on 1/2/02 11:15 AM, Douglas Barbour at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> The news in Canada has been running the story for days now, & last night as
> the fires approached northern Sydney suburbs I recognized places where
> friends live, or what's very nearby. And I hear they are close to the
> Hunter Valley too. You've said no one has been killed yet, so we can only
> all hope that will remain true. Originally it seems that the fires were
> mostly to the south of Sydney, but now I'm wondering if they have moved
> into the Hawkesbury River area, where a good friend lives...
Thank you, Doug, for this update, with more details than my accessible news
channels have provided and more too than Australian listees have posted thus
far.
Viv & Jill: are you back in Sydney yet and/or resubbed to Petc? And don't we
have any other listees on the spot?
Alison: "terrorism" is hardly a "non-word," having a venerable history that
goes back (at least) to the French Revolution. I find its attempted
repression by fiat/declaration of a bogus non-ness chilling, or I would were
it not simply silly.
Martin: thanks for the reminder of the Twin Peaks line ("Fire, walk with
me"), which has a history I can't recall now myself, but suspect that JK
could fill us in on if he's back(?). Another line I've always loved is
Pound's "Audiadr, remember this fire!"
To which I'll add: remember this terror!
Candice
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