On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:41 +1000, "John Coyle" <[email protected]> wrote: > Great pictures Brian - but are you still safe after the fires spread > yesterday? >
Thanks John. We were never really at risk here as the winds almost always blow from the west. But it's still a bit concerning when the fires are so close. Anyway, it's been raining here since about 7am so that's good news for everyone. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Brian Walters > Sent: Thursday, 17 December 2009 5:24 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: A Small GESO - Firefighting Helicopters > > G'day all > > We have a serious bushfire burning a few km to the east of us. It's > downwind of us so that's good - but not good for those in that > direction. > > As I write another Erikson Air Crane has just flown over the house - we > have a small lake a couple of hundred metres away and the choppers have > been using it to fill their water tanks for most of the day. > > Of course I took a few photos..... > > :-)> > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/album-firefighting/index.html > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
