Black saturday anniversary

[NissanGQ4.2]

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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It was my partners book, which was a book with a few stories in it, I'll see if she knows where it is when she gets home from work.

Its not always a case of not being a hero and leaving early, and even if FDR's are listed as Catastrophic doesn't mean anything if a fire doesn't start.

I think this might of been the town, but will have 2 find the book 2 confirm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj7mz_-xDng

[Maxhead]

in town when the fires happened in Canberra we had no water pressure as everyone was trying to wet their places. Good example of having a good pump and water supply in these situations in rural areas

[NissanGQ4.2]

in town when the fires happened in Canberra we had no water pressure as everyone was trying to wet their places. Good example of having a good pump and water supply in these situations in rural areas

Yep bound 2 happen if everyone is at home wetting down their house using mains, but the thing is its not just rural areas anymore that need 2 look at a good pump and water supply. There are many non rural suburbs now adjacent bush land we have had a few fires recently down in Cranebrook, Castlereagh, Penrith, Londonderry ( Semi Rural still ) and if it wasn't for the volunteer RFS and the water bombers there certainly would of been a lot of houses lost recently.

[MB]

It's 30 degrees already in the hills and been blowing a gale all night. Let's hope for a good day across Mexico, stay safe Hombres!

[katwoman]

It's 30 degrees already in the hills and been blowing a gale all night. Let's hope for a good day across Mexico, stay safe Hombres!

I hear 'you victorians' are in for a hot few days.

Stay cool.


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[Winnie]

I hear 'you victorians' are in for a hot few days.

Stay cool.


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Just today, it was 30 degrees at 6am today.

[jay see]

Just today, it was 30 degrees at 6am today.

Yeah and my stupid kids.
One that has not worn a jacket in I can't remember how long decides that today he will start and the older one is more concerned about how he looks on the bus by wearing a singlet under his shirt.

D!ckheads they are sometimes...

[Cuppa]

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

Certainly gives good insight into how that day was for so many people, but as with the news reports at the time the coverage focus misses what happened earlier in the day in our locality - Callignee & Koornalla, Gippsland. In Callignee 69 out of 71 houses ( think it was) were lost & several people died. It was all over by the time the broadcasters got onto it.

[Hodge]

Watched that doco AB linked many times. Cannot even imagine what those people went through...
I've worked in the aftermath of both the black saturday AND the Canberra fires (fixing powerlines). It was a sour feeling knowing that what we were fixing, was in fact what initially caused the whole disaster.

[AB]

Watched that doco AB linked many times. Cannot even imagine what those people went through...
I've worked in the aftermath of both the black saturday AND the Canberra fires (fixing powerlines). It was a sour feeling knowing that what we were fixing, was in fact what initially caused the whole disaster.

Unfortunately some were deliberate too mate which is scary.


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