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Oz Bushfires kill 35-"towns cease to exist"
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I was actually smoking weed with a guy from Kinglake a week ago....dunno if he's alive.
I'm in Blackwood. So far we are ok.
I'm in Blackwood. So far we are ok.
Hey Alex, long time no typy communique thingamibob.
Shit, this is worse than greece a year or two ago, what the heck?
About two weeks ago, there was a great bushfire awareness article in the paper, i guess the reality is people dont spend there time preparing for utter disaster, they do absolutely everything but.
The "stay or go" principle only works if the go is a long time prior, i dont know.
This is disastrous.
Shit, this is worse than greece a year or two ago, what the heck?
About two weeks ago, there was a great bushfire awareness article in the paper, i guess the reality is people dont spend there time preparing for utter disaster, they do absolutely everything but.
The "stay or go" principle only works if the go is a long time prior, i dont know.
This is disastrous.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25033579-661,00.html
173 dead apperently.
Looks like a lot of victims didnt leave soon enough by a longshot, or were actually well prepared, and the "stay " idea doesnt work for shit when 100-200 metre fireballs travelling at 40+km an hour rip through.
Come to think of it, in the canberra fires years ago, entire stands of mature pine were flattened by the wind storm-what would it do to a fibro house?
People in cars, in firesuits, bathtubs.....wont help if theres no oxygen in the air, and the radiant heat could roast you from 100 metres away.
173 dead apperently.
Looks like a lot of victims didnt leave soon enough by a longshot, or were actually well prepared, and the "stay " idea doesnt work for shit when 100-200 metre fireballs travelling at 40+km an hour rip through.
Come to think of it, in the canberra fires years ago, entire stands of mature pine were flattened by the wind storm-what would it do to a fibro house?
People in cars, in firesuits, bathtubs.....wont help if theres no oxygen in the air, and the radiant heat could roast you from 100 metres away.
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About two weeks ago, there was a great bushfire awareness article in the paper, i guess the reality is people dont spend there time preparing for utter disaster, they do absolutely everything but.
The "stay or go" principle only works if the go is a long time prior, i dont know.
This is disastrous.
It's just a freak situation where populated areas didn't have any advance warning of a rapidly moving and intense fire.
G'Day Acronym! We've had a Daylesford bushfire that put me off line for a while.....