Australian heat waves & bushfires
- Thread starter weltweit
- Start date
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
weltweit
Well-Known Member
2hats
Dust.
Temperature is set to climb into the 40's (degC) over the coming days. Am on the northern outskirts of Sydney.
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
Massive evacuations in East Gippsland, with 40,000 people told to leave the area. Right in the busiest week of the year for the tourist industry which a lot of the area is dependent on. I’ve loads of friends who live there and I’m meant to be visiting in 2 weeks. Just read about fires so intense they are generating their own lightening!
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
Chilling words "it is too late to leave"
EMERGENCY WARNING - BUSHFIRE
Incident Location: 5Km N Of Suggan Buggan
This Emergency Warning is being issued for Suggan Buggan.
The safest option is to take shelter indoors immediately. It is too late to leave.
More details at http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/warning/10579/ …
Last edited:
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
And lots of tourists refusing to leave affected area. ‘The guy in the pub told me it will all be fine and the evacuations are an over reaction, so we are staying put’. FFS if the fires spread to remote towns with one road in/out this could be horrific.
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
Lots of roads being cut
lots of off grid bussiness goes on in these areas too. It's not always possible to know who's in there. But when you get a text saying " it's too late to leave" you know no one (except neighbours) will be along to help now..Stay safe shakespearegirl :/
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
Lots of roads being cut
Stay safe shakespearegirl :/
we are safe in the sweltering lands of Ballarat at the moment. Waiting to hear from lots of friends who I hope are safe.
And yes, there are loads of off griders around there, scary times
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
Last edited:
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
Last summer I was at an evacuation centre in a place like that. People were refusing to leave their homes, a whole lot had to be rescued from a beach in the end. Some quite broken
There were people who hadn't spoken to another person for ten years, people with complex issues, families, people dealing, dv order issues, It was hectic! tbh quite honestly, I actually think they should have closed the national parks, camping areas etc a lot earlier. Before the school holidays.
Just stay at home this year, don't take your family camping in the bush. And if a first responder knocks on your door and asks you to leave then leave..
There were people who hadn't spoken to another person for ten years, people with complex issues, families, people dealing, dv order issues, It was hectic! tbh quite honestly, I actually think they should have closed the national parks, camping areas etc a lot earlier. Before the school holidays.
Just stay at home this year, don't take your family camping in the bush. And if a first responder knocks on your door and asks you to leave then leave..
Last edited:
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
We’ve just had a massive rainstorm, hope it makes its way up to Gippsland
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
And this is what climate change looks like..cheering when it rains
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
And this is what climate change looks like..cheering when it rains
we were in the fruit and veg shop in town when it started and the girl on the checkout shouted it’s raining and everyone in the shop started cheering!
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
ice-is-forming
With dignified ease and grace..
Top tips on having your car ready to go
- Park the car facing the direction you intend to leave in.
- Make sure it’s roadworthy and fully fuelled.
- Have it packed early with valuables and documents.
- Have plenty of protective clothing, water, a fire extinguisher and woollen blankets (to wet and cover yourself in).
- Leave the key in the ignition (where others know it’ll be, in case the main driver becomes trapped or injured).
- Shut air vents.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
This was the first story on Sky News (UK) at 6 am this morning, with them going live to Sky News Australia at about 6.15 am too, and it was shocking watching, so much worst than any of the other coverage over the past weeks.
They are saying the evacuation area is about half the size of Belgium, so about 600 sq miles.
I hope there's no loss of life.
ETA - Just watching ABC News live on youtube, a fire service spokesman was saying conditions are getting worst, and they expect that to continue over the next few hours.
Last edited:
shakespearegirl
just worked out taglines
There’s a big fire on the edges of suburban Melbourne now and they’ve evacuated 3 suburbs
Category: | Herald Sun
Category: | Herald Sun
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Saw a live report from that area on ABC News, absolutely shocking.
Has the outskirts of Melbourne ever been threaten before?
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
And not just a few. 70 in the last 24 hours in NSW alone.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Strangely enough I was just coming to post about these storms, having just read this article about them, scary shit.
When a bushfire creates a storm, firenadoes and dry lightning are just the start of the nightmare
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I knew some fires were started by arsonists, but this article suggests almost half are started on purpose!
The burning question: Why start a bushfire?
The burning question: Why start a bushfire?
Part-timah
Well-Known Member
A good place to start is by not calling them “fire bugs” but something more in line with the mass murder they aspire to commit.
Similar threads
