Cedar Fire Animation Is Online

CDF Batallian Chief Michael Vogt gave us an interesting and informative presentation yesterday about the October, 2003, wildfires...and the Cedar Fire in particular. I, and I think a lot of members, found the animation prepared by Prof. Harry D. Johnson, Department of Geography, SDSU, facinating. You can view that animation, and the animations of the Paradise fires, online here. (Also one showing all three San Diego County Fires).

You will need the Quicktime Player (a free download). If you don't have it, there is a link on the page I've linked to above. You can watch it online as streaming video, or you can save the file and watch it offline with Quicktime. If you watch online, depending upon your browser, you may need to go to full screen (F11 on Internet Explorer and Mozilla). The best view is to save the file, but it is large at nearly 10 megs. To save the file, start the animation then go to your file menu and click "save page as".

An Offer From The North County Times We Can't Refuse

Jim O'Meara wrote in an e-mail included in the most recent Rotary Quickbits (#48) listserve e-mail:

The publisher of North County Times has created a special Rotary Centennial weekly column featuring the history and community service for our clubs within "reach" of the coverage area. All we have to do is select a PR person/historian from our club, and provide copy and photographs to (Barbara Brill), who is coordinating the project with the newspaper. At your earliest convenience, she would appreciate receiving the name of your club's contact person, as well as his or her e-mail address and phone number. This is a wonderful opportunity, to promote your club thanks to Barbara and the North County Times. Please contact Barbara at: bbrill@juno.com

Sounds like a great opportunity!

Ramona Rotary Now Has An OFFICIAL Website

There's not a whole lot on it yet, but Ramona Rotary Club now has a website, courtesy of District 5340 and Phillipe Lamoise, the administrator (and a Rotarian) of the District's website. You can visit our site here. Over time, I'm told, we will be able to greatly expand the content.