Black saturday anniversary

[AB]

Today marks another anniversary of black Saturday that saw a horrific day for us Mexicans

If you haven't watched the two hour doco of the terrible day from ABC then have a look below

It's a good coverage of what really happened

http://youtu.be/dMqvzOj9l5s

[NissanGQ4.2]

And your in for another heatwave I believe, hope those tanks are full and you have a good fire pump, fire hose and sprinklers on the house!

[threedogs]

I was sitting in the Murray having a beer and said to my mates
this is going to be Epic.
One mate said temp will be 48 with strong winds about 10am.
exactely 10.05 it started howling and did not let up.
I ended up getting 2 stroke and decided I need to drive home
from the Hume all you could see was red embers burning every
which way you looked,,,,,very scarey indeed
all our temp gauges read 52 degrees bloody hot

[NissanGQ4.2]

Have you read any literature on this @AB??

If I remember correctly their was 1 town in the fire path ( can't remember which 1 ) that all ( or most ) home owners were somewhat prepared, eg: had training or had fire pumps hoses etc and stayed and defended and never lost anything.

I can't find it in the book I read

[threedogs]

A lot of owner couldnt clear their blocks as they wanted to because of red tape.
one bloke ignored this order and cleard his land 50mtr from his house. he had no damage
where the others lost theirs.
I've heard some horrific stories from Black Saturday but I wouldnt print them here way too grafic

[AB]

Have you read any literature on this @AB??

If I remember correctly their was 1 town in the fire path ( can't remember which 1 ) that all ( or most ) home owners were somewhat prepared, eg: had training or had fire pumps hoses etc and stayed and defended and never lost anything.

I can't find it in the book I read

Hey mate nah I don't remember that but would be keen to read it.

Black Saturday was a day like no one has ever really seen though mate.

40 degrees for days on end, bone dry with a 46 degree day and 100km winds.

It was like a blow torch and many people died who had what they thought was a defendable home and very well prepared.

It was a huge lesson for everyone to honestly not be a hero and leave early on similar conditions moving forward.

It was honestly the most craziest conditions I have ever seen. It came about 400m from my house and we shouldn't have even been here at all, very silly but lucky!!


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[AB]

Watch this video below, particularly from 2 mins onwards.

If you are in the bush like in the background of this footage on a day like that it is simply catastrophic and not even remotely defendable if the winds and conditions are like that.

http://youtu.be/F3dPlVvkIZ8


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[Maxhead]

Crikey, I remember being there on the 18th of Jan 2013 in ACT fires so I can just imagine Black Saturday...Fierce and brutal event!

[AB]

Crikey, I remember being there on the 18th of Jan 2013 in ACT fires so I can just imagine Black Saturday...Fierce and brutal event!

Do you mean 2003? Yeah that was ridiculous being so close to populated areas!


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[Maxhead]

Do you mean 2003? Yeah that was ridiculous being so close to populated areas!


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Yep 2003...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Canberra_bushfires