Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

Glad your home was safe and you too.. better sunburnt than fire burnt! ann On 2/20/2017 10:51 PM, David Mann wrote: Right, we arrived home yesterday. The fires look like they're pretty much out but there's still a lot of work being done to take care of hot spots and prevent flareups. Today

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

Right, we arrived home yesterday. The fires look like they're pretty much out but there's still a lot of work being done to take care of hot spots and prevent flareups. Today I've seen a steady procession of planes and helicopters dropping purple fire retardant (thanks Aussies). The hills

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

> On 17/02/2017, at 7:12 PM, Anthony Farr wrote: > > I think David means a couple of kilometres ~away~ from the bottom of the > hill, not ~up~ from the bottom. Otherwise he'd be a lot less relaxed. Yes, that's right. Sorry for the confusion :) We do know some people who

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

I think David means a couple of kilometres ~away~ from the bottom of the hill, not ~up~ from the bottom. Otherwise he'd be a lot less relaxed. regards, Anthony On 17 February 2017 at 08:33, P. J. Alling wrote: > I wouldn't be too blasé if I lived at the top of the

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

It could be because they're making slow progress repairing the damage to the spillways & another storm is in the forecast. They're not expecting enough rain that it will force the lake level back up to where it will overflow the emergency spillway, but it won't hurt to keep everyone on their toes

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

I wouldn't be too blasé if I lived at the top of the hill. Fire moves pretty fast uphill, when it really takes off. On 2/16/2017 3:05 PM, David Mann wrote: Thanks for the concern everyone but we're fine and our house is not under threat. We live a couple of km from the bottom of the hill so

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

Just heard another in the series of situation updates concerning the Oroville dam. The advisory level regarding possible flooding is very low, but is still in place. Why this is was not detailed. J Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 16, 2017, at 12:30 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

Glad to hear your house is safe and you are not there now to breath the foul air... Now we can go back to worrying about Jack maybe having to evac within the next week or so.. and the Aussies broiling to death ann On 2/16/2017 3:05 PM, David Mann wrote: Thanks for the concern everyone but

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

Thanks for the concern everyone but we're fine and our house is not under threat. We live a couple of km from the bottom of the hill so there are a lot of houses it'd have to get through first. We're actually holidaying in Wanaka for a race that's on tomorrow so we've had to watch the coverage

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

Hope he checks in soon! I've been meaning to write him off list to see if he watches "Brokenwood mysteries" ann On 2/16/2017 10:28 AM, Gonz wrote: What is going on? Seems like NZ is having all sorts of catastrophes, first the giant earthquake, now what... a fire? Geesh, I hope there is