Thanks Ann.
The community is assisting wherever needed but there are a lot of political
undertones too. The Muni is claiming they did all sorts of things
whereas in fact they did very little. None of the Fire Engines were working
so the Mine fire teams had to be called in. The delay was IMO the mai
Thanks all. The community is rallying round. Perhaps "ghoulish" was a
bit strong. There are plenty of images "for posterity" on the web.
Alan C
On 17-Sep-23 09:47 PM, Bruce Nagel wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 02:50:04PM -0400, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
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I'm glad you're ok and that no one died from the fire.
On 9/17/2023 1:28 AM, Alan C wrote:
Yesterday was a very hot day (40°C) in Phalaborwa with strong winds from
the west. A veld fire broke out to the West of the town & rapidly got of
control, jumping Spekboom Street on the western boundary &
It’s been a bad few years for a lot of people, I’m sorry to hear it’s been your
turn. I hope you’re not too badly affected personally by it.
I agree with Larry’s comment about ghoulishness.
Bon courage.
> On 17 Sep 2023, at 07:31, Alan C wrote:
>
> Yesterday was a very hot day (40°C) in Phal
Larry makes a good point.. and he is one who I was thinking of
particularly when I made my comments.
ann
On 9/17/2023 1:54 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
By far the worst disaster in Phalaborwa in the 47 years I have been here. Much
cooler today but the air is still filled with smoke. I felt it w
Alan - glad to hear, at least ,your home was not a victim.. I wager
there is not a US or Canadian list member who has not recently been
subject to
dangerously high pollution due to smoke from fires .. some of us much
more than others ..and have a good sense of what you personally are
experienci
That must have been a frightening experience.
And it is not yet summer in your area. I guess you get more rain in summer?
Henk
Op zo 17 sep 2023 om 07:40 schreef Alan C :
> Yesterday was a very hot day (40°C) in Phalaborwa with strong winds from
> the west. A veld fire broke out to the West of
> On Sep 16, 2023, at 10:28 PM, Alan C wrote:
>
> Yesterday was a very hot day (40°C) in Phalaborwa with strong winds from the
> west. A veld fire broke out to the West of the town & rapidly got of control,
> jumping Spekboom Street on the western boundary & setting several thatched
> roofed
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