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Victorian Fires

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Prospector said:
I wonder why they expect tomorrow to be so bad in Victoria. We usually get the weather first and it is quite calm and cloudy here; and RAIN expected overnight - our first since the 13th December. I hope
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There's fires already still going here and the wind is the problem not the temperature, those 150kph winds could turn the whole thing into another disaster, plus they're erring on the side of caution now.
 
Those reports are for coastal areas. Do you think it is a case, as our weather bureau does, of over-reacting soon after a major weather event has occurred?

Not sure what the Vic Bureau is like but so many times in SA we get an unpredicted weather event; the Bureau merely end up merely describing it (yeah, we know, we can look out our window too) because they missed predicting it and then the next time they overreact and it doesnt eventuate?

Hey Mr Burns, dead calm here.
 

Calm here too but that's about to change not sure where the hot air is coming from perhaps Rudd is paying us a visit.

Our Bereau's the same they spend all day , a full time job getting it wrong, they seem pretty sure about this one though.
 
last friday was a red alert...they said 36-38 and high winds of 50kph
I had a feeling it would not get that hot...since it was in the 20's all week...fri got to 32
50 kph winds were predicted with black sat....but its now 150kph...
I thought that was close to cyclonic wind speed....aka FNQ cyclones of 130kph plus
is anyone concerned in inner melb ?? or do you just think it will affect the outskirts....
water copters will not be able to go out to help...or fire spotter planes
 

Not concerned in inner Melbourne but I've a friend who lives in the hills who will be coming here to stay tomorrow night, they've been evacuate 3 times in 2 weeks.

Elvis the chopper went straight over our house twice last week, it's a freeking monster and sounds like something out of a sci fi movie.

Have to rethink the bush until the drought breaks (if)

Nest door neighbor has friends in Ringwood just an outer suburb but lots of trees, the Council make you provide a list of plants you want in your garden and they decide if you can or not.

After Feb 7th he said you couldn't hear yourself think around there for the din of the chainsaws, everyone thought stuff the Council, don't thing there will be any prosecutions somehow

BTW - insurance premiums will be horrific for everyone from here on, a house in the bush wil be almost uninsurable.
 
Would you believe i just got an text from the Vic police warning about the weather conditions tonight and tomorrow, I thought they were going to ask me to turn my license in.
 
I just got a text too, which is freaky when you consider how bad Black Saturday was yet no text then. What do they expect tomorrow to be??? Lets hope the weather predictions are wrong.
 
Apparently they texted people in South Australia on the Friday before the Victoria fires, but at 11pm at night but only to Telstra customers

Guess us Optus people dont count, but at 11pm I am happy with that!
 
this text business in vic...is a new idea since black sat......maybe in SA they did it as par for the course..ie not a new idea for them
silly if its just telstra....someone ought to ask a radio jock...what about optus people....
 
kincella said:
this text business in vic...is a new idea since black sat......maybe in SA they did it as par for the course..ie not a new idea for them
silly if its just telstra....someone ought to ask a radio jock...what about optus people....
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Definately a first time; and yeah, one of the radio station's host was woken at 11pm so it has been on the airwaves a bit. Silly though, are we going to evacuate Adelaide?
 
Us Optus customers received the warning at 3.30pm, but my 10 year old daughter called me after school quite upset about her SMS regarding the fire danger warning but after explaining the major risk is in the country not a city like ours, she was fine.

I believe it's the State Government closing the barn door after the horse has bolted or they have received a class action suit re: no warning prior to Black Saturday.
 
glenn_r said:
Us Optus customers received the warning at 3.30pm, but my 10 year old daughter called me after school quite upset about her SMS regarding the fire danger warning but after explaining the major risk is in the country not a city like ours, she was fine
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Ah, that is a thought. Imagine the reaction amongst all the children who all seem to have mobiles these days, mass panic!
 


Its raining in Melbourne and 18 degrees! Was all the txt messages and gov warnings a joke?

Its bloody raining!!
 
glenn_r said:
I believe it's the State Government closing the barn door after the horse has bolted
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Yep, agree with that. Let's hope, though, it becomes standard for next bushfire season, and around the country.
 
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