Bushfires.

[Perth gal]

Anyone near one in NSW or QLD?

 

[Shell]

Billy ray could be but im not sure

 

[Billy ray]

Closest one to me is about 40km away south in nsw. But all the smoke from nsw is coming in over se qld as there are westerlies in nsw blowing out to sea, then a southerly blowing it north and we have an easterly blowing it back to us.





this photo is from Port Macquarie.

Here is smoke at my place


These images are getting some airplay showing smoke

 

[Hawk Dork]

Current Bushfires

www.ruralfire.qld.gov.au

 

[Kurve]

This affects my family up there.

'Do not expect a knock on the door': Around 600 schools to shut as NSW braces for fire risk

Around 600 schools will be closed across NSW as 'catastrophic' fire conditions threaten highly-populated areas around Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

This land was farmed for thousands of years without an issue from bushfires. Yet right now the lefties are blaming climate change. When the problem was from colour change.

Same as the Murray darling, never an issue with drought until the color change. Lefties blame climate change. And Lefties say the right are racist lol. Not they're wrong, just thier no better.

 

[Scotland]

Colour change? The actions of (white) man and climate change sort of go together.

 

[Hawk Dork]

This land was farmed for thousands of years without an issue from bushfires. Yet right now the lefties are blaming climate change. When the problem was from colour change.

Same as the Murray darling, never an issue with drought until the color change. Lefties blame climate change. And Lefties say the right are racist lol. Not they're wrong, just thier no better.

they're

 

[Caesar]

This land was farmed for thousands of years without an issue from bushfires. Yet right now the lefties are blaming climate change. When the problem was from colour change.

Same as the Murray darling, never an issue with drought until the color change. Lefties blame climate change. And Lefties say the right are racist lol. Not they're wrong, just thier no better.

My understanding is that a particularly bad convergence of the negative southern annular mode, El Nino oscillation and the positive phase of the Indian Ocean dipole are largely to blame for the particular weather and bushfire conditions we are currently experiencing. Climate change and intensive farming are not irrelevant but largely the icing on the cake.

 

[Scotland]

The whole people deliberately lighting fires thing doesn't help.

 

[Billy ray]

The whole people deliberately lighting fires thing doesn't help.

Nor does letting fuel loads get out of hand

 

[Kurve]

The whole people deliberately lighting fires thing doesn't help.

Birds have been known to spread fire as well by picking up burning twigs and flying them into another area.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Shhh. It's all about CO2. Haven't you got the memo?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Shhh. It's all about CO2. Haven't you got the memo?

 

[Power Raid]

I don't get the excitement with bush fires other than it's cheap news feed.

We should have highly fertile soils by encouraging bio-diversity and micro organisms. This also means having loads of fuel and increased risk of fires.

So rather than burning off fuel or getting too excited about fires when they occur, perhaps we should have proper firebreaks and ground water pumps. Sure we will lose property still from time to time, but that's life in the bush. What's also important is a respect for fires, an evacuation plan or acceptance of the risk of not doing so.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Sydney's "the bush"?

 

[Power Raid]

Sydney's "the bush"?

please refer maps above and the assess the locations of Australia's historical bush fire locations

 

[Bomberboyokay]

**** do I need to research? You're talking down Australia's biggest city on fire as "cheap news feed".

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

My understanding is that a particularly bad convergence of the negative southern annular mode, El Nino oscillation and the positive phase of the Indian Ocean dipole are largely to blame for the particular weather and bushfire conditions we are currently experiencing. Climate change and intensive farming are not irrelevant but largely the icing on the cake.

Bushfires are a problem that lie solely with the Management of the land since 1788. They use to Murder indigenous who spoke up about what was being done to the land. In fact they fought for the land and were victims of biological warfar, because of it.

Fire stick farming lol..

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Mayors from fire-ravaged areas of New South Wales have said there is no doubt in their minds that the devastating blazes tearing through their communities are a result of climate change.

Their comments are a rebuke to senior leaders within the state and federal governments, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Deputy PM Michael McCormack, who have criticised people for linking the current deadly bushfires to climate change.

Three people died in fires across the state at the weekend, with the State Government declaring a state of emergency amid predicted catastrophic conditions and predictions that the coming days will see "the most dangerous bushfire week this nation has ever seen".

[...]

Carol Sparks, the Mayor of Glen Innes, where two people died at the weekend, called on Mr McCormack to refer to scientific evidence before commenting further.

"I think that Michael McCormack needs to read the science, and that is what I am going by, is the science," she said.

"It is not a political thing — it is a scientific fact that we are going through climate change."

Responding directly to the comments made by the Deputy PM this morning, Mid Coast mayor Claire Pontin said she felt "cranky" when she heard Mr McCormack say that "we've had fires in Australia since time began".

"They need to get out and have a real look at what's happening to this country," Ms Pontin said.

"We've not had situations like that. Fifty years ago, this would never happen."

Ms Pontin said the issue went beyond politics and said it was essential to talk about climate change when considering how to respond to the bushfires.

"We don't have capital city greenies around here, we have farmers coming to us and saying, "look what's happened to my farm, I can't afford to feed the cows anymore because I've been buying feed for the last 18 months," she said.

"It's just ridiculous.

"It's not going to go away if we bury our heads in the sand."

The Bureau of Meteorology has said that "climate change is influencing the frequency and severity of dangerous bushfire conditions in Australia".

Federal Greens MP Adam Bandt said the weekend fires demonstrated that "the Government does not have the climate emergency under control".

"Scott Morrison has done everything in his power to increase the risk of catastrophic bushfires and sadly we are now witnessing apocalyptic scenes that none of us — none of us —want to see in Australia," he said.

[...]

Former NSW Fire and Rescue chief Greg Mullins has been trying to set up a meeting with the Prime Minister and his team to address the bushfire emergency.

Mr Mullins and 22 other former emergency chiefs wrote a letter to Mr Morrison earlier this year predicting a bushfire crisis and calling the Prime Minister to the table to come with an action plan. The meeting has not been held.

"The numbers don't lie, and the science is clear," he wrote in an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald.

"Unprecedented dryness; reductions in long-term rainfall; low humidity; high temperatures; wind velocities; fire danger indices; fire spread and ferocity; instances of pyro-convective fires (fire storms — making their own weather); early starts and late finishes to bushfire seasons. An established long-term trend driven by a warming, drying climate," he wrote.

Mr Mullins cited previous examples when federal politicians shut down the climate change discussion saying it was inappropriate while fires are still burning. "But if not now, then when?" he asked.

'Inner-city raving lunatics': Deputy PM's bushfire comments prompt rebuke from mayors

Michael McCormack says those trying to link climate change and bushfires are "woke greenies" — but mayors from fire-ravaged areas of NSW say there is no doubt in their minds that the devastating blazes tearing through their communities are a result of climate change.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Sonny Bonds]

Birds have been known to spread fire as well by picking up burning twigs and flying them into another area.

They do this to chase out prey into the open.

 

[Billy ray]

‘How many more lives?’: Firefighter’s plea

As catastrophic fires burn across Queensland and New South Wales — with experts warning that the worst is yet to come on Tuesday — rural firefighter Tyson Smith has issued a heartbreaking plea on Facebook.

www.news.com.au

 

[Sonny Bonds]

‘How many more lives?’: Firefighter’s plea

As catastrophic fires burn across Queensland and New South Wales — with experts warning that the worst is yet to come on Tuesday — rural firefighter Tyson Smith has issued a heartbreaking plea on Facebook.

www.news.com.au

It also stems from closing fire wood collection areas.

I live in a very fire prone area and also rely on wood for heating as we don't have Gas. Back in the day you could go out bush near your house and cut and collect firewood. With all the firewood collection areas being shut down around my house, you are left with a massive build up of fire fuel on the ground. The local council has it's hands tied from the ignorance from the Australian Government.

 

[Engimal v3]

I have on good authority from boomers on Facebook that it's all the Greens' fault.

 

[Scotland]

I have on good authority from boomers on Facebook that it's all the Greens' fault.

I highly recommend the 'unfollow' option for any Facebook friends born before 1960.