On 23/1/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: >Sitting back watching the Kiwis obliterate the Poms (cricket, guys) - >glass of red in hand - when a storm came in from the west over the >mountains. Nothing unusual about that - summer storms are to be >expected here but the lightning was very close. > >Took a look out the back window and noticed an orange glow in the back >paddock - said orange glow soon developed into a very serious looking >grass fire which was being whipped along by strong winds. I was >understandably nervous at this stage as the flames were reaching about >20 feet into the air and we have about 100 or so eucalypts between the >house and the paddock. > >Fortunately, the storm started to produce some rain, gentle at first but >a heavy downpour doused the flames after half an hour or so. I felt a >bit of a dill talking to the fire brigade officers under an umbrella... > >I've never experienced lightning-induced fire before - not keen to >experience it again. > >I'm going to lie down now....
I'll try just as hard as you to imagine the scene ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
