On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM, sendai <sen...@iicx.net> 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 felt the same... I woke at ~2am, and I smelt burning outside. I looked > up the local file listings and saw that they hadn't been updated since > Friday. I then checked the wind and synoptic-charts from the past few > days and saw that it was feasible that the winds from down there had > brought with it dust and smoke... I still don't see any bush-fires or > large-fires listed here, so it was either a bonfire or psychosomatic. > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l >
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 good luck to all down under john _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
