<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>One fire was set by a hunter that had become separated from his hunting buddies.  Not only did his fellow hunters find him but the authorities did as well.  He is currently in custody.  Another fire was set deliberately.  The suspect's portrait and a description of his vehicle are published and broadcast daily in the local media.  The origin of the several other fires haven't been established as far as I know.</DIV> <DIV>I have not heard or read where any of the fires are thought to have been set by terrorists.  Seems pretty far-fetched to me but this is California....anything is possible.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Mark Wisner</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:mwissner@earthlink.net">mwissner@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <KEVIN.E.RAMSEY@COX.NET><BR>Sent: Oct 29, 2003 5:24 AM <BR>To: Pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: Re: California fires-OT <BR><BR><XHTML><XHEAD><XMETA content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"><XMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name="GENERATOR"> <STYLE></STYLE> <XBODY bgColor="#ffffff"></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, they have reported that the fires are considered arson.  Who would do such a thing is a matter of debate. They had reports stating that they found notebooks of Al-queda where setting fires in the southwest was mentioned as one of the things that could be done to disrupt things over here, but that's pure speculation.  Then there's the radical environmental anarchists,,,,   who knows.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 29, 2003 4:47 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: California fires-OT</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Some news stations over here in Europe have reported that there is a<BR>belief that one or more of these fires were set on purpose by either<BR>some nut or somebody looking for work fighting fires... any body heard<BR>anything about that over there ?<BR><BR>RicB<BR>-- <BR>Richard Brekne<BR>RPT, N.P.T.F.<BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway<BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A><BR><A href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A><BR><A href="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML><PRE> Mark Wisner National Service Manager Pearl River Piano Group America 800 435 5086 ext 111</PRE>