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Old 01-26-2007, 02:40 PM
 
Location: Austin TX
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Sunday night on the Weather Channel's "It Could Happen Tomorrow Series" they are going to focus on the threat of wildfires in western Travis County. 8:30 p.m.

Here's the link to the article in the Austin Business Journal about it:

www. bizjournals. com/austin/stories/2007/01/22/daily44.html?f=et51&hbx=e_du
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Old 01-26-2007, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Austin 'burbs
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Ohhh I have actually been meaning to look into this issue, since I saw something on the news about it. Some sort of sensational advertisement about "The Big Blaze" or similar tagline...

Is this a real concern?

In WA they had us living in fear of "The Big One" - the earthquake that the area is due for, that could basically level the whole place.

I suppose every state needs their version of "The Big One"!
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Old 01-26-2007, 03:52 PM
 
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Default It's true about "The Big One"

Not only did they have us looking out for "The Big One" earthquake, but I lived in the Puyallup River Valley where all of the lahar mud and ash was to flow once Mt. Rainier erupted.

If you are looking to buy my house, please forget that you ever read my last sentence.

-Dan
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Old 01-28-2007, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Cool, thanks for the heads-up Gigi, I saw this just in time. I'll definitely watch that.

I've lived in some very high-fire-danger parts of Austin and am amazed that they haven't been incinerated yet. It's just a matter of time before the Westlake area goes up in flames. I've owned country property and burned fresh-cut GREEN juniper (AKA "cedar") and it EXPLODES into flame. And the Westlake/Rollingwood area is thick with junipers. Extend that out into the endless suburbs scattered among the thick stands of juniper on steep slopes, it's a prescription for certain disaster.

IT COULD HAPPEN TOMORROW! As they say...
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Old 09-05-2011, 09:46 PM
 
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This thread is interesting to read with all the recent developments..
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