Australia fires
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grywolf627
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Was just thinking the same thing. Heard some mention of this on the news as I left for work this morning.
Ermz
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Yeah they're a few suburbs away from the place I'm working at the moment, but it's all good...
From the sounds of things these fires have been horrendous. The worst on our record. Over 200 people dead at this point. I'm not surprised really, we barely get any rain, the bushland is dry as a wrinkly nun's tit and it's consistently been over 40 degrees celsius for ages now...
From the sounds of things these fires have been horrendous. The worst on our record. Over 200 people dead at this point. I'm not surprised really, we barely get any rain, the bushland is dry as a wrinkly nun's tit and it's consistently been over 40 degrees celsius for ages now...
Chryst Krispies
Vanilla Gorilla
Ermz
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Not that you know who I am or anything, but my family and I are alright, thankfully. There were a few grass fires in the suburb closest to me that destroyed a few houses and I'm pretty sure everyone came out okay. The closest of the bigger fires was roughly 40km from us. I'm uncertain about the other guys on here, although I would imagine news would travel pretty fast on a close-knit forum like this one if anything had happened to them.
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yeah, even though we don't know each other personally it's always good to hear you're doing alright! It's always horrible to hear that such things have happened..
Hahahahaha, why? It's not like these fires are any worse than what ravages southern California every few years
Glad you guys are all ok though! But honestly, how do you get caught in a huge outdoor fire like that? Is it that hard to see it coming and GTFO?
James-Doolan
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Hahahahaha, why? It's not like these fires are any worse than what ravages southern California every few years
Well aparently it is impossible to outrun on foot because of the speed at which some of these fires move at and there were reports on the news here that some people tried to getaway in their cars but the fire "outran" them because of the country roads its hard to drive fast and they were burned in their cars. So i would say some people stayed to protect their homes from the fire but when they realised it was impossible they left but then it was to late for them. Its pretty sad as i can totaly see some people wanting to protect their homes.
James-Doolan
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Chryst Krispies
Vanilla Gorilla
Hahahahaha, why? It's not like these fires are any worse than what ravages southern California every few years
Turn on the National Geographic channel at anytime. Basically verything is dangerous.
I've heard Austrailia is like a continent with a NO FAT CHICKS sticker on it.
Nebulous
Daniel
Uh, noo....We're about as Obese as the US apparently
As for the fires, they were about 80kms from my house. It was insane. The day that really sparked it all and took all control away was almost 50 degrees C and had 100km/hour winds. The fire was pretty much moving as fast as the wind at some points. Abit hard to out run when they reported it moving at 20km in a minute at some places.
Also, what made it hard to outrun and surprised everyone was that those winds came along with a sudden direction change.
Really difficult for so many people. So far about $50M has been donated, but the fires are still going in places.
GuitarHack
Krank it UP!
One of the main fires passed about 3 kilometers from my house. I was watching the warnings and weather report all day to see if the wind was going to swing it our way. Lucky for us (and unlucky for so many more) it went away from us. We lost power about 6pm and couldn't stay up to date with the warnings so we left for the night and stayed with friends in Melbourne. We went home the next day after the biggest threat had finished and luckily all was good.
Marcus as far as people seeing it and GTFO, the main towns where the most deaths happened were not under threat until the wind changed and the fire travelled about 20km in 6 minutes. Winds were well over 100 km/hr. No warning and not too much hope for those poor people. From reports from people I know that were/still are fighting the fire (it's not over yet) the wind was whipping up fireballs the size of cars from the tops of the trees and hurling them about 500m before they hit the ground and the fire carried on.
I know a couple of people that lost their houses, but luckily they are still around themselves.
Marcus as far as people seeing it and GTFO, the main towns where the most deaths happened were not under threat until the wind changed and the fire travelled about 20km in 6 minutes. Winds were well over 100 km/hr. No warning and not too much hope for those poor people. From reports from people I know that were/still are fighting the fire (it's not over yet) the wind was whipping up fireballs the size of cars from the tops of the trees and hurling them about 500m before they hit the ground and the fire carried on.
I know a couple of people that lost their houses, but luckily they are still around themselves.
Nebulous
Daniel
What suburb are you in dude?
If I have a choice, I will never stray to far from the beach/ coast...
If I have a choice, I will never stray to far from the beach/ coast...
GuitarHack
Krank it UP!
I live in the sticks dude. I am talking about the fire that started in Kilmore. So on Saturday night when I met you and Ermz I was hoping that my place would still be standing the next day.
Nebulous
Daniel
Yeah, I could imagine. We had afew black outs too, so I didn't really know what was going on untill Sunday.
Pretty scary shit. Victoria gets fires every year but this shit takes the biscuit. Have been checking the CFA website on a regular basis to make sure my folks are ok. There's only been a few spot fires in their area (Mornington Penn) but they live on the edge of a national park which would be likely to flare up at any minute.
My missus and I were supposed to arrive in Melb later this month but am glad we've had to put back the move until April. This whole situation would have scared the crap out of my poor Irish lass.
My missus and I were supposed to arrive in Melb later this month but am glad we've had to put back the move until April. This whole situation would have scared the crap out of my poor Irish lass.
grywolf627
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I'm really glad to hear that all of you are still okay. But really sorry for the losses of everyone else. I have to deal with the ocassional hurricane and tornado living on the U.S. gulf coast, but I couldn't imagine having to deal with these kinds of fires.
Chryst Krispies
Vanilla Gorilla
That's not what that means.
It's more implying, that you are a bunch of rednecks.
Not my words mind you. I love Austrailia, I just don't wanna ever go there.
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