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[katster]

Luns: Instant firestorm! Just add eucalyptus!

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Oakland? :)

[katster.livejournal.com]

Actually, yeah. :)

We were having a conversation last night about stuff, and I mentioned the air's pretty nasty in Sacramento right now because there's a fire burning in the foothills up near Forest Hills. And Luns kinda wondered why we get fires, and I pointed out the weather pattern -- long dry summers and rainy winters -- leads to that sort of thing happening. And he mentioned that the Aussies get it worse. I agreed, pointing out Australia gets pretty much the same weather pattern (well, at least, those parts that tend to catch on fire). And he said, "Also, they have eucalyptus."

And I said, "Well, we're doing a good job of that too. See the Oakland/Berkeley firestorm of 1991." And that's when he said that line up above, and it cracked me up. So I had to share.

-kat