic areas. Once it's too late in the season, back burning has a

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread Charlie Bell
On 24/10/2007, at 1:04 PM, David Brin wrote: Ever wonder what happened to civil defense, in an era of high techHomelandSecurity? It’s guys like me… heaven help us! Maybe once this dies down and people have a chance to take stock, people in bushfire zones in the US will take a look at the

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Charlie Bell wrote: Maybe once this dies down and people have a chance to take stock, people in bushfire zones in the US will take a look at the strategies used Down Under. With it being the start of the fire season here, the Make a Plan - Leave Early or Stay And Fight stuff is all

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Charlie Bell wrote: Maybe once this dies down and people have a chance to take stock, people in bushfire zones in the US will take a look at the strategies used Down Under. With it being the start of the fire season here, the Make a Plan - Leave Early or Stay And Fight stuff is all

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread Nick Arnett
On 10/24/07, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Years ago, I watched a Botsuana movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, where the bushman hero used an interesting technique to fight an out-of-control fire: he used fire to start a controlled fire, creating a barrier of ashes, so that the

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, David Brin wrote: thanks Nick, Thanks for asking. Cheryl the kids pets are with Cheryl's mom in her mobile home along el camino real, in a more urban part of Encinitas. All are fine. Last night I stood on the hilltop behind my home, looking up Lone Jack Road at

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread PAT MATHEWS
never know who is swimming naked until the tide goes out. Warren Buffett From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Brin: Fire info Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:39:26 -0200 Charlie Bell

RE: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread John Garcia
Subject: Re: Brin: Fire info On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, David Brin wrote: thanks Nick, Thanks for asking. Cheryl the kids pets are with Cheryl's mom in her mobile home along el camino real, in a more urban part of Encinitas. All are fine. Last night I stood on the hilltop behind my home

RE: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread David Brin
--- John Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't CERT one of those volunteer programs setup by FEMA? Dr. Brin, did you do any training with them? About twenty five hours. Any less would be absurd, any more would eliminate most working parents. See: https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread David Brin
That's Dr. Brin for you. At Nippon 2007 I happened to observe him stuff 10,000 yen into the donation box for a fan that had to taken to the hospital by ambulence. SHucks, Jim, that ain't much. Anyway, it's part of my attempt to create massive fandom cognitive dissonance. Half of the

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 10/24/2007 4:04:13 PM, David Brin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: That's Dr. Brin for you. At Nippon 2007 I happened to observe him stuff 10,000 yen into the donation box for a fan that had to taken to the hospital by ambulence. SHucks, Jim, that ain't much. Anyway, it's part of

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread Nick Arnett
On 10/24/07, David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Diff is, the latter set can't ever point to an actual action or event, only at a personality. And on THAT basis... well... I guess I agree with them! ;-) Don't you mean personalities, plural? ;-) Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/10/2007, at 2:38 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Years ago, I watched a Botsuana movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, where the bushman hero used an interesting technique to fight an out-of-control fire: he used fire to start a controlled fire, creating a barrier of ashes, so that the

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread David Brin
Don't you mean personalities, plural? Hrm... you mean the one I download into grays or the one I use for greens? IAAMOAKPC ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-23 Thread David Brin
thanks Nick, Thanks for asking. Cheryl the kids pets are with Cheryl's mom in her mobile home along el camino real, in a more urban part of Encinitas. All are fine. Last night I stood on the hilltop behind my home, looking up Lone Jack Road at hillside lines of fire near Del Dios Highway. It

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-23 Thread Nick Arnett
On 10/23/07, David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks Nick, Thanks for asking. Cheryl the kids pets are with Cheryl's mom in her mobile home along el camino real, in a more urban part of Encinitas. All are fine. Last night I stood on the hilltop behind my home, looking up Lone Jack

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-23 Thread David Brin
We did take two vanloads of stuff away along with kids. But I was never ordered out and things seem to be getting better. Thanks all! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-23 Thread Nick Arnett
If you haven't found it already, the county web site has lots of good info, updated regularly: http://www.sdcountyemergency.com/ That's where I finally found the map that helped me figure out that you still have a house. Nick On 10/23/07, David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We did take two