Brin: Residents save houses when fire department is too late

2007-11-25 Thread Julia Thompson 
Makeshift brigade makes a stand - and wins

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-scene25nov25,0,2321098.story?coll=la-tot-topstories&track=ntothtml

http://tinyurl.com/2pronx

One resident of the neighborhood, a builder, had bought a fire truck and 
tanker truck at auction, for a total of $6000.  He and his neighbors saved 
millions of dollars worth of property before the professional firefighters 
could get there.

Julia

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Re: Brin: Residents save houses when fire department is too late

2007-11-26 Thread David Brin 

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Makeshift brigade makes a stand - and wins

Thanks Julia.   Um, yes, though of course these are
rich people in Malibu.  Still, they have the spirit of
 the Age of Empowered Citizenship.


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