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FIRES IN COLORADO:
The dry season and the numerous large
wildfires in the state of Colorado have already begun to instill
enough fear in some people so, that they cancel their trip to Lake
City. This will undoubtedly have some negative effects
on the tourism economy this summer. For those of you
that use the World Wide Web to find out about Lake City my Wife and
I have been researching some good links to keep you informed about
the fires. NOTE: There are many of them but, we
will try to point you to the ones that seemed to have the most
current information as well as those that may have useful maps that
will assist you in finding out how the maps you are shown relate to
Hinsdale County and Lake City.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/sanjuan/bulletin_board/FIRE.htm
La Plata County Map: http://www.silvertonrealestate.net/images/laplatacrmap.jpg
http://wildfires.nwcg.gov/missionary
http://www.colostate.edu/depts/CSFS/cofires.html
http://www.colostate.edu/depts/CSFS/fireinfo.html
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/state.shtml
And our county maps on this site
MILLION FIRE (new fire in South Fork):
There is a new fire in South Fork called the Million
Fire. This one is quite a bit closer to Lake City than the
Missionary Ridge fire. So far, the news on the web is
very limited but, here is a site that my father David Winblood
tracked down.
http://wildfires.nwcg.gov/million/index.html
INTRODUCTION:
We are still looking for volunteers to help
with this website. I do not have the time needed to keep it up
to date by myself. I need people who are willing to type
in the Silver World Headlines once a week, and/or answer the email
questions that are sent. If you can do this please contact me
at email: fwave@pgtv.net and
I'll give you any training and assistance needed. This
web page can potentially be a great one if other people are willing
to help. It has some very high rankings on some topics
on search engines and it is FREE.
W32.KLEZ VIRUS STILL SPREADING FAST:
I wrote last month about how to rid
yourself of this bothersome virus. However, since then the
link I provided has gone into the internet web page
afterlife. So, I will provide you with the steps
you need to take to get rid of this virus and the steps you also
should consider taking to prevent you getting this virus (possibly
again). NOTE: Some of these things you should do even IF you
are already running an anti-virus program.
- Go to WWW.SYMANTEC.COM
and in their Downloads section you will find a section called
FREE VIRUS REMOVAL TOOLS. Download the one for
W32.KLEZ and run it. If it finds the virus it will
remove it and tell you. This virus sometimes is tricky due
to the email preview pane in outlook express and you should run
FixKlez again after doing everything else just to make sure it
is gone.
- In Outlook Express click on your INBOX. Then
click on the VIEW menu. then click LAYOUT. UNCHECK
show preview pane. This is temporary but, should be
done to prevent immediate reinfection after
cleaning. This step is needed for people using
Internet Explorer 5.0 and 5.5. If you are running
Internet Explorer 6.0 or using Windows XP (which comes with it)
then you need not do this step.
- Go to http://housecall.antivirus.com/
if you do not have an anti-virus program and use this
one. It works well and it is FREE. If
you have an anti-virus program go to the site for your
anti-virus program and download the latest updates/signature
files for it. Then use it to make sure it does not
find anything.
- Upgrade to Internet Explorer 6.0. You can do that
through WINDOWS UPDATE or by going to www.microsoft.com
and ordering a CD with the update on it for $0 + $10 shipping.
PREVENTION: Run steps 2 - 4 to prevent your machine from
getting the virus.
Viruses are becoming more and more frequent and they seem to be
being designed more and more deviously. Therefore, I expect we
will continue to see them. Here are some general
guidelines to keep your computer safe. It works for me
and I do not get them and do not run anti-virus software (uses
memory and is sometimes unstable with other programs).
- Question every attachment you receive. ESPECIALLY if it
is from someone you know. Send an email message to
them saying DID YOU MEAN TO SEND THIS TO ME? If they
answer YES then go ahead and read it and look at the attachment
if you like. If they say NO then tell them that they
likely have a virus. You are helping them, you are
protecting yourself, and you are halting the spreading mechanism
of the virus.
- Run Windows UPDATE frequently to make sure you have the latest
updates to security from Microsoft. This will plug any
security holes that Virus authors may use.... such as the one
which KLEZ uses.
- Keep your anti-virus software up to date if you use one and if
you are like me and do not like how the anti-virus software
impacts the performance of your machine then go to http://housecall.antivirus.com/
and run the free online virus scan every once in awhile.
SO HOW ARE THINGS IN LAKE CITY?:
Well, other than it is extremely dry mostly we
are waiting for the majority of the tourists to arrive.
We are hoping they are not being scared away by the fires.
Other than being dry it is shaping up like summers usually
are. We have had three days where smoke came into town
from fires. The first was several weeks ago and was very minor
as it came from quite some distance away at the Coal Seam Fire near
Glenwood Springs. Then about a week or so ago we had
smoke come in pretty heavily and you could smell it for about four
or five hours. In calling various law enforcement offices (it
was a Sunday) we determined that there was a fire south of
Silverton. This fire is the Missionary Ridge Fire. Until
today we have not had any additional smoke from this fire however,
today it has arrived and it is over a week since the last time we
saw any smoke. So, unless the fire goes very much out of
control our visits from smoke have been predominantly related to
wind. At the moment Lake City is the same place it
always is and is a wonderful place to be. If you are concerned
about the fires please feel free to keep tabs on the links we have
provided above. Things could change for the worse but,
we will continue to be positive thinkers and continually wish for a
lot of rain. Lake San Cristobal is about the
same in appearance as it always is but, Blue Mesa Reservoir by
Gunnison is VERY low in fact it is lower than I have ever seen it in
26 years. RAIN RAIN RAIN.... If any of you are
reading this from afar and are good at making rain storms follow you
then get on up here and visit us. We can use all the
storms we can get. - Thanks for reading my rambling if
you made it this far.
Deva Winblood
Future Wave Computer Solutions - Lake City
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