On the bright side, if there is one. My garden is covered with wood ash. Should have good flower colors this spring. Harold At 10:29 PM 10/27/2003 +1100, you wrote: >Howdy All, > >On our news here we've been seeing the dreadful fire storms hitting parts >of California. Particularly concerning to some of us here in Canberra, >Australia where last summer our city lost around 400 houses in a single day >to a freak fire storm. Thankfully ours was only a single day whereas >reports are that the Californians are expecting the same weather conditions >for the next 4 days or so (Ouch!!) and they've already lost more than 500 >houses and climbing all the time. > >This message is just to wish all the best to those on the list who are >anywhere near the fires. Here's hoping that none of us are affected too >badly. > >Cheers. > >Paul Tyerman >Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9 >mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au > >Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus, >Cyrtanthus, Oxalis, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about >anything else that doesn't move!!!!! > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Prof. Harold Koopowitz Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Irvine, CA 92697