X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.1) with ESMTPS id 5117120 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:20:31 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.161.52; envelope-from=msteitle@gmail.com Received: by fxd18 with SMTP id 18so987639fxd.25 for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:19:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=ugBsOe6VkdDl+h+nfzjYHVJxXEuUPxUNId1XyjBXrmU=; b=vxc7JNL48pjebKpaOUm7cp+rz6nt2HKfRQvs4GMZh/HsxSPB25F/itLaIk90qVrz7y OF6y3AmAmhpCtFQYf5JtTkTdmyV+sg9liVmLVhGmxa5/fjL/4QYnTVJZ/OMFGZLrShRl kBI5RQfJ37HP6bdnmKj7dzSJaLcfQrk5+3mPA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.62.134 with SMTP id x6mr235973fah.39.1315448393307; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:19:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.87.77 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:19:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:19:53 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the fire From: Mark Steitle To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001517402bfa34169404ac64b259 --001517402bfa34169404ac64b259 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Bill, Yes, the FlyRotary list has been fairly quiet lately. I guess everyone ran out of things to discuss. Hopefully, everyone is busy either building or flying. So, I guess that's good. Have you been flying your KIS lately? Any issues? Are you planning on attending the Paducah alternative engine fly-in? Mark On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 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 >> > > --001517402bfa34169404ac64b259 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bill,=A0

Yes, the FlyRotary list has been fairly quiet l= ately. =A0I guess everyone ran out of things to discuss. =A0Hopefully, ever= yone is busy either building or flying. =A0So, I guess that's good.

Have you been flying your KIS lately? =A0Any issues? =A0Are = you planning on attending the Paducah alternative engine fly-in? =A0
<= div>
Mark

On Wed, Sep 7, 20= 11 at 9:05 PM, Bill Schertz <wschertz@comcast.net> wrote:
Thanks for the response, This message is also a test because suddenly = I am=20 not getting Flyrotary messages.
=A0
Is it just quiet?
=A0
Bil= l=20 Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing Completed
=A0
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 7:16 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <= /div>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mark Steitle -- how close to the=20 fire
=A0
Bi= ll,=20
=A0
Thanks for asking.=A0 Bobby Hughes also lives just a few miles from=20 me.=A0 And Bob Darrah lives up by the lake.=A0 He was packing things just= =20 in case they had to evacuate.=A0 They could see the smoke from their=20 balcony.=A0
=A0
So, yes, things are a bit tense, but we're all doing fine.=A0
=A0
A brief summary of this weekend's fires in/around Austin:=A0 There= is=20 the Bastrop State Park fire that has burned 476 homes and 25,000 acres.=A0 = It=20 is 0% contained at this time.=A0 This is by far the worst fire burning at= =20 this time.=A0 It is very sad, all the devastation and all.=A0 It is quite= =20 a ways from where I live and also from where I keep my airplane.=A0 Bastrop= =20 State Park has lots of very large tall pine trees.=A0 It is next to=20 impossible for the firefighting equipment to get in to where they need to b= e to=20 fight the fire.=A0 They're using helicopters and tankers to drop water = on=20 it.=A0 The smoke is very thick and can be seen for many miles.
=A0
There's another fire burning in the other direction that has burne= d 24 very=20 expensive homes.=A0 Again, it is nowhere near where I live.=A0 It is 25%=20 contained.=A0 The news said that it was caused by overloaded power=20 lines.=A0
=A0
However, there is a fire that was reported to be 2 miles wide by 5 mil= es=20 long that is not far from where I live, and high winds are blowing in the= =20 direction of our home.=A0 A number of sub-divisions have been=20 evacuated.=A0 Fortunately, the firefighters now have it 100% contained.=A0= =20 So, I think we dodged another one.
=A0
There were two other fires in Pflugerville (N. Austin) yesterday that = are=20 now out.=A0 Again, not close to where I live.=A0 But all the fires have=20 the state's resources stretched paper thin.=A0
=A0
The anxious part is that fires keep popping up all over central=20 Texas.=A0 Humidity is 4%, and there has been no rain in months.=A0 So,=20 everything is very very dry.=A0 The whole area is a tenderbox.=A0
=A0
The news anchors are asking, "If you had ten minutes to grab what= ever you=20 could and leave your home, what would you take?"=A0 That is a sobering= =20 thought.=A0 Fortunately, we are OK.
=A0
Again, thanks for asking.=A0

Thanks,
Mark
=A0
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Bill Schertz <wschertz@comcast.net>=20 wrote:
mark,.
Is your home/plane safe from the wild fires going on down there?
=A0
B= ill=20 Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing=20 Completed
=A0

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