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cpayne(at)joimail.com
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:29 am Post subject: SoCal Fires

Wow! Hurricanes don't look so bad anymore down here in FLA. At least when the fires are over you can start to rebuild, no mud and debris from someone's house a mile away. There are still homes with blue tarp roofs from 2005 down here; their insurance companies filed bankruptcy, or they were in flood plains and can't get permits, mortgages, or insurance. Gotcha, gotcha, and more gotcha.

  

 Airports seem to be fairly safe places, no brush to burn, etc. We sunk tiedowns INSIDE the hangers to keep the airplanes in place if the roof came off; as well as tie the doors with braces and steel cables.

  

  

 Craig Payne

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brian-1927(at)lloyd.com
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:21 am Post subject: SoCal Fires

On Oct 24, 2007, at 4:28 AM, Craig Payne wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		  

 Wow! Hurricanes don't look so bad anymore down here in FLA. At  

 least when the fires are over you can start to rebuild, no mud and  

 debris from someone's house a mile away. There are still homes with  

 blue tarp roofs from 2005 down here; their insurance companies  

 filed bankruptcy, or they were in flood plains and can't get  

 permits, mortgages, or insurance. Gotcha, gotcha, and more gotcha.


	


I know this is a strange concept but, don't people think about the  

possibility of a hurricane in an area where hurricanes are likely to  

hit and then select a building site to minimize flooding exposure and  

then use construction practices that will maximize the ability to  

survive high winds?



 	  Quote: 	
		   Airports seem to be fairly safe places, no brush to burn, etc. We  

 sunk tiedowns INSIDE the hangers to keep the airplanes in place if  

 the roof came off; as well as tie the doors with braces and steel  

 cables.


	


Oh, you mean actually *plan* for this kind of event! Why, how  

unamerican! Don't you know, the government will take care of you.  

(Sorry. I get tired of hearing people on the news saying, "why isn't  

the government doing something?!?" I want to say to them, "hey  

stupid, why didn't YOU plan for this eventuality.")



Realtors think me strange for asking questions like, "what is the  

primary water supply for this area? What is the secondary water  

supply? Where are the power generating stations and their main feeder  

lines? Where is our water treatment plant?"



I moved away from SoCal where I was born and raised. I look at the  

area and its dependency on remote water and power resources, its  

tendency to burn during the summer and slide into the ocean during  

the winter rains and wonder why people keep on moving there. Failure  

of any major infrastructure would render the area unable to support  

the people who currently live there. Seems rather untenable to me but  

then, what do I know.



And that doesn't mean that I don't hope for the best for all my  

friends who live in SoCal. I have a hangar and a guest bedroom for  

anyone who needs a place to stay for as long as they need to. Just  

plug O61 into your GPS and give me a phone call. I can probably find  

tie-down space for 20-30 aircraft as well as a place to stay for  

twice that many people. We are one CJ6A fuel ta



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Brian Lloyd                         3191 Western Drive

brian HYPHEN 1927 AT lloyd DOT com    Cameron Park, CA 95682

+1.916.367.2131 (voice)             +1.270.912.0788 (fax)



I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry



PGP key ID:          12095C52A32A1B6C

PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0  CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C

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brian-1927(at)lloyd.com
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:38 am Post subject: SoCal Fires

On Oct 24, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote:



(I hate getting interrupted and then thinking I have finished my  

message.)



 	  Quote: 	
		   And that doesn't mean that I don't hope for the best for all my  

 friends who live in SoCal. I have a hangar and a guest bedroom for  

 anyone who needs a place to stay for as long as they need to. Just  

 plug O61 into your GPS and give me a phone call. I can probably  

 find tie-down space for 20-30 aircraft as well as a place to stay  

 for twice that many people. We are one CJ6A fuel ta


	


We are one CJ6A fuel tank away from the northern edge of the LA  

basin. Visalia is halfway between ONT and O61 if you are flying a  

Yak-52.



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Brian Lloyd                         3191 Western Drive

brian HYPHEN 1927 AT lloyd DOT com    Cameron Park, CA 95682

+1.916.367.2131 (voice)             +1.270.912.0788 (fax)



I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry



PGP key ID:          12095C52A32A1B6C

PGP key fingerprint: 3B1D BA11 4913 3254 B6E0  CC09 1209 5C52 A32A 1B6C

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