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Originally Posted by Lismore Bloke
Hi PGC Hunter. Difficult for us to say from up here, but doing burnoffs now seems like a sick joke in light of the recent bushfire tragedy. One hopes that sustained burns each season had been done to reduce forest fuel loads. The old Forestry Departments knew how to manage native forests better than the Enviro Nazis ... think back to what happened to Canberra and Mt Stromlo. A case of not learning the lessons of history.
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And these burnoffs were done on the sunny 32 degree days last week, hence my annoyance. It never occured to them to do it on the cooler cloudy days, when according to logic and general common sense, it is MUCH SAFER!!! As soon as the heat and sun disappeared, so did all the burnoff smoke. Go figure!!!
Don't forget, this is the same mob that set Wilsons prom alight in 2005 when their burnoffs got out of control on a 34C day with 100km/h winds. I still remember the flak they got from the public, and rightly so. Apparently, common sense is not part of the DSE's toolkit.