Subject: Re: [powderworks] Peter and bushfires |
From: RM |
Date: 16/02/2009, 9:34 am |
To: powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au |
I think you misunderstood - I fled a forest fire at age five in Oregon in 1971, one that burned within a block of where I lived at the time. That area learned its lesson - firebreaks around communities, regular controlled burns to reduce fuel, etc.
From: dnkimom <kate@dnki.net>
This is not just a case of arsonists and
poor communication - this is a major scale catastrophe of
environmental management. Pete's going to have to answer for that,
despite Rudd attempting to portray it as "we did the best we could"
and "force of nature" and "arson terrorists". That forest was a
xxxxx powderworks!