Bushfires...
Sunday, January 19, 2003 by Jafo | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Victoria, Australia is the most bushfire-prone place on this planet. January is our 'time'.
At the moment, the majority of it all is in the North, and beyond, all the way up to the ACT [Canberra], where to date about 400 houses in suburbia have been destroyed and 3 reported deaths...and counting...
50 knot winds and 40 degree heat....and the worst drought ever on record.
It's going to get worse before it ever gets better.
National Parks have been wiped out, unlikely to recover until your children's children have children of their own.
All those cute wombats, roos and koalas...they'll be toast, now.
If you've never seen a bushfire 'crowning', pray you never do.
Hell on earth....
At the moment, the majority of it all is in the North, and beyond, all the way up to the ACT [Canberra], where to date about 400 houses in suburbia have been destroyed and 3 reported deaths...and counting...
50 knot winds and 40 degree heat....and the worst drought ever on record.
It's going to get worse before it ever gets better.
National Parks have been wiped out, unlikely to recover until your children's children have children of their own.
All those cute wombats, roos and koalas...they'll be toast, now.
If you've never seen a bushfire 'crowning', pray you never do.
Hell on earth....
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goodmorphing
Reply #3 Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:40 AM That's tough, Jafo... not many bushfires here, but the same feeling from an aproaching lava flow maybe.
good luck!
Reply #3 Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:40 AM
That's tough, Jafo... not many bushfires here, but the same feeling from an aproaching lava flow maybe.good luck!
Angel_Wings
Reply #4 Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:50 AM
Reply #4 Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:50 AM
Angel_Wings hugs your region with love vibes...the 'h20' type...and spreads her healing vibe over all the burning cinders...
Angel_Wings
Reply #5 Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:11 AM
Reply #5 Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:11 AM
On a serious note...
Darling Jafo, I'm so sorry to hear of your worries and fire is a scary, crazy haphazard thing...please be well...keep safe...don't stay if the announcements ask you to leave your area...'things' don't mean your life...life is always more important...
I am hoping you are okay, precious man...
Darling Jafo, I'm so sorry to hear of your worries and fire is a scary, crazy haphazard thing...please be well...keep safe...don't stay if the announcements ask you to leave your area...'things' don't mean your life...life is always more important...
I am hoping you are okay, precious man...
Jafo
Reply #7 Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:32 AM
Reply #7 Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:32 AM
I'm approx 150 miles away from the current fires.
Last week there were closer ones...Melbourne was a tad 'hazy'....sunsets an interesting colour....but it's our alpine region that's copping it at the moment....
Last week there were closer ones...Melbourne was a tad 'hazy'....sunsets an interesting colour....but it's our alpine region that's copping it at the moment....
Angel_Wings
Reply #8 Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:40 AM
Reply #8 Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:40 AM
zoiks! I am glad you are okay...
Angel_Wings sprinkles sacred fairy dust around your homestead...
Angel_Wings sprinkles sacred fairy dust around your homestead...
Aleatoric
Reply #9 Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:06 AM
Reply #9 Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:06 AM
That's truly bad. Just read that Mt. Stromlo observatory was lost in the fire. Certainly not as bad as the loss of life and peoples' homes, but still bad to hear about.
All my prayers to all involved.
All my prayers to all involved.
Weaksid
Reply #10 Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:40 AM
Reply #10 Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:40 AM
Hey, if you had the money, you could buy the sprinkler system that installs onto your house and they've gotten really good results from the new system that they are working on. The new fireproof roofs, sprinkler system on top that covers the house with fresh cold water, and a bunch of stuff.
Styl-X Design
Reply #11 Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:48 AM
Reply #11 Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:48 AM
hey, gues such things ain't going to happen here in holland, but sorry to hear about it jafo
Jafo
Reply #12 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:01 AM
Reply #12 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:01 AM
Weaksid....sprinklers and/or fire-retardant paints, etc will do nothing against a firestorm...when a front is 20 miles long...
Weaksid
Reply #13 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:06 AM
Reply #13 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:06 AM
Umm, Build a bomb shelter and live in it till it passes.. And make sure your wired for the computer 
Weaksid
Reply #14 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:10 AM
Reply #14 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:10 AM
http://www.infolink.com.au/articles/41/0c012841.asp
One link I found on the fire Proof house if your interested
One link I found on the fire Proof house if your interested
wombat_1
Reply #15 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:13 AM
Reply #15 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:13 AM
To clarify the situation in Canberra, the Australian Capitol Teritory, 400 homes destroyed, plus the RSPCA and Fire Department buildings(!!!) and counting.
The population of the area is 300,000 in round figures. >
At 1600 on Saturday the smoke was so dense the street lights were on and cars needed their headlights.
Impossible for water bombing as the visibility for flying was virtually zero ...... just finished speaking to a friend who resides in the inner area and the bulk of the infrastructure we take for granted is either gone or going, water supplies are low, most power down, even the number of Fire Department vehicles is inadequate and the Police are thin on the ground.
Sydney two years in a row and now Canberra, with the Alpine National Park areas taking off now, these fires are quite some distance from where Jafo and the Wombat live, but with 40C predicted this week I get the feeling Victoria is about to get hit very shortly........not a pleasant thought.
The population of the area is 300,000 in round figures. >
At 1600 on Saturday the smoke was so dense the street lights were on and cars needed their headlights.
Impossible for water bombing as the visibility for flying was virtually zero ...... just finished speaking to a friend who resides in the inner area and the bulk of the infrastructure we take for granted is either gone or going, water supplies are low, most power down, even the number of Fire Department vehicles is inadequate and the Police are thin on the ground.
Sydney two years in a row and now Canberra, with the Alpine National Park areas taking off now, these fires are quite some distance from where Jafo and the Wombat live, but with 40C predicted this week I get the feeling Victoria is about to get hit very shortly........not a pleasant thought.
SkinneRyan
Reply #17 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:48 AM
Reply #17 Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:48 AM
Yesterdays sunset looked pretty... unique...
The sun had clouds in front of it, but the sun was still shining through.
Very wierd. At the time I had no idea it could've been because of bushfires, but now that I think about it.
Anyway, I hope the fires go out soon. I'd hate to think what would happen to the country if Parliment House burns down
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The sun had clouds in front of it, but the sun was still shining through.
Very wierd. At the time I had no idea it could've been because of bushfires, but now that I think about it.
Anyway, I hope the fires go out soon. I'd hate to think what would happen to the country if Parliment House burns down
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craeonics
Reply #18 Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:44 AM
Reply #18 Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:44 AM
Nasty. What is the source of it anyway? Some dope playing with matches or just the shear drought?
Jafo
Reply #19 Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:58 AM
Reply #19 Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:58 AM
Some was down to lightning strike...but we have been known to be decimated by delinquent juveniles with a love of matches....kids I personally would drown at birth.
The sooner arson is made a capital offence, the better...
You see the pathetic destruction of fauna on a massive scale and you think 'some prat caused that....a bullet to the head would be 'just'.'...
The sooner arson is made a capital offence, the better...
You see the pathetic destruction of fauna on a massive scale and you think 'some prat caused that....a bullet to the head would be 'just'.'...
paxx
Reply #20 Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:32 AM
Reply #20 Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:32 AM
I thought this was gonna be another "US attacks Iraq" thread (Bush fires!)
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Reply #1 Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:32 AM