Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is similar to New Orleans or building on floodplains - the fires, storms and floods are natural, the houses are not. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:07 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net < wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote: > Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: > > > We did get into the forest fires last year - too close for me anyway: > > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/84099504 > > It's a LOT worse this year. Right now there are over 1000 wildfires > burning in the state, air quality here in Sacramento reminds me of Los > Angeles in the 1970s (YUCK!). The sun doesn't rise or set. In the morning > it gradually appears through the smoke on the horizon, likewise in the > evening it gradually fades into the muck. > > I would guess that the eastern sierra is better off but a lot of smoke is > spilling over the peaks from the west. The Western States endurance run, a > 100-mile footrace from Squaw Valley to Auburn, was cancelled this year for > the first time, because of poor air quality and fires too close to the race > course (rugged terrain across the Sierra). > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >