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I was at Springwood last Thurs and it was semi apocalyptic. Dark clouds of smoke that resembled a huge thunderstorm. I was coming back from Leura and to the North the Lithgow fire was billowing the same way.
During the day it was extremely windy perhaps 50-80kmh winds.
I have gone and put sprinklers on my house roof and my observatory roof, gotten a fire pump operational with 2 x 36 metre 1 inch hose with brass fittings that draw from my pool and shot 2 x 30m plumes of water.
By the way there is a great aussie product on the market called "Ember Defender". This is a sprinkler with a metal frame that fits on the ridge of your roof and will take ordinary garden hose to run it. Brilliant.
Fire is not coming my way particularly but you've got to be prepared.
The fire I saw last Thurs was bigtime wild and it was quite threatening and unpredictable.
Greg.
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