Doug -- No worries. And I hope you're pronouncing Willamette right. Every
time we have guests from out of the area we have a pronunciation session on
wil-LAM-et, instead of the other way they usually want to pronounce it =+))
Amities,
Jo Anne
evens...@hevanet.com
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Jo Anne wrote:
> Doug -- what a fascinating account! I think your brother-in-law ought to
> write a book. So few of us ever experience that kind of thing.
>
> Freight trains certainly get a bad rap in the noise department. The
> Engineer's brother and his gf w
On 12/02/2009, at 7:48 AM, Jo Anne wrote:
> BTW, Ray and Maree went back to Australia on Feb. 4. They live S.E.
> Of
> Melbourne. I haven't heard from them and I hope they are OK. Does
> anyone
> know
I haven't spoken to them, but I don't think there were any fires
around them - the
Charlie wrote:
Or give something to your local volunteer fire service. In a few
> months, it'll be the northern hemisphere on fire.
>
So true. There were two fires in Santa Cruz county last June which, prior
to that, had been known as "asbestos county" because of the lack of
wildfires over the p
On Feb 10, 2009, at 4:50 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Rob asked:
>>
>> Anyone know of a good way an
>> American can be helpful?
>>
> Probably not now. The worst problem in this kind of disaster is
> logistics, not money.
>
> Since December, the brazilian state of Santa Catarina - among
> the rich
On 10/02/2009, at 9:50 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> There were campaings to collect clothes, water, food, etc - and
> all the things that were donated were either stolen or incinerated,
> as the problem was not that they didn't have them, but that these
> goods couldn't get there - because the _r
Rob asked:
>
> Anyone know of a good way an
> American can be helpful?
>
Probably not now. The worst problem in this kind of disaster is
logistics, not money.
Since December, the brazilian state of Santa Catarina - among
the richest of Brazil, probable comparable with any european
country in term
On 10/02/2009, at 9:17 AM, Rceeberger wrote:
> There are towns in southern Australia where they won't let people
> back in,
> due to the numbers of bodies still lying in the streets.
They have to let the forensics teams in first.
> These towns are all
> quite rural, and there is just no way an
Rceeberger wrote:
> Australia always stands with and by us though all sorts of ordeals.
> Anyone
> know of a good way an American can be helpful?
>
> xponent
> Recipricocity Maru
> rob
>
The Australian Red Cross would likely be your best bet:
http://www.redcross.org.au/vic/services_emergency
On 2/9/2009 3:54:44 PM, John Garcia (john...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM, sendai wrote:
>
> > Euan Ritchie wrote:
> > >> It was almost a "perfect storm" for fire conditions.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> I'm 1,500 miles downwind and was reminded of the end to "The Sheep Look
> > > U
On 10/02/2009, at 8:54 AM, John Garcia wrote:
>
> New York Times reports 173 dead, hundreds homeless, and that the
> fire may
> have been set.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/world/asia/10australia.html
It wasn't just a fire. It was a number of fires across several hundred
kilometres. S
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM, sendai wrote:
> Euan Ritchie wrote:
> >> It was almost a "perfect storm" for fire conditions.
> >>
> >
> > I'm 1,500 miles downwind and was reminded of the end to "The Sheep Look
> > Up" last night when I thought I could smell faint burning on the air.
> >
>
> I fe
Euan Ritchie wrote:
>> It was almost a "perfect storm" for fire conditions.
>>
>
> I'm 1,500 miles downwind and was reminded of the end to "The Sheep Look
> Up" last night when I thought I could smell faint burning on the air.
>
I felt the same... I woke at ~2am, and I smelt burning outs
On Feb 8, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
>> Repeating the call-out on the Culture list.
>> Are our Aussie friends doing OK?
>> We worry for you.
>
>
> Yeah... 96 dead. Sounding too much like the Oakland Hills firestorm
> times
> 10. Already four times as many killed.
>
> Very scary.
>
>
From: "Nick Arnett"
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Rceeberger wrote:
>
>> Repeating the call-out on the Culture list.
>> Are our Aussie friends doing OK?
>> We worry for you.
>
>
> Yeah... 96 dead. Sounding too much like the Oakland Hills firestorm times
> 10. Already four times as many k
> It was almost a "perfect storm" for fire conditions.
I'm 1,500 miles downwind and was reminded of the end to "The Sheep Look
Up" last night when I thought I could smell faint burning on the air.
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On 09/02/2009, at 4:35 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Rceeberger
> wrote:
>
>> Repeating the call-out on the Culture list.
>> Are our Aussie friends doing OK?
>> We worry for you.
>
>
> Yeah... 96 dead. Sounding too much like the Oakland Hills firestorm
> times
> 1
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Rceeberger wrote:
> Repeating the call-out on the Culture list.
> Are our Aussie friends doing OK?
> We worry for you.
Yeah... 96 dead. Sounding too much like the Oakland Hills firestorm times
10. Already four times as many killed.
Very scary.
Nick
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