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Originally Posted by kcdusk
I cant think of anyone else from australia ... (this line is going to haunt me i think!).
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Typical! Leave me out....
I'm located just outside Launceston, in the north of Tasmania and I think I might be about the closest of everyone to the fires. However, as KC said, there's a great big body of ocean called Bass Strait between here and there. Even though I'm probably only about 200km from the fires, we haven't even has so much as a sniff of smoke here (prevailing winds and all).
While SE Australia is scorching and in flames, NE Australia is experiencing almost the exact opposite - widespread flooding.
Up there the rain just won't stop and some areas are predicted to be cut off for about another five weeks - provided they get no more rain!
Although there's been terrible loss of life, there is a silver lining behind both catastrophes. With such great distruction the economy is sure to get a kick start from all the rebuilding projects and insurance money that'll start flowing any time now.