Due to a few problems with my email, I just saw this. OH MARC!!! This is soooo sad. My heart goes out to you and if there is anything I can possibly help with, please, please let me know. My greatest fear in life is fire. :o( Janni At 05:59 PM 12/22/02 +0800, you wrote: >Hi All, I have great sadness in my heart as I tell you all that on Friday we >had a wildfire sweep through our district and I lost everything except the >house and shed. I lost 100,000+ palm and cycad plants, 30,000 chillie plants >, over 250 varieties that all of my good friends world wide had so kindly >sent me the seeds for. I will update with some photos of the devastation in >the next couple of days but I am in shock. I lost a hot house , shadehouse >and everything else on the property. The house was saved by a water bomber >dropping a load at the critical time. >Marc in Austruckinfalia.