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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Wow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick & Caroline Quinn<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 03, 2020 4:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Just found this comparison on our national broadcaster’s website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>So far Australia's 2019/20 fires have burnt 12 million acres.</span></i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hoo Roo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Patrick Quinn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Amongst a patch of burnt Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick & Caroline Quinn<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 4 January 2020 10:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Today it’s forecast to be 45C or 113F with strong winds. A very dangerous combination.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>As far as I know none of our cars have been lost, unlike some years back when a Healey Silverstone and Elliott were burnt. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>In total our everyday car has been packed and unpacked three times. Currently unpacked and certainly don’t want to pack it again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Attached is a photo of the BN3 being taken away.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hoo Roo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Patrick Quinn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Blue Mountains<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'>Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Steele<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 4 January 2020 9:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'i erbs'; 'Bob Spidell'<br><b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>i erbs<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 03, 2020 11:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Well said,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> The fires and destruction has been on my mind for days and I have meant to send out an email. I hope all are safe and these fires end soon.<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ira Erbs<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Portland,OR<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> _______ _______<br> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)<br> (_________________________)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> BT7 engine and disk brakes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1967 MGB <img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.britishcarspecialists.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg" alt=MG><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#333333'>A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 10:27 AM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Almost hourly we're getting worse news about the terrible fires raging <br>in southern Australia. Of course, there's nothing we can do from here <br>but hope for the best for our Aussie Healey brethren, and all Aussies, <br>really. Over the years, I've found the Australians to be some of the <br>most enthusiastic Healey lovers--Larry, Chris, Mark, the Kilmartins and <br>others I can't think of offhand--and are always helpful (and pretty damn <br>funny to boot).<br><br>As a Californian, though not directly affected by our recent <br>wildfires--except for particularly bad air--I can, at least, try to <br>relate at keep you all in my thoughts. Be safe.<br><br>Bob<br>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/eyera3000@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/eyera3000@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>