Oz cops it again, fire!

[Collins]

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:41:01 +1000
Keith Antoine <kantoine at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Well we have 33% of the national capital burnt out and 400 homes gone,
> 200 serious burn victims. The hospital system in Canberra is
> overwhelmed ... Snowy Mountains area of NSW ... Melbourne ...
>  big fires burning ...
> 
> The devastation we are seeing is the worst in living memory. 
> 

Our deepest sympathies for all you Aussies, Keith.  My company
(StorageTek) has a several employees in Canberra, so I hope they
have not suffered.

What you are experiencing now, we had last summer in Colorado, although
it didn't reach as far into the plains as Denver/Aurora (extreme SW
suburbs and outlying communities were affected). We're in a multi-year
drouth cycle, and it's dry as dust this winter, so the killer fires will
surely come back again in the summer.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
gentoo 1.4 system