Fires in Victoria
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Re: Fires in Victoria
Originally Posted by Caroline G
I took these photos this morning of the smoke haze around the Mornington area.
It's a bit unnerving and we are not in the midst of it. Good luck to anyone near the danger areas.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11418025@N00/
Caroline
It's a bit unnerving and we are not in the midst of it. Good luck to anyone near the danger areas.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11418025@N00/
Caroline
Bit concerned about the number of false alarms cropping up. Hope these are not intentional by time wasters or should I say potential life wasters.
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Re: Fires in Victoria
Originally Posted by thebears
http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/...nt_summary.htm
Bit concerned about the number of false alarms cropping up. Hope these are not intentional by time wasters or should I say potential life wasters.
Bit concerned about the number of false alarms cropping up. Hope these are not intentional by time wasters or should I say potential life wasters.
The message came across scrambled and you go - in case it is a turnout.
Was only a dash up the road and back. Went past my neighbour inspecting his new fire fighting equipment - he's such a dag.
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Re: Fires in Victoria
Originally Posted by thebears
http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/...nt_summary.htm
Bit concerned about the number of false alarms cropping up. Hope these are not intentional by time wasters or should I say potential life wasters.
Bit concerned about the number of false alarms cropping up. Hope these are not intentional by time wasters or should I say potential life wasters.
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Heres before & after pics from my decking. On the second pic that is the sun, not the moon you see.
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Firefighters are on high alert as afternoon winds threaten to fan blazes in Victoria's high-country and Gippsland region.
At least 170,000 hectares have been burnt out and the blazes are joining into larger firefronts.
The towns on high alert include Whitfield, Tolmie, Rose River and Cheshunt in the King Valley, and areas around Mount Buller and Jamieson. Authorities say fire conditions in the Mansfield area are on a knife's edge.
Dargo, Woods Point, Briagolong and Licola in Gippsland are also on high alert.
John Cook from the Benambra Country Fire Authority in Gippsland says communities east of the Darling-Cynthia fires are under threat.
The figure of 170,000 hectares is difficult to comprehend, so I'll put it into perspective.
170,000 hectares = 420,079 acres.
That's the size of Worcestershire.
#52
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We have just been down at Williamstown for a birthday dinner and icecream and there was no sign of the city and only an outline of the Westgate Bridge visible.
#53
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Originally Posted by Teliko21
We have just been down at Williamstown for a birthday dinner and icecream and there was no sign of the city and only an outline of the Westgate Bridge visible.
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Originally Posted by Bordy
Amazing the effects drink have.
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Anyone remember this horror in Perth a couple of years ago, this pic was taken from Kings Park overlooking the city
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Originally Posted by Santa
Anyone remember this horror in Perth a couple of years ago, this pic was taken from Kings Park overlooking the city
Oh, Perth you say?
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Re: Fires in Victoria
Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack
Don't you love those old London peasoupers.
Oh, Perth you say?
Oh, Perth you say?
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Re: Fires in Victoria
Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack
Don't you love those old London peasoupers.
Oh, Perth you say?
Oh, Perth you say?
The irony of this picture is that the man in the picture is my dad who came to Perth as a retirement present after spending 30 years in the Surrey Fire Brigade ! 'Come and see Kings Park, it's a great view of the city'...lol
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Originally Posted by Santa
Here is another of the same day, in all 28000 hectares burnt over a few days about 30km east of Perth.
The irony of this picture is that the man in the picture is my dad who came to Perth as a retirement present after spending 30 years in the Surrey Fire Brigade ! 'Come and see Kings Park, it's a great view of the city'...lol
The irony of this picture is that the man in the picture is my dad who came to Perth as a retirement present after spending 30 years in the Surrey Fire Brigade ! 'Come and see Kings Park, it's a great view of the city'...lol
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Originally Posted by Bordy
Heres before & after pics from my decking. On the second pic that is the sun, not the moon you see.