Actually, Bob sent them to me. He also sent me these..... http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bigpicturefire,0,5985825.htmlstory There are also a series of time-lapse videos on YouTube taken from various locations of the fires. Fascinating to watch (unlike real-time and being right there) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIm9Th6yq7U&NR=1 Those folks that trudge into those hell fires to do battle with some monstrous, 40' plus flames and extremely rough terrain, get more respect from me than I can describe. What they have accomplished in the last week is nothing short of amazing. Sadly, two fire fighters lost their lives in the blaze. Craig Jungers wrote: >Jackie Fenton Myers posted this link on Facebook and I thought they were >appropriate to post here. The LA area is home to numerous Paddlewisers and >while lots of us face little threat of wildfires, many of us in the western >USA do. These are awesome photos. > >http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/09/wildfires_in_southern_californ.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 03 2009 - 10:07:16 PDT
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