Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is north of Yosemite Valley ( and the Yosemite Park) that you are more familiar with..... Generally, pristine wilderness... with a big reservoir for supplying the city of San Fransisco..... All of California is basically a desert. Little rain, hot summers, lots of old small vegetation that has been very dry. Perfect for wildfires.... It is said that when the first Western visitors to California came and saw Los Angeles basin, they saw much smoke.. which they attributed to indigenous Indian Campfires..... It was more likely wildfires that ran rampant without rain to put them out for months..... or even years.... Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net Induced by man by tampering with water sources/forests? Part of the Faustian bargain, I am afraid. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:00 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > Cool, moist weather is needed, but today the temps are climbing. The destruction is unimaginable to me: > http://framework.latimes.com/2013/08/22/state-of-emergency-declared-in-wildf ire-near-yosemite/#/0 >