....and so How's Your Luck Holding?

[CINDERS]

Yep big action on the foam up at Pearce Air Base they even got Erin Brokavich in.

As for the fires Yanchep is coping a pasting lost a fuel station got it to a watch and act but it flared today and back to square one again with a super hot days forecast for the next four, today they measured the bitumen temp in the shade near a school in Perth 68.7 degrees Celsius thats hot because it radiates as well. Then late at night the heat has to go somewhere so muggy nights are hard to sleep in, I grew up in Perth and well remember those sweltering nights as a kid with a wet top sheet or sleeping on the back lawn with my brother and sisters I was the youngest. We even used to sleep with our front door open and sash windows up yeah try that nowdays....

I'm afraid muffet our states as well as the rest of Australia its going to be a very long and very hot summer.
I had noticed these last years have been bad for our country and have seriously thought when Banda Achae earth quake happened I read or heard somewhere it tilted our planet 1/2" from its axis since then the seasons like our summers have been like a blow torch and our rains hit and miss. The eastern states are in a dreadful bind with drought some young children 4-5 have never seen rain the farmers are in a desperate plight and the govt will loan them money well not to be a stick in the mud but we should stop all overseas aid and help our farmers. They should get the money for free the pollies could halve their wages that would be good with half going to the farmers primary industry they the pollies should go out and try and eat a mouthful of dirt and see how they like that. No Farmers = No food

My apologies for the rant Badger but its the same in every country on this planet apart from our N/S poles without primary industry you ain't got squat.......

[Gil Boyd]

Muffett,
Thanks for that mate, puts it in a nutshell. A very difficult one to cure easily, as there is no one solution.

[muffett.2008]

Just can't get away from it.
Watching Cricket on the Tele, Test match in W.A, when the cameras pan away from the action and focus on a fire raging half a K from the grounds....poor buggers were playing in 40-50 degree heat as it was.

[muffett.2008]

Got a quick refresher lesson on fighting fires yesterday, had washed my hair the night before, full of ash and crap....well guess what, clean dry hair and fire fronts don't mix.
Now I'm sporting a hat ring burn mark that looks worse than it really is, I guess I will be content just pumping Avgas and retardant for a while.
Fires are not the right place for a bloke in his 70's.

[Gil Boyd]

Stay Safe

[CINDERS]

This is Australia at the present with the fire situation across our continent;

"This pretty well sums it up. A couple of days ago the count for NSW alone was 3 million hectares"

[Gil Boyd]

Listening to a worn out Fire Chief who reckons many were started deliberately!!
I hope they get those responsible and chuck them in jail for Christmas and they have certainly ruined a lot of peoples times!

[H.e.s.h]

In the middle of it here in South Eastern Australia at the moment. Lost power for 4 days and only got phone / internet access back on around 5am yesterday. All of the main roads are closed due to fire activity, the smoke is overwhelming. Took Christmas off this year, will celebrate when and if rain arrives

[Merle]

Listening to a worn out Fire Chief who reckons many were started deliberately!!
I hope they get those responsible and chuck them in jail for Christmas and they have certainly ruined a lot of peoples times!

Personally I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be a terrorist attack.....

[muffett.2008]

Actually, that perspective has been looked at in detail, just not aired publicly in order to avoid panic....not that panic does not already exist.