Bushfire in Melbourne
Nov 26th 2002, 7:43 am
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Bushfire in Melbourne
Australia's summer is hot and dry. Sydney always has bushfire in
summer.
Melbourn's rainfall is less than Sydney. Is there any bushfire in
Melbourne or Victoria ? I always heart that bushfire happen in NSW and
Sydney but not in Vic.
Anyone has information ?
summer.
Melbourn's rainfall is less than Sydney. Is there any bushfire in
Melbourne or Victoria ? I always heart that bushfire happen in NSW and
Sydney but not in Vic.
Anyone has information ?
Nov 26th 2002, 10:03 am
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It can and often will happen in Melbourne Hobart in Tasmania nearly got destroyed in a bushfire in around 1970 Regards Gerard
Nov 26th 2002, 10:39 am
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Re: Bushfire in Melbourne
On 26 Nov 2002 00:43:01 -0800, [email protected] (agihk) wrote:
>Australia's summer is hot and dry.
Yes, to a point
> Sydney always has bushfire in summer.
Seems that way but the last few years seem to have an increased
frequency and severity.
>Melbourn's rainfall is less than Sydney.
The way people rubbish Melbourne's climate, you'd hardly believe that
to be the case.
>Is there any bushfire in Melbourne or Victoria ?
Yes but not to the same extent
> I always heart that bushfire happen in NSW and Sydney but not in Vic.
You need to look at the topography of both cities to get some idea of
the reason for Sydney's bushfire frequency.
>Anyone has information ?
I live in Melbourne therefore I'm biased! ;-)
Tom
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>Australia's summer is hot and dry.
Yes, to a point
> Sydney always has bushfire in summer.
Seems that way but the last few years seem to have an increased
frequency and severity.
>Melbourn's rainfall is less than Sydney.
The way people rubbish Melbourne's climate, you'd hardly believe that
to be the case.
>Is there any bushfire in Melbourne or Victoria ?
Yes but not to the same extent
> I always heart that bushfire happen in NSW and Sydney but not in Vic.
You need to look at the topography of both cities to get some idea of
the reason for Sydney's bushfire frequency.
>Anyone has information ?
I live in Melbourne therefore I'm biased! ;-)
Tom
You can't win.
You can't break even.
You can't stop playing the game.
Nov 29th 2002, 2:55 am
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Re: Bushfire in Melbourne
Tom
>On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:39:57 +1100, Tom Clasener wrote:
>>Is there any bushfire in Melbourne or Victoria ?
>Yes but not to the same extent
Australia's worst bushfires have occurred in Victoria eg
Ash Wednesday bushfires, 1983
Black Friday bushfires, 1939
(Victoria was more seriously affected in both cases).
>> I always heart that bushfire happen in NSW and Sydney but not in Vic.
NSW has had more recent bushfires.
Although generally the Sydney area has higher summer rainfall compared
to Victoria.
>You need to look at the topography of both cities to get some idea of
>the reason for Sydney's bushfire frequency.
>>Anyone has information ?
>I live in Melbourne therefore I'm biased! ;-)
Although it doesn't always work that way, the same weather systems
that bring hot, dry weather to NSW will often bring wet weather to
Victoria, or vice versa.
Jeremy
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
>On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:39:57 +1100, Tom Clasener wrote:
>>Is there any bushfire in Melbourne or Victoria ?
>Yes but not to the same extent
Australia's worst bushfires have occurred in Victoria eg
Ash Wednesday bushfires, 1983
Black Friday bushfires, 1939
(Victoria was more seriously affected in both cases).
>> I always heart that bushfire happen in NSW and Sydney but not in Vic.
NSW has had more recent bushfires.
Although generally the Sydney area has higher summer rainfall compared
to Victoria.
>You need to look at the topography of both cities to get some idea of
>the reason for Sydney's bushfire frequency.
>>Anyone has information ?
>I live in Melbourne therefore I'm biased! ;-)
Although it doesn't always work that way, the same weather systems
that bring hot, dry weather to NSW will often bring wet weather to
Victoria, or vice versa.
Jeremy
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
Nov 29th 2002, 6:38 am
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Re: Bushfire in Melbourne
On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 03:55:14 GMT, [email protected] (JAJ) wrote:
>Australia's worst bushfires have occurred in Victoria eg
>Ash Wednesday bushfires, 1983
>Black Friday bushfires, 1939
>(Victoria was more seriously affected in both cases).
1939, 1983? That's not exactly "recent" is it? I was in Sydney last
year when the bushfires were raging and this year it's on again....
Not much of any consequence near Melbourne this year (so far).
>Although it doesn't always work that way, the same weather systems
>that bring hot, dry weather to NSW will often bring wet weather to
>Victoria, or vice versa.
I suggest you look at Sydney and notice that many suburbs are
surrounded by native vegetation, even built right in amongst it. This
generally means gum trees (eucalyptus). These trees are very bushfire
prone, in fact they need bushfires to germinate their seed pods. There
are few parts of urban Melbourne that are built right in eucalypt
forests. The only parts I know of that are in a risk situation are
South Belgrave through to Cockatoo and beyond, That area is about 37+
kilometres from the heart of Melbourne. Very much outer urban regions.
Some of the Sydney bushfires were in the middle urban areas thus were
a lot closer to the heart of the city. It's nice to live amongst the
gum trees but, given the ability of fire to be windblown through the
tops of gum trees, it certainly isn't the safest place to be. Any
prospective migrant to our shores who hasn't experienced Aussie
bushfires really needs to factor these aspects into their decision
making processes when seeking to purchase a home.
Tom
You can't win.
You can't break even.
You can't stop playing the game.
>Australia's worst bushfires have occurred in Victoria eg
>Ash Wednesday bushfires, 1983
>Black Friday bushfires, 1939
>(Victoria was more seriously affected in both cases).
1939, 1983? That's not exactly "recent" is it? I was in Sydney last
year when the bushfires were raging and this year it's on again....
Not much of any consequence near Melbourne this year (so far).
>Although it doesn't always work that way, the same weather systems
>that bring hot, dry weather to NSW will often bring wet weather to
>Victoria, or vice versa.
I suggest you look at Sydney and notice that many suburbs are
surrounded by native vegetation, even built right in amongst it. This
generally means gum trees (eucalyptus). These trees are very bushfire
prone, in fact they need bushfires to germinate their seed pods. There
are few parts of urban Melbourne that are built right in eucalypt
forests. The only parts I know of that are in a risk situation are
South Belgrave through to Cockatoo and beyond, That area is about 37+
kilometres from the heart of Melbourne. Very much outer urban regions.
Some of the Sydney bushfires were in the middle urban areas thus were
a lot closer to the heart of the city. It's nice to live amongst the
gum trees but, given the ability of fire to be windblown through the
tops of gum trees, it certainly isn't the safest place to be. Any
prospective migrant to our shores who hasn't experienced Aussie
bushfires really needs to factor these aspects into their decision
making processes when seeking to purchase a home.
Tom
You can't win.
You can't break even.
You can't stop playing the game.
