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Post by pim on Jan 7, 2013 23:55:55 GMT 10
I'm thinking in particular of the southern parts of NSW ... stay safe!! High temps and high winds are a toxic mix, particularly when there are something like 100 bushfires burning in the state.
My daughter in Bungendore told me they've been contacted by the rural fire service to be prepared to evacuate tomorrow (Tuesday) when/if the word goes out.
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Post by fat on Jan 7, 2013 23:59:28 GMT 10
Lets hope no-one does anything stupid.
Lets also hope the word isn't needed.
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Post by caskur on Jan 8, 2013 0:01:21 GMT 10
all the aussie animals perishing in fires makes me sick to my stomach...
poor things. people get warnings, critters don't.
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Post by fat on Jan 8, 2013 0:05:47 GMT 10
too true Caskur.
There is a band of rain heading toward Bungendore - it would be good if it keeps on for another 100 miles and relieves the danger a bit tonight.
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Post by matt on Jan 8, 2013 0:06:58 GMT 10
Fires are part of Australian life.
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Post by pim on Jan 8, 2013 0:10:11 GMT 10
Fires are part of Australian life. The sharpness and depth of insight of this Daniel-come-to-judgement leaves us awestruck  |
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Post by caskur on Jan 8, 2013 0:12:51 GMT 10
too true Caskur. There is a band of rain heading toward Bungendore - it would be good if it keeps on for another 100 miles and relieves the danger a bit tonight. Pray really hard for the rain to come... |
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Post by caskur on Jan 8, 2013 0:16:27 GMT 10
Fires are part of Australian life. yes.. and many are started by lightning... I filmed a tentacle lightning my backyard a couple of weeks ago... even if there were no humans around, bush and forest fire would burn around the planet continually from lightning strikes alone! |
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Post by jody on Jan 8, 2013 1:02:33 GMT 10
We may get rain on Sunday....dearly hoping so
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Post by volk on Jan 8, 2013 6:00:48 GMT 10
Up at 5am to give the shrubs and flowers around the house a good drink before today's expected 43C in Sydney.
Del Boca Vista Volk hunkered down and waiting for the sweltering onslaught.
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Post by jody on Jan 8, 2013 6:03:01 GMT 10
7am and already windy and hot...going out now to feed horses then I'll water the pot plants. I have a doctors appointment at 10.30 but other than that, I won't be going outside today....especially after lunch.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 7:00:33 GMT 10
Poor horses out in the heat. My brother had a dam for his horses up in Childers and they used to cool off in the water for hours. One of his horses was a white appaloosa ... poor Billy Jack had to be relocated down to NSW because he got sunburn which is horrible for white horses in Qld.
He's got another dam now on his property on the Gold Coast hinterland ... plus there is a natural billabong on the property of his friends next door. All the horses hang out there all day in the (relative) cool. There are all sorts of weeping type trees around the billabong and my brother's two horses spend a lot of their time over next door.
Hope you get through the day without any dramas. So far so good down here. But it's perfectly still outside so if the temps heat up later there's no cooling sea breeze. I just went down to the front courtyard - it's cool and shady at the moment. Same as the backyard. Can't actually feel any heat building up, which it usually does early on when you're in for a scorcher! Will have to wait and see.
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Post by sonex on Jan 8, 2013 7:08:19 GMT 10
Good luck to everyone in NSW and anywhere else the fires are burning. The advice is right........go early. Have essential documents together in a file, photos and medication. Keep the domestic animals close. Take the hard drive. Wear good shoes and woollen garments if the fire is close, even if it is too hot. GO EARLY.
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Post by jody on Jan 8, 2013 7:10:33 GMT 10
Cooling off in the water is great until they get out and have to dry off....the intense heat on their wet bodies is really bad for them. I have two dams here. My two riddens who are always rugged won;t be wearing any today.....we'll just have to put up with very dirty bodies and knotty tails.
The wind made it bearable when I was feeding up. when you're of the wind though, the bite in the sun is terrible.
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Post by sonex on Jan 8, 2013 7:17:23 GMT 10
When we had our 40 degrees last week, the power went off three times, so maybe stock up on ice in case.
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Post by jody on Jan 8, 2013 7:19:35 GMT 10
I have a generator but it hasn't been started in a while. :/
Don't want to lose power today....Dan would not cope with the heat at all.
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Post by jody on Jan 8, 2013 7:20:18 GMT 10
This is our 5th over 40 so far this summer. Will be 40+ again on Saturday
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Post by sonex on Jan 8, 2013 7:27:54 GMT 10
I have a generator but it hasn't been started in a while. :/ Don't want to lose power today....Dan would not cope with the heat at all. Jody I had Dan in mind when I mentioned the power cuts, can you check out the generator early today. Keep the car full of petrol so you can run the air conditioner at least. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 7:30:56 GMT 10
Gees it's sounding a bit like Armageddon Sonex! I know your advice is good for those living in the rural areas. However down here we're in no danger. And it isn't as though we haven't experienced 40+ temps before. In fact, it's been about 15 years since I've experienced those sort of heatwaves and wondering when we're going to experience them again. I remember standing in my front courtyard and watching the smoke all along the horizon as fires were burning up the back of Terrey Hills and Ingleside because they are bounded by national parks - Ku-ring-gai and Garigal. My brother's place at Ingleside is surrounded by paddocks so they afford him a good firebreak. I hope his horses will be okay. But as I said, 40C is not the end of the world. We've been through it all many times before and I expect we will many times in the future. The one thing that annoys me is the news that police are checking up on known arsonists!! Really! Any known arsonists should be locked up under the circumstances, especially until the fire hazard is over.  |
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Post by jody on Jan 8, 2013 7:41:25 GMT 10
I remember how bad the heatwaves were when I was a kid....days and days of 40+ and no air con.....oh it was horrible. We would also get storms which would make things even hotter with the humidity.
agree about the arsonists Stellar and anyone caught doing it....well, a life time in jail should be punishment enough.
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Post by sonex on Jan 8, 2013 7:50:19 GMT 10
Stellar, I don't mean to be a fearmonger, but I did have to run from a bush fire some years ago, three little kids and a dog in the car, it was night time. Husband with all the other local men away fighting the fire. Just got yelled at by a firefighter, "go now". The tops of the trees were exploding into flames.
Smoke covered the winding dark roads with lots of cement trucks carrying water blocking me, I was not prepared. You are comparatively safe in a built up area I would think.
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Post by slartibartfast on Jan 8, 2013 8:01:57 GMT 10
Stay safe, everyone.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 10:06:59 GMT 10
Sonex, that must have been very scary for you!! I hope your house and belongings were safe. As I said, your advice was good for people living in rural areas.
But I grew up in The Forest on the northern beaches of Sydney. I remember grass fires in the paddocks at our place and dozens of neighbours coming with wet hessian bags and beating out the flames.
I also remember the volunteer fire brigade guys coming up the fire tracks in the district and saying it's going to be a scorching summer because we've never seen so many snakes making their way up to higher ground from the gulleys because they can sense the build up of heat and are getting out.
Yet we didn't experience any fires that were threatening. In fact I can't remember any fires except the grass fires.
Temp update: Dull and overcast here. A breeze picking up. Cool as a cucumber in my house. My neighbour and I were outside talking just earlier and she said it can't possibly be 30°. It's warm out in the sun but that's all. Definitely not 30.
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Post by volk on Jan 8, 2013 10:13:56 GMT 10
Stellar, 11.10am and the thermometer reads 35C here in Mascot.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 10:27:54 GMT 10
Is it dull and overcast Volk? Have you got a breeze?
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