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And killed half-a-billion or so of Australia's remarkable wildlife
(some species may be gone for good).<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/3/2020 6:03 PM, Bruce Steele
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet
MS",sans-serif">Wow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet
MS",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<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 class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 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> Friday, January 03, 2020 4:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Hello
again<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Just
found this comparison on our national broadcaster’s website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">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 style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU">So far Australia's 2019/20 fires have burnt
12 million acres.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"
lang="EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Hoo
Roo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Patrick
Quinn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Amongst
a patch of burnt Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<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"
moz-do-not-send="true">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"
moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] [OT] Australian Fires<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Hello<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">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 style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">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 style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">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 style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">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 style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">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 style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">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 style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Attached
is a photo of the BN3 being taken away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Hoo
Roo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Patrick
Quinn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Blue
Mountains<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU">Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<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"
moz-do-not-send="true">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>
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<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>
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