X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.59.243] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTP id 5117109 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:05:57 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.59.243; envelope-from=wschertz@comcast.net Received: from omta23.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.74]) by qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id VwHw1h0091c6gX85D25N6J; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:05:22 +0000 Received: from WschertzPC ([71.57.77.95]) by omta23.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id W25L1h02323NHuF3j25M2G; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:05:22 +0000 Message-ID: <220E8F3D40F040A9AA3135E72AC4EDE1@WschertzPC> From: "Bill Schertz" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:05:21 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01CC6DA1.DAD2EBC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3538.513 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3538.513 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01CC6DA1.DAD2EBC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire Bill,=20 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. =20 So, yes, things are a bit tense, but we're all doing fine. =20 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. =20 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. =20 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. =20 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.=20 Again, thanks for asking. =20 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01CC6DA1.DAD2EBC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks for the response, This message is also a test because = suddenly I am=20 not getting Flyrotary messages.
 
Is it just quiet?
 
Bill=20 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=20 fire
 
Bill,=20
 
Thanks for asking.  Bobby Hughes also lives just a few miles = from=20 me.  And Bob Darrah lives up by the lake.  He was packing = things just=20 in case they had to evacuate.  They could see the smoke from their=20 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=20 the Bastrop State Park fire that has burned 476 homes and 25,000 = acres.  It=20 is 0% contained at this time.  This is by far the worst fire = burning at=20 this time.  It is very sad, all the devastation and all.  It = is quite=20 a ways from where I live and also from where I keep my airplane.  = Bastrop=20 State Park has lots of very large tall pine trees.  It is next to=20 impossible for the firefighting equipment to get in to where they need = to be to=20 fight the fire.  They're using helicopters and tankers to drop = water on=20 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=20 expensive homes.  Again, it is nowhere near where I live.  It = is 25%=20 contained.  The news said that it was caused by overloaded power=20 lines. 
 
However, there is a fire that was reported to be 2 miles wide by 5 = miles=20 long that is not far from where I live, and high winds are blowing in = the=20 direction of our home.  A number of sub-divisions have been=20 evacuated.  Fortunately, the firefighters now have it 100% = contained. =20 So, I think we dodged another one.
 
There were two other fires in Pflugerville (N. Austin) yesterday = that are=20 now out.  Again, not close to where I live.  But all the fires = have=20 the state's resources stretched paper thin. 
 
The anxious part is that fires keep popping up all over central=20 Texas.  Humidity is 4%, and there has been no rain in months.  = So,=20 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=20 could and leave your home, what would you take?"  That is a = sobering=20 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=20 Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing=20 Completed
 
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