[DeTomaso] Reno fire

[Kirby Schrader]

I stand corrected... 175 cars.... not 20.

http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/General_News/Fire-destroys-175-classic-cars-20110907



On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:27, Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>wrote:

> Good to hear!
>
> Except for the homes lost and the guy losing the cars... During the fire
> near Bastrop (east of Austin) in September, they interviewed a guy who had
> lost more than twenty... yeah, 20.... classic cars. GTO's, 'vettes,
> Mustangs, etc. He was pretty pragmatic about it... Said he and his family
> were safe... They were just cars.
> But you could tell he certainly wasn't happy about it...
> Nor would any of us, I'm sure.
>
> Regards,
> Kirby
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 09:57, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Kirby,
>>
>> Thanks for the concern and yes I am okay. This fire was further south of
>> Reno this time and just North of where Larry Stock lives. It burnt 3800
>> acres and no final count on homes lost yet but looks like at least 20
>> and the main Highway 395 is still closed. High winds from a winter storm
>> fanned the fire once again aftera teh driest winter on record so far.
>> Rain/snow has started today so hope is it will dampen things down, but a
>> flood warning was issued due to all the barren de-vegetated ground.
>>
>> A friend who collects Corvetet's has a second home and workshop in that
>> area and he was hit hard losing a Sunbeam Tiger, Pontiac Le Mans, zero mile
>> C4 LT1 Vette and a '64 Vette.
>>
>> Ed Tuper a local Pantera owner also lives close by, we think all is okay
>> with his home but haven't been able to confirm yet.
>>
>> It's been a crazy winter....
>> Julian
>>
>>  > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:53:58 -0600
>> > From: kirby.schrader at gmail.com
>> > To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Reno fire
>>
>> >
>> > I see another fire in Reno...
>> >
>> > How's Julian?
>> >
>> > Did you make it through this one, too?
>> > Hope things are good!
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Kirby
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