Re: OT: Richard Foote

Richard Foote wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Thank you for your kind thoughts. All I can say is I'm one lucky bugger !!
>
> At the height of the "action" I was standing on the roof of my house, meagre
> hose in hand, choking on the smoke, with the bushfires roaring towards me
> just four houses away. Thankfully we had a couple of fire trucks that
> stopped the fire at the edge of the suburb just as the back fence of the
> first house was getting burnt else there's little doubt that the suburb of
> Gordon would have suffered big time.
>
> Then we started getting reports that the suburb of Duffy (where my parents
> live) had house upon house on fire. Early reports suggested the section
> where my parents live was totally wiped out. However, when we eventually got
> through, my parents house was virtually unscathed (expect the garden which
> was completely destroyed) whereas *every* neighbouring house was totally
> burnt to the ground !!
>
> It's been one heck of a week !!
>
> Richard
>
> "Noons" <nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au.nospam> wrote in message
> news:Xns9309EE88F4E26mineminemine_at_210.49.20.254...
> > Norman Dunbar <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote in
> > news:E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA70330EE27_at_lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk and
> I
> > quote:
> >
> > > Just checking to see if you are ok - I believe you are somewhere
> > > in/around/near Canberra and we've been seeing some pictures of Canberra
> > > on the news recently - the fires look pretty bad over there - hope
> > > you're all ok.
> > >
> >
> > Yeah! Good thought. That was very bad stuff...
> > Keep us posted, Richard. Hope everything alright.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Nuno Souto
> > nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au.nospam

Can we send you some rain from here in Seattle?

Hope it goes well for you.

Daniel Morgan Received on Sun Jan 19 2003 - 09:44:08 CST