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DS 2009/2/11 Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm>: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:19:04 +0900, "David Savage" <ozsav...@gmail.com> > said: >> And the news that arsonists are responsible for some of the fires that >> lead to deaths is enraging a lot of people. >> > > > Yeah - unfortunately a large number of summer fires are started by these > morons. And they're almost impossible to catch in the act. > > Having said that, dry lightning strikes are responsible for many > outbreaks as well. I was amazed at how readily this can happen when a > lightning strike set a large tree alight in our back paddock a couple of > years ago. The resultant fire took hold incredibly quickly. Had the > lightning not been followed by heavy rain after about 10 minutes, I > shudder to think what might have happened. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > >> >> 2009/2/11 Paul <li...@fauxfotos.com>: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm in Melbourne and the whole thing still seems a bit surreal at this >> > stage. I was at a family members house on Saturday, it was so hot, the air >> > was thick with smoke and wind was unbelievably strong. Some of the areas >> > hit are only a 30 minute drive from the central business and are pretty >> > much >> > the outer suburbs of Melbourne. >> > >> > I can think of the two other PDML members of the past who live in Melbourne >> > and from memory they weren't in any area affected. >> > >> > Paul >> > >> > m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: >> >> >> >> ---- Anthony Farr <farranth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I'm in Sydney, which is safe. The fires near here didn't get very bad. >> >>> Melbourne's summer climate is much more arid than Sydney's, so fires >> >>> there >> >>> are more frequently close to the flashpoint at which vapourised >> >>> eucalyptus >> >>> oil in the atmosphere will explode into a fireball. Sydney's blanketing >> >>> humidity usually suppresses the combustibility of the atmosphere around >> >>> the >> >>> fire front. >> >> >> >> I'm finding the news pics we see here decidedly odd. You will see an >> >> aerial shot of maybe a dozen dwellings, all razed to the ground. Around >> >> them are numerous, perfectly flammable trees that have not, apparently, >> >> been >> >> touched. In another shot you will see large areas of woodland reduced to >> >> grey ash, with nearby dwellings apparently untouched. >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >>> There is a Melbourne pdmler whose been in lurk mode for a good while, his >> >>> name escapes me, but I think he's a city boy so should be safe (I hope so >> >>> anyway). >> >>> >> >>> Regards, Anthony >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> -----Original Message----- >> >>>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> ann >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> sanfedele >> >>>> Sent: Monday, 9 February 2009 3:18 PM >> >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >>>> Subject: are all our Aussies ok? >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> I'll take our iciness to fire anyday -- hope everyone is safe >> >>>> >> >>>> ann >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and > love email again > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
