Oz cops it again, fire!

[Tom Condon]

Skippie,

> 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, as is the emergency services.
> Similar situation has ocurred in the Snowy Mountains area
> of NSW threatening villages and hamlets, vast areas of
> forest have been devastated. Whilst Melbourne had 46C
> toaday and also has big fires burning, but in forested
> areas, however a group of 10 fires has joined into one huge
> fire with a 75 km front.
>
> The devastation we are seeing is the worst in living
> memory. I must admit that I am very gald to be in
> Queensland, but with the way the drought has provided fuel
> for fires we are not are not immune as 75% of the state is
> tinder dry.

Stay safe, man.  Maybe we should send a few of our AmerIndians 
down for rain dances.  [Any PC replies should be sent 
privately, not to the list.]


In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,

Tom  ;-})

Tom Condon
Glad to live in the rain capital of the US -- Puget Sound