On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Jo Anne <[email protected]> wrote:
> Doug -- what a fascinating account! I think your brother-in-law ought to > write a book. So few of us ever experience that kind of thing. > > Freight trains certainly get a bad rap in the noise department. The > Engineer's brother and his gf were in the path of Ike. They were in the > eye > for somewhere around an hour. They described the sound as 'like a freight > train', too =+)). > > I think you have me confused with Barbara Ott - the other crone that used > to > be on the list. She lives up in the Sierra somewhere (I used to know, but > I > can't remember now). I live in Portland, OR. > > Barbara's husband worked for the Forest Service and she talked about how > the > crews would have to make the decision all the time about which houses to > save. If a house had a shake roof, a big wooden deck as was in fuel, you > could pretty much write it off. Makes me think about my own house here in > Portland. We have a metal roof, but have big evergreens all around us and > a > huge deck. We typically don't have fires in town, though, but who knows > what can happen these days. Hotter, dryer summers seem to be in the > forecast. How embarrassing, yes I was confusing you with Barbara. I should have remembered that you're up in the Willamette Valley (hope I got that right). Sorry about that. Doug _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
