"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."

Read
mohttp://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...#ixzz1XTv3olLB



http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...ropFire2sm.jpg

http://www.centex.redcross.org/index...ulo=F9ZLZNZ3KD

JimT wrote:
"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed
two people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed
1,386 structures by the latest official count."

Read
mohttp://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...#ixzz1XTv3olLB


Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save money down
there.

In article , "Bob F" wrote:

JimT wrote:
"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed
two people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed
1,386 structures by the latest official count."

Read
mohttp://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...an-return-to-w
hat-in-Bastrop-2161066.php#ixzz1XTv3olLB


Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save money down
there.

And Perry will now claim that he's created several hundred more jobs

On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:22:26 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save money down
there.

And Perry will now claim that he's created several hundred more jobs

And you two guys want to turn a tragedy into something political?

I'm not shocked in the least bit.

In article , Oren
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:22:26 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save money
down there.

And Perry will now claim that he's created several hundred more jobs

And you two guys want to turn a tragedy into something political?

I'm not shocked in the least bit.

you mean the gov cutting all those jobs wasn't something political? or a
candidate for Pres suggesting that his state should secede?

I did like bill maher on leno: one of the worst droughts in Texas and Perry asks
everyone to pray...and now the state is on fire

On 9/10/2011 9:41 PM, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
In ,
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:22:26 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save money
down there.
And Perry will now claim that he's created several hundred more jobs
And you two guys want to turn a tragedy into something political?

I'm not shocked in the least bit.
you mean the gov cutting all those jobs wasn't something political? or a
candidate for Pres suggesting that his state should secede?

I did like bill maher on leno: one of the worst droughts in Texas and Perry asks
everyone to pray...and now the state is on fire

For every joke you make send $10 to the Red Cross. :-) We'll be cool.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:41:50 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

In article , Oren
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:22:26 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save money
down there.

And Perry will now claim that he's created several hundred more jobs

And you two guys want to turn a tragedy into something political?

I'm not shocked in the least bit.

you mean the gov cutting all those jobs wasn't something political? or a
candidate for Pres suggesting that his state should secede?


Exactly how many jobs have been lost? Are not these people volunteer
departments? They lost funding but Texas still has a rainy day fund.

Just so I make it clear; secession is an admiral trait. It can even be
symbolic in nature -- civil disobedience... A passive sit down strike.

"...At noon, on the day of secession, at Mallory Square in Key West
Florida, Mayor Wardlow read the proclamation of secession and
proclaimed aloud that the Conch Republic was an independent nation
separate from the U.S. and then symbolically began the Conch
Republic's Civil Rebellion by breaking a loaf of stale Cuban bread
over the head of a man dressed in a U.S. Navy uniform. After one
minute of rebellion, the now, Prime Minister Wardlow turned to the
Admiral in charge of the Navy Base at Key West, and surrendered to the
Union Forces, and demanded 1 Billion dollars in foreign aid and War
Relief to rebuild our nation after the long Federal siege! "

http://www.conchrepublic.com/history.htm

Oren wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:22:26 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save
money down there.

And Perry will now claim that he's created several hundred more jobs

And you two guys want to turn a tragedy into something political?

I'm not shocked in the least bit.

Think cause and effect. You cut the appropriate people to fight fires, the fires
get bigger.

You don't think the cuts were "political"?

On 9/12/2011 10:34 AM, Bob F wrote:
Oren wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:22:26 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save
money down there.
And Perry will now claim that he's created several hundred more jobs
And you two guys want to turn a tragedy into something political?

I'm not shocked in the least bit.
Think cause and effect. You cut the appropriate people to fight fires, the fires
get bigger.

You don't think the cuts were "political"?



I don't know but as the temperatures get higher we're going to have more
wildfires. I'm not sure we have the resources to stop the inevitable.
Texas is one giant tender-box waiting to burn with no end in sight.
Unless it starts raining here soon it's just going to get worse. I've
heard predictions that this is going to be a dryer than normal winter too.

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:34:11 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote:

Oren wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:22:26 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

Good thing they've cut all thos forest workers and firemen to save
money down there.

And Perry will now claim that he's created several hundred more jobs

And you two guys want to turn a tragedy into something political?

I'm not shocked in the least bit.

Think cause and effect. You cut the appropriate people to fight fires, the fires
get bigger.

You don't think the cuts were "political"?


Why is the state paying money to volunteer fire departments? These are
the funds he cut, no?

On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:42:53 -0500, JimT wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."

Jim, are you near Bastrop?

On 9/10/2011 5:27 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:42:53 -0500, wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."
Jim, are you near Bastrop?

I'm in Austin about 30 or 40 miles (?) east of Bastrop.

On 9/10/2011 5:39 PM, JimT wrote:
On 9/10/2011 5:27 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:42:53 -0500, wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."
Jim, are you near Bastrop?

I'm in Austin about 30 or 40 miles (?) east of Bastrop.

heh make that west. I can't tell anymore with all the smoke.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:41:27 -0500, JimT wrote:

On 9/10/2011 5:39 PM, JimT wrote:
On 9/10/2011 5:27 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:42:53 -0500, wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."
Jim, are you near Bastrop?

I'm in Austin about 30 or 40 miles (?) east of Bastrop.

heh make that west. I can't tell anymore with all the smoke.

I was curious because of BOP retirees listed in or near Bastrop.

I suppose FCI Bastrop survived...

http://www.bop.gov/locations/maps/SCR.jsp

On 9/10/2011 6:13 PM, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:41:27 -0500, wrote:

On 9/10/2011 5:39 PM, JimT wrote:
On 9/10/2011 5:27 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:42:53 -0500, wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."
Jim, are you near Bastrop?
I'm in Austin about 30 or 40 miles (?) east of Bastrop.
heh make that west. I can't tell anymore with all the smoke.
I was curious because of BOP retirees listed in or near Bastrop.

I suppose FCI Bastrop survived...

http://www.bop.gov/locations/maps/SCR.jsp

I think most of the damage was east of Bastrop proper but could be
wrong. This is dated 9/5 so I don't know if it is still accurate.

http://firefighterblog.com/tag/bastrop-fire/

That county complex might be what you are referring to?

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."

Maybe .......... if Obama hadn't given that $550 million to that solar
collector company that the FBI is now investigating ..................

just thinking aloud .........................

Steve

In article ,
"Steve B" wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."

Maybe .......... if Obama hadn't given that $550 million to that solar
collector company that the FBI is now investigating ..................

just thinking aloud .........................

Steve

but perry doesn't want any federal money, he believes in the almighty texas
economy

Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
In article ,
"Steve B" wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly,
killed two people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and
destroyed 1,386 structures by the latest official count."

Maybe .......... if Obama hadn't given that $550 million to that
solar collector company that the FBI is now investigating
..................

just thinking aloud .........................

Steve

but perry doesn't want any federal money, he believes in the almighty
texas economy

Not true. The state of Texas has requested federal disaster assistance SEVEN
times in dealing with the wildfires. The last was in April. All have been
declined by the federal government.

To his credit, just last Thursday president Obama overruled FEMA and
declared a federal emergency for Texas.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:37:36 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

In article ,
"Steve B" wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."

Maybe .......... if Obama hadn't given that $550 million to that solar
collector company that the FBI is now investigating ..................

just thinking aloud .........................

Steve

but perry doesn't want any federal money, he believes in the almighty texas
economy

You do understand that the fed doesn't often just hand out free money. There
is usually a hook buried in there.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:06:37 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:

"Igniting north of town Sunday afternoon, it spread rapidly, killed two
people, forced the evacuation of about 5,000 others and destroyed 1,386
structures by the latest official count."

Maybe .......... if Obama hadn't given that $550 million to that solar
collector company that the FBI is now investigating ..................

Right. The FBI, same crew hiding evidence of guns (gun-runner - fast
and furious).

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/02/demand-for-more-answers-in-fast-and-furious-scandal/

POTUS, AG Holder are up their asses in alligators.

Peolsi is right -- drain the swamp!