Questions
about the fires in Victoria
Everyone will remember the fires in Northern California that burned houses to a tinder while leaving vegetation intact.
Someone (in the video below) has been observant and actually look at NASA Worldview to see what can be seen; it is pretty similar to what we have seen in previous fires over the recent past.
To my mind this is evidence.
We live in an age where rhetoric trumps over evidence and people are told not to believe their own eyes (not to mention chemical analysis of rain etc.) but to believe only when there is a paper written by someone who owes his/her continued professional life to be paid by government or corporation, peer-reviewed by others who also depend on the same sources.
I will not ascribe any motivation and restrict myself to the bare evidence.But to those following an 'agenda' this will still be a 'conspiracy theory'.
I will not ascribe any motivation and restrict myself to the bare evidence.But to those following an 'agenda' this will still be a 'conspiracy theory'.
The way this fire is behaving is eerily similar to the California fires.
Here is what I picked up from NASA Worldview.
A
volunteer firefighter crew has released footage showing trees glowing
pink during intense bushfires at Bunyip State Park near Melbourne.
In
the video, the crew can be seen driving through the park while its
trees are covered in embers.
The
blaze was caused by multiple lightning strikes on Friday but is one
of 25 fires across southern Australia in recent days as the country
suffers a record-breaking heatwave.
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What news.com.au thinks you need to know about.
Perhaps it was part of yesterday's news cycle?
This is the article from Australia's Channel 9.
More
than 20 Victorian emergency warnings remain in place as intense
bushfires rage across the state’s east as a wind change challenges
firefighters battling to control the blazes.
The wind change that swept eastward across Victoria after 9pm last night eased firefighting efforts in areas south-east of Melbourne, however the Bunyip State Park fire this morning has been downgraded to a ‘Watch and Act’ warning level.
That
fire is currently still within containment lines and Victorian
emergency authorities have said residents should consider leaving
homes if they haven’t already or, if they are away from their
properties, not to return.
The
bushfire in the State Park, which was sparked on Friday by lightning
strikes, yesterday burnt through more than 10,000 hectares as it
raced towards the Princes Freeway and at least three buildings were
damaged or lost.
In
the surrounding area, 23 schools have been closed today as well as 15
early childhood centres, and the Princes Freeway remains shut at Nar
Nar Goon and Drouin.
Further
east, an “Emergency” warning level remains in place for multiple
suburbs including Budgeree, Budgeree East, Jeeralang, Jeeralang
Junction, Jeeralang North, Jumbuk, Yinnar and Yinnar South.
The
Yinnar South bushfire is still burning out of control, has torn
through 1500 hectares and is still growing larger
Victorian
emergency fire crews have this morning been relocated from other
areas to help fight the blaze, and authorities have said that
residents need to leave now before conditions worsen further.
‘Watch
and Act’ warnings also stay in place for suburbs just south of Mt
Wellington near Licola, where another major bushfire is still out of
control and has destroyed 12,000 hectares of land
With
the wind change the fire has moved further east of Licola, although
another wind change possible for later today could again hamper
firefighting efforts.
The
Licola Road has been closed to everyone apart from firefighting crews
and authorities have urged residents to seek shelter.
What
you need to know
-
Bunyip State Park: The fire is burning towards the
Princes Freeway. A wind change tonight will push the fire east.
Residents should shelter indoors immediately. It is now too late to
leave.
-
Budgeree/Yinnar South: Communities south-east of the
fire should enact their fire plan. Leaving now is the safest option.
A relief centre is now open at Kernot Hall in Morwell.
-
Dargo/Licola: Residents in surrounding communities
should stay informed and monitor conditions overnight. Be ready to
leave quickly if the situation changes.
"We
are certainly concerned with the change that's going to come through
at about nine o'clock tonight, we know that will mean the eastern
flank of the fire will become the head of the fire," he said
yesterday.
"It
will present certain challenges for our firefighters," he said
of the wind change.
"Whilst
it damaged some property (in 2009) it was a very narrow finger
compared to what we're facing with this fire, because this fire has
been growing," Mr Owen told a community meeting in Pakenham.
Mr
Owen has worked on fires in the same park in 2003, 2006 and 2009's
Black Saturday fire.
"Under
those very strong conditions experienced on that day (in 2009), it
travelled neatly, whilst it damaged some property it was a very
narrow finger compared to what we're facing with this fire, because
this fire has been growing," Mr Owen told a community meeting in
Pakenham today.
Power
has been lost to more than 800 buildings in the Bunyip area.
About
30 homes were doorknocked in the Labertouche area with residents
being told to evacuate.
Three
relief centres have been set up for residents forced out by the
fires.
Donna
Marsh, from Garfield near Bunyip, lived through Black Saturday and
was packed and ready to go earlier today.
"Black
Saturday was horrendous but this is closer," she told 9News.
"You
do what you can do and then you get the hell out because you don't
want the CFA trying to risk their lives to get you out because you've
been stupid and stayed too long."
Two
homes have been confirmed lost at Yinnar South where an
out-of-control blaze today increased in size from 1000 hectares to
1500 hectares.
"Although
the wind has eased, reducing fire activity, there is still potential
for spotting and you should remain vigilant," authorities said
of the Dargo blaze.
Emergency
Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said due to the dangerous
conditions for firefighters, not every home could be saved.
"Our
priority is protecting life," he said.
"People
cannot expect a fire truck at every house, there's just not enough to
go around."
There
are also fears for people driving who could get trapped in their
cars.
New
South Wales has released three air tankers to help crews across the
state.
There
are more than 30 other fires still burning across Victoria. The fire
danger rating is severe for the central district and very high for
the rest of the state.
"This
is the hottest start to autumn in 30 years, following the hottest
summer on record," Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Tom
Delamotte said.
An
asthma warning has now been issued due to the conditions.
There
is expected to be no relief until Wednesday when rain is forecast.
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