Thanks to Tracy Bowerman for finding this...

Hey all,

A lot of people don't know it, but this year, grooming Green Canyon has been done on a completely voluntary basis, a task which is being organized by Nordic United.  Along with grooming Green, NU holds cross-country ski lessons for kids, teaches skating clinics (although maybe not this year), and works on non-motorized public lands issues, including attempting to improve winter parking at trailheads up Logan canyon. 

If you use these resources and/or think they sound important, please come to the annual NU fundraiser next Tuesday.  Details follow.  And if you can't make it Tuesday, but appreciate having Green Canyon groomed, please go to the website and become a member or make a small donation:  http://www.nordicunited.org/

I'm also looking for a couple of energetic folks to help me sell raffle tickets at the event.  Please let me know if you can help (just show up 15 minutes before the event), and please feel free to pass this message along to other non-motorized winter sports enthusiasts.

Thanks,
Tracy

Gary WIllgoose posted this to Gilbert Club:

From: Garry Willgoose <g.willgoose@telluricresearch.com>
To: gilbertclub@lists.berkeley.edu
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:17:57 +1100
Subject: [GilbertClub] dramatic video footage of urban flash flooding from 10 Jan 2011
Two days ago there was a dramatic flash flood in Toowoomba (pop 130,000) in the mountains west of Brisbane, Australia. The water came up in about an hour and was in the middle of the day so there is amazing amateur video footage. One of the best is of the rising limb downtown




A good reason not to have car parking next to storm water drains ;-) Not an uncommon problem in urban ares as we had similar problems in Newcastle two years with storm drains, bridges and culverts clogged with cars making the flooding much worse.

Garry Willgoose