Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the reply/info. Karina > Fires are usually pretty much under control here unless we > are getting a Santa Ana Wind or Foehn (winds coming from the > east due to a high pressure system). We have, I believe, a > 16 state cooperative agreement where when one state has an > out of control fire, the other states send response teams. > I have seen the fuel mapping of the 16 states and they can > fight fire pretty high tech. Our climate is a lot like the > east coast of Australia except we do not have the climate of > the extreme northeast of Australia. > > The big debate here is whether it is better to let wildfires > burn or suppress them. > > BTW, you can get a lot of this info and a lot about Leica by > joining NewnetIRC and joining the #leica channel. The > featured people there include GeeBee, SonC (sonny carter), > Kyle Cassidy under various names (he is currently favoring > rats), Colin (lights from the former world trade center), > JimmyP (some really buff body builders), Rob (some fantastic > pixes of Novia Scotia), Alistair from Australia. Don't be > upset if no one immediately responds... most have day jobs > that allow them to respond eventually. I have three clocks > in my home office. One set to my time 20:20 hours pacific > daylight saving time, one set to east England 06:20 gmt, and > east Australia 15:20 I think the next day. i.e I am + 8 > hours from UTM. > Time confuses me. > > But a lot of us can continue to build this rather weird > channel, where I have never heard an insulting word. More > like a mutual support group. > > Regards, Bill > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html