Re: [alfa] Alfa Paradise Lost...

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis, 

Thanks for your thoughts.  Our Alfa hearts are with you. 

Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dio Genio <diogenio@domain.elided>
To: Alfa Digest <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:57 AM
Subject: [alfa] Alfa Paradise Lost...


> Ladies and Gentlemen, count your blessings wherever
> you are...
> 
> I write this from San Diego, California, home of one
> of the most active Alfa clubs in the country...and
> active for good reason...we have a year-yound climate
> of warmth, sunshine and beautiful mountain roads to
> die for. "To die for" is exactly what has happened.
> The raging brush fires of the past 2 days have already
> claimed 1,000 homes and 13 lives in San Diego County,
> and the worst is not yet over.   
> 
> I just watched a news report about how the fire is now
> encircling the historic mining town of Julian, a
> little berg of 300 people nestled in the pines at
> 4,000 feet. A more picturesque town one will never
> find, and car enthusiasts of all types dream of the
> weekends so they can take the 90 minute drive up
> twisty mountain roads to this wonderful, welcoming
> destination. Julian boasts the best apple pies in the
> west, real down home hospitality--and it even has an
> Italian-American winery where the Alfa club would
> proudly show our cars off at the grape festival.
> 
> Our Alfa paradise is now all but lost. Firefighters
> are not very confident they will be able to save the
> little town when fire reaches it in approximately 3
> more hours. If Julian goes down, it will signify the
> total destruction of our Alfa paradise.  "All country
> roads lead to Julian" around here, and it was our hope
> that regardless of destruction enroute, Julian would
> still stand to welcome us. As it is, ALL of the
> beautiful roads in our sparsely-populated back country
> have been destroyed by fire. The pines, cedars and
> mountain oaks are completely charred as far as the eye
> can see. Who wants to drive a Spider through the
> cinders of lost lives and charred homesteads?  I for
> one, will never again enjoy a drive through the
> grounds of such human suffering. 
> 
> Tune in to the national news tomorrow night if you are
> not aware of what we are going through. I'm counting
> my blessings that I still have my life, my house, and
> yes...even my 3 Alfas are still OK. But from this day
> on, being an Alfa owner out here will never be quite
> the same.
> 
> Ladies and Gentlemen, count your blessings wherever
> you are.... 
> 
> DENNIS
> AROCSD 
> San Diego, CA
> 
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