Hi Kathy!

I'm catching up on emails, writing a stroppy letter to my local
newspaper (more on this later - it's disability related, and I want
some opinions on it before I send it.) And generally enjoying the
lovely weather we are having here in Perth.

And as far as the b/fires in Sydney goes, yes Mother Nature has given
Sydney a break with some rain, not enough though.  Far as I can tell,
it has completely quenched the flames in the Blue Mountains, but there
are still places that are burning, in residential areas
unfortunately.  But the rain was VERY welcome.  I was watching the
news last night, and they showed the jubilation of the firefighters
and the general population, and I had a little cry, it's been
heart-wrenching to see this going on, with all the devastation of
homes.
I don't know exactly what the penaltys are going to be for the
arsonists (I call them something else beginning with ars.....) I keep
missing the broadcasts that refer to that, but I have heard that a
trip to the local burns unit is perhaps going to be part of the
punishment, to show these losers what fire does to people.

Rayna

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 12:57:58PM -0500, Kathleen Salkin wrote:
    This list is too quiet today!  What are you all up to?

    Rayna, I've been hearing the rain has quelled the fires somewhat but the fire officials are watching for underground fires.  And they're going to be tough on the arsonists.  They'd bloody better be!

                  Kat