[Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Fri Jan 3 19:18:11 MST 2020


And killed half-a-billion or so of Australia's remarkable wildlife (some 
species may be gone for good).

On 1/3/2020 6:03 PM, Bruce Steele wrote:
>
> Wow.
>
> Bruce Steele
>
> Brea, CA
>
> 1960 BN7
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Patrick & Caroline Quinn
> *Sent:* Friday, January 03, 2020 4:19 PM
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires
>
> Hello again
>
> Just found this comparison on our national broadcaster’s website.
>
> /To give some scale to what has happened here so far, international 
> media outlets have been reporting the 2018 California fires burnt 2 
> million acres; the 2019 Amazon fires 2.2 million; and the 2019 
> Siberian fires 6.7 million./
>
> //
>
> /So far Australia's 2019/20 fires have burnt 12 million acres./
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Amongst a patch of burnt Australia
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Patrick & Caroline Quinn
> *Sent:* Saturday, 4 January 2020 10:41 AM
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires
>
> Hello
>
> Yes it is terrible and it’s been going on since the end of September. 
> The fire threatening our area was started by lightening half way 
> through October and is now over 2,200 square miles.
>
> Just in my state of New South Wales over 1,300 homes have been lost 
> and it isn’t over. Sadly quite a number of people have lost their 
> lives and many hundreds of thousands have been evacuated to safer areas.
>
> Today it’s forecast to be 45C or 113F with strong winds. A very 
> dangerous combination.
>
> As far as I know none of our cars have been lost, unlike some years 
> back when a Healey Silverstone and Elliott were burnt.
>
> We moved the Healey Duncan and BN3 to safer places before Christmas 
> and then we moved ourselves for five days. When we got back the 
> firefighters (amazing people) told us that the fire came within 500 
> metres of our home when the wind changed. Since then the firefighters 
> have been backburning so that today we feel safe enough to stay.
>
> In total our everyday car has been packed and unpacked three times. 
> Currently unpacked and certainly don’t want to pack it again.
>
> Attached is a photo of the BN3 being taken away.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Blue Mountains
>
> Australia
>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Bruce Steele
> *Sent:* Saturday, 4 January 2020 9:44 AM
> *To:* 'i erbs'; 'Bob Spidell'
> *Cc:* 'Healeys'
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires
>
> Indeed.  Terrible devastation, not unfamiliar to Californians.  We had 
> a close call a few months back here in north Orange County, and of 
> course Steven Kingsbury lost everything in the Paradise fire.
>
> Bruce Steele
>
> Brea, CA
>
> 1960 BN7
>
>

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