I guess how many people can clear 50 mts around their house to start with I couldn't?
The fire conditions for that story were bad the current ones are beyond extreme that 50 mt would not have held you have towns burning for Christ sake its all unrepresented.
As for CC what happens when we get hotter what will the extremes be then as for the current situation this is the current weather patterns
"The last couple of months have seen a triple whammy of climate factors leading to widespread death and destruction right across the country.
The combined impacts from one of the strong positive
Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) events on record, a
Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event and flow on strong negative Southern Annular Mode (SAM) events have resulted in
2019 being the hottest and driest year for Australia on record.
In short, the lack of moisture from the Indian Ocean and lift in the westerly storm track towards the country from the south has brought hot, dry weather - and devastating fire conditions.
One additional flow on effect of the strong positive IOD event was that it blocked the development of the monsoon trough across the north of the country, effectively holding it at bay until now. The onset of the monsoon usually occurs late October and into early November, bringing enhanced rainfall across northern Australia."
But look lets all pray for Scotty from marketing Smoko it must surely be a horrible time for him.
Sure, read the abc, hottest on record..well actually 1910
Why not 1900 etc etc
It is dry it is severe..that country has f***ed it a big way, but just wondering how it will be if as in the 1000's it become warm enough for Vikings to grow cereal in Greenland, as they did then..
Oh yeah i know we will blame the liberals..how dare they
It is getting warmer and we need to act properly this includes fire break, i have the space to get that clearance, but i can not
Once the forest burns i am gone..
The only thing i can do is maintain the existing fire break..in all illegality but cutting regrowth there and slashing
When villages burn, they burn because no one is defending them and they can not because the whole Forest next door is having a treetop fire bombarding them.
Fires should not and would not reach tree top with proper fire management.once it is doing it, be it next door or 50km away, not much can help except airplanes we do not have.
One of the few comforting news is that actually not that many houses were burnt.so it means people and firies did save many..no the towns are not razed..think about it..total population vs houses lost
Do not take me wrong, terrible for the ones lost, but it does mean many many more were saved..how why?
Will this be part of the postmortem studies?
Were house occupied, equipped, cleared, why this one and not that one...
Out of the media light, into facts...
Experts required yes but remember our regulations are drawn by people in the capital city department, experts... Will need common sense, real on the ground experience more than experts on TV or here
, creating their own income streams
I definitively do not want any of the so called climate scientists involved, nor an armchair rfs headquarter employee.plenty of on the ground experience here, my own included in a very small way