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Old 11-24-2018, 07:07 AM
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I've just moved from Tasmania to Queensland. It's hot here, we're getting regular 35ºc weeks and it's only spring. It's going to be a bumper year for bush fires. However the snakes here are impressive. I thought the filthiest place for snakes was south west West Australia (in the salt swamps there's a tiger snake for every square metre and yours truly went through it on foot back in 2004) but I've been told that's nothing compared to near waterway here
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Old 11-24-2018, 05:48 PM
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I went the other direction a couple of decades ago. MUCH prefer the cooler temps here in Tas than the heat up there!
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It's going to be a bumper year for bush fires.
That's a spooky bit of prophecy.

There are currently MASSIVE fires raging in Queensland. My thoughts are with everyone in the fire zone, and I wish them the best of luck and hope all are safe.
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Old 11-28-2018, 05:52 AM
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There are currently MASSIVE fires raging in Queensland. My thoughts are with everyone in the fire zone, and I wish them the best of luck and hope all are safe.
And it's barely even the start of the season....

Hmm, fires. Now there's an thought for the ANZAC book.
No water bombing aircraft from the northern hemisphere, plus limited fuel for fire trucks, a drought, and enemy agents on an arson campaign. I feel an idea coming on...
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And it's barely even the start of the season....

Hmm, fires. Now there's an thought for the ANZAC book.
No water bombing aircraft from the northern hemisphere, plus limited fuel for fire trucks, a drought, and enemy agents on an arson campaign. I feel an idea coming on...
Now that is a real idea - how do you get destruction of cities without a nuke - well one hell of an out of control fire (i.e. see recent fires in CA) with greatly reduced fire fighting capabilities - helped on by say high winds - would definitely do the trick (add in the use of explosives to create fire breaks and it really gets the job done)
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That's a spooky bit of prophecy.

There are currently MASSIVE fires raging in Queensland. My thoughts are with everyone in the fire zone, and I wish them the best of luck and hope all are safe.
Yeah, 36ºc+ temperatures and the wind is the strongest I've seen outside of heavy storms. It's like it's straight out of a furnace. I thought we were going to lose the roof.

After Christmas you'll see Tasmania go up as well. Lots of fuel on the ground
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Old 11-28-2018, 09:57 AM
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After Christmas you'll see Tasmania go up as well. Lots of fuel on the ground
We've had a bit of rain here recently which has damped things down a bit. There'll be fires of course (always are), but I doubt they'll have the intensity of a couple of years ago.
Of course the greenies are doing their best to increase the fuel load by locking up even more of the state from proper management, so it's just a matter of time...
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After Christmas you'll see Tasmania go up as well. Lots of fuel on the ground
Well, I called that one. Unfortunately
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Well, I called that one. Unfortunately
Yeah, it's pretty damn horrific down south from me. The worst of it isn't getting shown by the media either.
Had helicopters flying over my place for the past few weeks from hot spot to hotspot. Expectation is some of the fires won't go out until we've had a good soaking of several days (at least) of rain. Forecast is looking bleak and the state is VERY dry - only been 3mm of rain here since Christmas (in one go) and not much more before then.
On a plus side I don't believe anyone has died (yet) and there's only one confirmed house lost with a suspicion of three more (haven't been able to access the area to confirm yet).
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My mate James lives down in the Huon and only just had his property saved by the firies.
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