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22-01-2020, 05:29 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Somewhere in the cosmos...
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Canberra fire 2km from me
Currently an Emergency Alert for a fire 2km from us, around Pialligo and headed towards Queanbeyan. Seems road out curently cut.
From ice and rain to now a freaking fire in Canberra...went from Watch and Act a little while back to full Emergency.
Time to load the car and consider getting out for a while.
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22-01-2020, 05:36 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: ACT
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Hope they get this grassfire under control before it hits Oaks Estate.
Have a good trip Lewis!
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22-01-2020, 06:03 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Airport and ESA personnel briefed us just now.
Fire IS heading to Oaks Estate currently.
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22-01-2020, 06:30 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Seems under control FOR NOW.
Wind still blowing towards QBN, but becoming more fluky as is typical this time of afternoon.
Sprinklers all on - ESA guys said DO IT. So we are.
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22-01-2020, 06:33 PM
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Did you grab the Taks, Lewis ?
Nothing else matters LOL...
I know what's to go in my car, after wife and kids...
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22-01-2020, 06:34 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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NOTHING but lives matter. Not taking anything but the kids and cat.
Not heading out yet. Plan ready though, and that is STILL to storm the airport.
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22-01-2020, 07:01 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Downgraded now to watch and act for us but still hazardous for QBN
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22-01-2020, 07:25 PM
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Ultimate Noob
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wavytone
Did you grab the Taks, Lewis ?
Nothing else matters LOL...
I know what's to go in my car, after wife and kids...
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But what Unicorn do you pack?
Glad to hear it’s been downgraded Lewis. I had a bushfire 2.5km from me a few weeks back, luckily it wasn’t likely to cross the freeway I was on the other side of but still a little too close for comfort.
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22-01-2020, 07:53 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Down to Advice level now.
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23-01-2020, 10:44 AM
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Novichok test rabbit
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DC-10 fire tanker arrived this morning seemingly as a precaution.
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23-01-2020, 01:19 PM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
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I fear a miserable long weekend is coming....
Mike
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23-01-2020, 02:20 PM
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ze frogginator
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
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Blowing hot and hard in Sydney too. Recipe for disaster. 41c at the back right now.
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23-01-2020, 02:23 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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Pialligo burned a good 6 hrs today. Trees catching fire in Woden and Phillip.
Yes, might emigrate at this rate
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23-01-2020, 02:26 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Sorry to hear. Keep safe one and all.
Best
JA
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23-01-2020, 08:06 PM
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Feel free to edit my imag
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Llandysul, WALES, UK
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Just heard the terrible news about a plane crash and crew killed, fire fighters, should never have happened
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23-01-2020, 08:07 PM
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It could be worse - Apparently Sydney had 45 degrees one day back in 2003 though I don’t remember it being that bad.
The gale blowing all day in this heat though is what’s really killing trees and vegetation. Outside my office half the trees are dead.
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23-01-2020, 08:38 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
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Lewis I hope you feel less threatened. Scarey isn't it.
I wonder if it's such a good ideed China planting all those trees to reclaim desert.
I need to come up with a machine that can gather leaf litter as I can't see burning off will be an option in the future.
Alex
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23-01-2020, 08:59 PM
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We had a fire this morning at Milton about 2km from our weekender. At the same time a number of bigger fires further down the coast.Thankfully and amazingly the local RFS has it under control in a couple of hours during a 35 to 50km/hr dust storm that raged all day
My hats off to these RFS guys and all volunteers !!
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24-01-2020, 08:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wavytone
It could be worse - Apparently Sydney had 45 degrees one day back in 2003 though I don’t remember it being that bad.
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I worked out in it at a Kellyville subdivision at the time. It was a hot summer. Channel 10's Tim Bailey was talking "scorchas" on a regular basis.
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24-01-2020, 10:08 AM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
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I have seen lots of fires...and I may have mentioned this before...in the 1994 fires we lived on the river and evacuated to my small sail boat.22 ft bluebird. The fire came over the ridge ..a fire ball 300 feet began to swirl above the tree tops..I took bearings it was that big..it looed like an over saturated Sun in ha landed on the top of the cliff.
Alex
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