On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:23:44 -0800 - Condon Thomas A KPWA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following
Re: RE: Oz cops it again, fire!
Actually, there is strong evidence that if we didn't have global warming
we'd be in an ice age right now. [Do a search for Maunder Minimum on the web
for a lot more
Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote:
Net Llama! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] typed thusly on Monday, January
20, 2003 9:18 AM:
Nature manages itself just fine. All of the screwed up
weather is occuring because of the greenhouse effect,
which didn't get started by a few bears pooping in the
woods.
may be bombing (real explosives) is a faster solution. :)
An American crew of a giant water bombing copter is on record as saying
, they had never seen
worse conditions and a bigger firestorm.
The forcast for tonight and tomorrow is worse than it was on Saturday, we
are all fingers crossed.
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, m.w.chang wrote:
they might have beeen too fast, but ran in the wrong direction.
even trained professionals might make a bad decions when trapped in the
center of a hill/bush fire.
remenmber the movie Blackhawk Down? wonder whether they can use
helicopters to plot ground
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:49:07 +1000, Keith Antoine wrote:
Greenies are being blamed for stopping of fire hazzard
reduction and clearing of trees.
Mind you people love to build houses nowadays in rural tree filled area
The same things are being said in thge US. I tend to agree, the
Greenies are
Skippie,
Well we have 33% of the national capital burnt out and 400
homes gone, 200 serious burn victims. The hospital system
in Canberra is overwhelmed, as is the emergency services.
Similar situation has ocurred in the Snowy Mountains area
of NSW threatening villages and hamlets, vast
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Net Llama! wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, stayler wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:49:07 +1000, Keith Antoine wrote:
Greenies are being blamed for stopping of fire hazzard
reduction and clearing of trees.
Mind you people love to build houses nowadays in rural tree
same thing could happen to those fire fighters when the arial command
center crashed... :)
Renmber the movie Blackhawk Down? wonder whether they can use
helicopters to plot ground troops' retreat given all the heat, wind and
smoke...
Yea, that's the movie where 2 copters crashed, and many
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:41:01 +1000
Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well we have 33% of the national capital burnt out and 400 homes gone,
200 serious burn victims. The hospital system in Canberra is
overwhelmed ... Snowy Mountains area of NSW ... Melbourne ...
big fires burning ...
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:41:01 +1000
Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well we have 33% of the national capital burnt out and 400 homes gone,
200 serious burn victims. The hospital system in Canberra is
overwhelmed, as is the emergency services. Similar situation has
ocurred in the Snowy
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:41:01 +1000, Keith Antoine wrote:
The devastation we are seeing is the worst in living memory. I must admit that
I am very gald to be in Queensland, but with the way the drought has provided
fuel for fires we are not are not immune as 75% of the state is tinder dry.
Keep
I guess it's time to mobilize those C130 for fire-fighting.
The devastation we are seeing is the worst in living memory. I must admit that
I am very gald to be in Queensland, but with the way the drought has provided
fuel for fires we are not are not immune as 75% of the state is tinder dry.
and on the bright side, there will less fire for the next few years. :)
are the 200 victims all fire fighters?
Well we have 33% of the national capital burnt out and 400 homes gone, 200
serious burn victims. The hospital system in Canberra is overwhelmed, as is
the emergency services. Similar
At 09:51 AM 20/01/2003 +0800, you wrote:
and on the bright side, there will less fire for the next few years. :)
are the 200 victims all fire fighters?
Well we have 33% of the national capital burnt out and 400 homes gone,
200 serious burn victims. The hospital system in Canberra is
they might have beeen too fast, but ran in the wrong direction.
even trained professionals might make a bad decions when trapped in the
center of a hill/bush fire.
remenmber the movie Blackhawk Down? wonder whether they can use
helicopters to plot ground troops' retreat given all the heat, wind
At 09:49 AM 20/01/2003 +0800, you wrote:
I guess it's time to mobilize those C130 for fire-fighting.
The devastation we are seeing is the worst in living memory. I must admit
that I am very gald to be in Queensland, but with the way the drought has
provided fuel for fires we are not are not
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