[SEL] OT........bush fires in Australia

[Richard Strobel]

Approximately 20 miles north of me..."Mann Gulch Fire of 1949"

http://forestry.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=forestry&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fs.fed.us%2Frm%2Fpubs%2Fint_gtr299%2Findex.html

Regards,
RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Moran" <jrmoraninc at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:42 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT........bush fires in Australia


> PO-
>   Thanks for the explanation...I thought that was the case.  I have  no 
> idea, of course, as to your musical taste but there is a folk-style  tune 
> called "Cold Missouri Water" that you might find compelling.   Based upon 
> a true story, it tells of a man named Dodge, chief of a jump  team that 
> went to fight a fire in Montana in 1949.  Of the fifteen  that jumped that 
> day, only two survived the ordeal, including Dodge who  bore the guilt of 
> his fallen comrades for years.  Quite a story  and piece of music.  You 
> can find it on the internet radio  services that specialize in the 
> acoustic/folk genre.  It has been  issued by James Keelaghan and Richard 
> Shindell.