X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-yi0-f52.google.com ([209.85.218.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5117118 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:17:25 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.218.52; envelope-from=david.staten@gmail.com Received: by yie13 with SMTP id 13so399280yie.25 for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:16:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=q5apS2wr1nAl/m4UuM+b1T1EWVLq3xtpmxKD/wM8LTM=; b=L9lqZKFrsQPXKT9e/uSGesfz5DN5Ney+jLUEZhA9Br3zqYMIoszBMmt7Ck3XTsCbCz zpIndtLTPEDlucmEb+aL8+h/DWBi2Wtq9hEq6DjefWh3kNKpLXI01pxxpm4xLt7z2nh/ HyWAe6VmQNqEankZF1pCbBu9yUZ7uYgLfkC7g= Received: by 10.236.145.10 with SMTP id o10mr584384yhj.90.1315448209204; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:16:49 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([216.80.140.47]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l69sm1994976yhj.21.2011.09.07.19.16.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:16:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E682594.3060701@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:16:52 -0500 From: Dave User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20110902 Thunderbird/6.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------090305070300010700090407" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090305070300010700090407 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Loud and clear..just quiet On 9/7/2011 9:05 PM, Bill Schertz wrote: > Thanks for the response, This message is also a test because suddenly > I am not getting Flyrotary messages. > Is it just quiet? > Bill Schertz > KIS Cruiser #4045 > N343BS > Phase one testing Completed > *From:* Mark Steitle > *Sent:* Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM > *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft > *Subject:* [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire > Bill, > Thanks for asking. Bobby Hughes also lives just a few miles from me. > And Bob Darrah lives up by the lake. He was packing things just in > case they had to evacuate. They could see the smoke from their balcony. > So, yes, things are a bit tense, but we're all doing fine. > A brief summary of this weekend's fires in/around Austin: There is > the Bastrop State Park fire that has burned 476 homes and 25,000 > acres. It is 0% contained at this time. This is by far the worst > fire burning at this time. It is very sad, all the devastation and > all. It is quite a ways from where I live and also from where I keep > my airplane. Bastrop State Park has lots of very large tall pine > trees. It is next to impossible for the firefighting equipment to get > in to where they need to be to fight the fire. They're using > helicopters and tankers to drop water on it. The smoke is very thick > and can be seen for many miles. > There's another fire burning in the other direction that has burned 24 > very expensive homes. Again, it is nowhere near where I live. It is > 25% contained. The news said that it was caused by overloaded power > lines. > However, there is a fire that was reported to be 2 miles wide by 5 > miles long that is not far from where I live, and high winds are > blowing in the direction of our home. A number of sub-divisions have > been evacuated. Fortunately, the firefighters now have it 100% > contained. So, I think we dodged another one. > There were two other fires in Pflugerville (N. Austin) yesterday that > are now out. Again, not close to where I live. But all the fires > have the state's resources stretched paper thin. > The anxious part is that fires keep popping up all over central > Texas. Humidity is 4%, and there has been no rain in months. So, > everything is very very dry. The whole area is a tenderbox. > The news anchors are asking, "If you had ten minutes to grab whatever > you could and leave your home, what would you take?" That is a > sobering thought. Fortunately, we are OK. > Again, thanks for asking. > > Thanks, > Mark > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Bill Schertz > wrote: > > mark,. > Is your home/plane safe from the wild fires going on down there? > Bill Schertz > KIS Cruiser #4045 > N343BS > Phase one testing Completed > --------------090305070300010700090407 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Loud and clear..just quiet


On 9/7/2011 9:05 PM, Bill Schertz wrote:
Thanks for the response, This message is also a test because suddenly I am not getting Flyrotary messages.
 
Is it just quiet?
 
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing Completed
 
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire
 
Bill,
 
Thanks for asking.  Bobby Hughes also lives just a few miles from me.  And Bob Darrah lives up by the lake.  He was packing things just in case they had to evacuate.  They could see the smoke from their balcony. 
 
So, yes, things are a bit tense, but we're all doing fine. 
 
A brief summary of this weekend's fires in/around Austin:  There is the Bastrop State Park fire that has burned 476 homes and 25,000 acres.  It is 0% contained at this time.  This is by far the worst fire burning at this time.  It is very sad, all the devastation and all.  It is quite a ways from where I live and also from where I keep my airplane.  Bastrop State Park has lots of very large tall pine trees.  It is next to impossible for the firefighting equipment to get in to where they need to be to fight the fire.  They're using helicopters and tankers to drop water on it.  The smoke is very thick and can be seen for many miles.
 
There's another fire burning in the other direction that has burned 24 very expensive homes.  Again, it is nowhere near where I live.  It is 25% contained.  The news said that it was caused by overloaded power lines. 
 
However, there is a fire that was reported to be 2 miles wide by 5 miles long that is not far from where I live, and high winds are blowing in the direction of our home.  A number of sub-divisions have been evacuated.  Fortunately, the firefighters now have it 100% contained.  So, I think we dodged another one.
 
There were two other fires in Pflugerville (N. Austin) yesterday that are now out.  Again, not close to where I live.  But all the fires have the state's resources stretched paper thin. 
 
The anxious part is that fires keep popping up all over central Texas.  Humidity is 4%, and there has been no rain in months.  So, everything is very very dry.  The whole area is a tenderbox. 
 
The news anchors are asking, "If you had ten minutes to grab whatever you could and leave your home, what would you take?"  That is a sobering thought.  Fortunately, we are OK.
 
Again, thanks for asking. 

Thanks,
Mark
 
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Bill Schertz <wschertz@comcast.net> wrote:
mark,.
Is your home/plane safe from the wild fires going on down there?
 
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing Completed
 

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