Wash-Post phots of results of fires in TX.

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Alan Browne - 28 Dec 2005 22:13 GMT

The first photo in the series (pickup truck) is quite bizzare ... the
second is noteworthy as well.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2005/12/28/GA2005122800969_
metaRefresher.htm
( http://tinyurl.com/98b52 )

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Bob Hickey - 30 Dec 2005 15:08 GMT

> The first photo in the series (pickup truck) is quite bizzare ... the
> second is noteworthy as well.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2005/12/28/GA2005122800969_
metaRefresher.htm

> ( http://tinyurl.com/98b52 )

remember seeing anything like the pick-up truck shot. Something worth trying
to acheive, especially the soft colors.
Bob Hickey

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no_name - 31 Dec 2005 16:29 GMT

>>The first photo in the series (pickup truck) is quite bizzare ... the
>>second is noteworthy as well.
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> to acheive, especially the soft colors.
> Bob Hickey

Looked like it was taken after dark under sodium lights.

Don't quite understand the mechanism of these fires.

Seems like it should be possible to stop them by running a swath with
hay harversters to remove the grass & following up with a couple of gang
plows or wide discs to make a fire break.

Make it a double break & back fire in between the breaks to remove the
fuel before the fires reach residential areas.

Couldn't do it to the entire state, but it seems it should be possible
to cover the area immediately upwind of these houses or something.

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Bill Tuthill - 30 Dec 2005 19:47 GMT

> The first photo in the series (pickup truck) is quite bizzare ... the
> second is noteworthy as well.
> http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2005/12/28/GA2005122800969_meta
Refresher.htm

I assume the shot of the pickup truck was taken in less-than-full daylight.
Very interesting images, thanks.

> ( http://tinyurl.com/98b52 )

How long do links last on TinYurl? Just out of curiosity.

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Alan Browne - 30 Dec 2005 20:14 GMT

>>The first photo in the series (pickup truck) is quite bizzare ... the
>>second is noteworthy as well.
>>http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2005/12/28/GA2005122800969_meta
Refresher.htm
>
> I assume the shot of the pickup truck was taken in less-than-full daylight.
> Very interesting images, thanks.

Stars are visible, so I'm guessing a 30 or 60 second exposure under moon
or other available light.

>>( http://tinyurl.com/98b52 )
>
> How long do links last on TinYurl? Just out of curiosity.

Forever, (eg: as long as Tinyurl lasts) I believe. OTOH, when you make
a link, sometimes the long link from the original source site is session
specific so whomever you give it to might get a dead link. I examine
the source link first to see if there is a sessionid, and if so I don't
use tinyurl. Also URL's may become out of date and so will the tinyurl
link.

I believe tinyurl also searches to see if it already has a short link to
the long url, and if so, reuses it.

Cheers,
Alan

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