Re: Smoke/observatory

Awesome picture...

seems Ma nature has to be pissed off about something. Everywhere the
weather is nuts! Fires, Floods, and now tropical storms already....
geesh. Stay safe everyone....


Only a little rain here this morning, sun shining now and warm. Even my
clemitas was blooming this morning... geesh, I am not even past the
frost date yet!


Donna

----- Original Message ----

Here's a picture of the observatory and the fire that I just plucked 
off the front page of the NYTimes. Great picture, methinks.


http://snipurl.com/1jxzf

On May 9, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

> I was reading about the Georgia fire on CNN this morning.
> Last night we were watching TV and they interrupted the show to go live
> at the big fire in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. You never know how bad
> it really is when watching the news, they are so breathless about every
> event. But I guess no houses are in danger at the moment and the
> Observatory and the zoo animals are safe for now. We can't see smoke
> from it either.
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:37 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Smoke
>
> You are probably right, Cyndi. Just after I sent that message, the
> weather channel showed the drift of that smoke from Georgia-North
> Florida. It crosses the state and snakes down the west coast all the 
> way
> to Key West. That's gotta be 400 miles.
>
> On May 8, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>
>> I hope it is farther away than you think. We have seen smoke here,
>> completely blanketing the place like fog, from over 150 miles away - a
>
>> trick of the wind. Maybe that's what this will turn out to be.
>>
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>> Behalf Of james singer
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:00 PM
>> To: Garden Chat
>> Subject: [CHAT] Smoke
>>
>> We seem to be having a smoke... storm? in?... like the whole state's
>> burning. Big clouds of smoke moved in about noon. The background has
>> turned yellowish and the foreground is hazy gray. Can't believe the
>> wind is bringing this stuff from the northern part of the state and
>> Georgia--that's 250 miles or so. Must be of closer origin.
>>
>> Island Jim
>> Southwest Florida
>> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
>> Hardiness Zone 10
>> Heat Zone 10
>> Sunset Zone 25
>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
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> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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27.1 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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