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[substitute]

From an AP story about the Australian fires at http://wvgazette.com/News/200902090356 via zebulon_y:



Oh, and we have chaparral, dude. With the SAME TREES.

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[substitute.livejournal.com]

Or, you know, millions of acres of dead oil-soaked chaparral that they call "a bomb in landscape form."

leave early or stay and defend

[kafkateer.livejournal.com]

have you heard of this? seems like australia advises residents to be fire-prepared and trained to defend their homes, or to leave early. last-minute panic means your car melts to the canyon road:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wildfires3-2008aug03%2C0%2C1422284.story

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-firefighting13-2009jan13,0,2201880.story