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Re: San Diego Fires 2007
[Re: frazzle]
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10/23/07 20:23
10/23/07 20:23
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Inestical
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I thought backups were for wussies...
Well I think backupping is somewhat useful.. Hope the fire slows down a bit..
This is every-three-year event?
"Yesterday was once today's tomorrow."
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Re: San Diego Fires 2007
[Re: Aaron_H]
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10/24/07 15:48
10/24/07 15:48
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OMG Doug SAVE YOU!!!!
Hope you save your own skin.
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Everything is possible, just Do it!
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Re: San Diego Fires 2007
[Re: fastlane69]
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10/24/07 17:42
10/24/07 17:42
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Doug
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Update: I'm fine. The computers, AFAIK, are okay (my neighborhood isn't on fire). The community is really stepping up on this. Lots of people getting feed and sheltered, last I heard 500,000+. Although I'm pissed at one "mega-church" who think protecting their lawn is more important than housing firemen.  I'm going to be remote for a while still, but I think the worse is over... (I hope). fastlane69: I've learned that a smoke effect isn't realistic if it doesn't cause your lungs to feel like they are on fire. 
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Re: San Diego Fires 2007
[Re: Marco_Grubert]
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10/24/07 22:10
10/24/07 22:10
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fastlane69
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Quote:
I've learned that a smoke effect isn't realistic if it doesn't cause your lungs to feel like they are on fire.
I'm thinking Haptic vests?
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Re: San Diego Fires 2007
[Re: fastlane69]
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10/26/07 04:01
10/26/07 04:01
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Greece
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Quote:
The community is really stepping up on this. Lots of people getting feed and sheltered, last I heard 500,000+. Although I'm pissed at one "mega-church" who think protecting their lawn is more important than housing firemen.
You guys are organised! In Greece, if your house caught on fire, you were f*cked. Even if you wanted to help, there wasn't much you could do, other than driving 500km yourself and try to find these people to give em your mothers cooked food yourself.. And we had the exact same church problem too, they wouldn't let them camp on their lawn. I guess God needed that lawn more..
A few weeks later it was pre-election times, and the goverment decided to offer 2,000 euro to anyone claiming his property was lost in the fire. Of course, half the population of Greece drove to those banks even though they hadn't lost sh_t, so they stopped doing that too..
Keep up the good work, and come back safe so we can talk templates 
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Re: San Diego Fires 2007
[Re: LarryLaffer]
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10/26/07 16:33
10/26/07 16:33
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The worse of the fires are over. It was nice to see everybody pitch in. Unlike the fires of 2003, most of the community knew what to do. Evacuation centers ran correctly, and the panic level was relatively low. The government did a good job as well, but I think the real heroes are the citizens. They had more volunteers then jobs to do.
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