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Originally Posted by stephenb
I have no problem with what the DSE are doing this week and weekend. Most of them are also firefighters who work alongside the CFA vols, so to disparage them by calling them "idiots", "turdburglers", "defartment of suckholes and embers" and other offensive names simply because you want a clear night for your simple hobby shows your maturity and understanding of the greater picture of what the DSE achieve with their planned burn offs. I'll also remind you that two DSE members lost their lives evenly fighting fires which most of Melbourne wouldn't have been aware or even cared about.
DSE can burn off as much as they see fit, in my opinion.
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Yeah, well they also caused major bushfires by burning off on hot windy days... April 2005 Wilsons Prom comes to mind and there were numerous other bushfires caused by burnoffs here and elsewhere because of their own unspeakable idiocy of doing this on sunny hot windy days. It appears that they pick the warmest, sunniest (and sometimes windiest) days to burn off. They are stupid for initiating burns in unsuitable conditions.
I really don't care, you can put whatever spin you want on it, but with the limited clear weather in Melbourne, every opportunity counts and I will not be okay with it regardless of what you think. We are heading into our usual overcast winter, autumn brings some great weather, the last for months and it is all ruined by these burnoffs. No I am not okay with it, I hate it and I am sick to death of clear weather being ruined by these burnoffs.
I'm guessing you don't partake in our hobby, if that is the case, then you are on your own in your opinions. The rest of us Melburnians are sick to death of everything ruining our observing opportunities as they are so far and few inbetween, which is a fatal consequence of our horrid climate and the last thing we need is these idiots lighting up forests ruining what few good chances we get at astronomy.