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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (78540)	10/31/2003 3:56:27 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

" ... where does it stop?" Preventive maintenance should be accompanied with good planning. At what cost do we ignore the innevitable. Not everything is predictable, avoidable, or fixable. However, most major catastrophies are predictable. Wild fires in drought ridden forests are predictable. Hurricanes along the east coast are predictable. Avalanches during heavy winters are predictable. Earth quakes along the San Adreaa fault are predictable. Floods along the mighty Mississippi are predictable. Tornadoes along tornado alley are predictable. Plagues and pestilance are predictable. Get the idea? We had three wild fires start up a couple of days ago that threatened residential areas of Denver. Every news channel had been talking for a couple of days about the expected Shinook Winds (same thing as Santa Anna winds). We have had the dryest October in 80 years. What did we do to prepare??? ... NOTHING ... We even sent our fire fighting planes to California...lol. The only thing that saved us was a lucky two days of icy drissle. Otherwise you would be witnessing the same kind of devastation as Southern Cal. We knew exactly where the risks were. The brushy areas at the foot of the Mountain Range just West of the Denver Metro area. Winds come from the North West and blow toward Kansas. You'd a thunk we would have fire crews standing by in and around the foot hills to throw every thing we have at the first spark. ... Nope.