[SOC] Re: Bushfires

[Timothy-Allen Albertson-KG6IRH]

We've had some problems with them the San Francisco Bay Area in wildfires.
They were imported not being indigenous.  73 de tim kg6irh.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian C. Purdie" <ianpurdie@integritynet.com.au>
To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Re: Bushfires


> Timothy-Allen Albertson-KG6IRH wrote:
>
> > Query: How are the euclalyptus (I believe you folks might call the Gum
as I
> > recall) trees affecting these fires?
>
> Yeah, gum trees. They didn't in this case, it was pine plantations.
They're
> gone. Gum's would recover and in fact propagate seed.
>
> Twelve more suburbs north of Canberra are placed on "high risk alert"
today.
> Ditto high country in north eastern Victoria. Alpine villages, who would
have
> imagined.
>
> Irony of ironies - rain when it comes will cause huge problems. Gentle
rain
> would be fine, heavy rain will wash ash and silt into reservoirs for
drinking
> water.
>
> A few of us are wondering, are these freaky weather conditions at work? If
so,
> what's in store for the northern hemisphere this coming summer.
>
>
> 72/73's
>
> Ian C. Purdie
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