Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] To Bill Larsen
From: kiklaas@iinet.net.au
Date: 17 May 2002 05:55:12 -0000

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
> 
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