Bushfires

[Bornadog]

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Turns out the Commowealth Bank purchased Warnie's baggy green. It will go on a national tour before being put on permanent display in the Bradman museum in Bowral.

Great result and great conversation I'm having with myself here.

Brilliant result and a great gesture from Warnie. Glad it is going into the museum.

[Twodogs]

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Yes it can. Sold for $1,007,500 to "M.C." from Sydney. Michael Clarke???

Turns out the Commowealth Bank purchased Warnie's baggy green. It will go on a national tour before being put on permanent display in the Bradman museum in Bowral.

Great result and great conversation I'm having with myself here.

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Axe Man.

[GVGjr]

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Turns out the Commowealth Bank purchased Warnie's baggy green. It will go on a national tour before being put on permanent display in the Bradman museum in Bowral.

Great result and great conversation I'm having with myself here.

Thats an awesome result, it's been unreal to see they way so many people have rallied to assist in whatever capacity they can

[ledge]

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My old cricket club (Sydenham/Hillside)has organised a 20/20 game with the football team (Sharks) as a fund raiser.
One of the most amazing things about Australian people is when the going gets tough the tough get going.

[The Underdog]

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These fires have been an unmitigated tragedy from a human, wildlife and long term climate effect. I'm not sure we'll really have a handle on what it all means for a while yet. The fact that all of this has happened and we're not even half way through January is terrifying, given Feb / March has often been the most worrying bushfire period.
I live in what would be termed a high risk fire area (in the Dandenongs, literally with a forest on the other side of my road), so I've certainly been watching what's going on with an amount of fear and empathy. What worries me is that the kind of fires that have always felt like a probability where I live, now almost feel inevitable. So much so, that after 15 years here I've considered selling, something I have no real other desire to do for personal and financial reasons.
It also worries me that if this is a new pattern, at what point does the fatigue kick in? It's been wonderful that so many people have found a way to raise money and give to the cause, but if it continues for 2 more months, what then? Also what about next year and the year after that?
It also seems that while people are happy to give money, time and shelter (which is brilliant), we don't politically or culturally seem to have the capacity to have a nuanced conversation about what to do going forward to mitigate these disasters. There's a lot of factors going into this, but I don't have much faith that we can get to a point where we can make large scale change.

[Sedat]

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There's a lot of factors going into this, but I don't have much faith that we can get to a point where we can make large scale change.

Your post really resonates - thank you for posting, and hopefully you and your communiry can stay safe.

Your last sentence in particular struck a chord. The politicising of this tragedy, while people are still fighting tooth and nail to protect their homes and lives, has shown the absolute worst of humanity. Wealthy people who are donating enormous sums of money to bushfire relief are being criticized by some people, who have an obsessive and unhealthy single point focus on the one issue (out of many divergent factors that have contributed to the extent of these fires). Meanwhile other people are pretending these fires are a standard summer occurance and it is business as usual.

It is almost impossible to avoid these dangerous and damaging extremes of perspective on both sides of the spectrum, but hopefully we can all try and focus on those that need help until such time as they and their homes are out of danger. The time for measured critical analysis will come in due course. Stay safe Woofers.

[Bornadog]

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Really worth a listen

[westdog54]

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These fires have been an unmitigated tragedy from a human, wildlife and long term climate effect. I'm not sure we'll really have a handle on what it all means for a while yet. The fact that all of this has happened and we're not even half way through January is terrifying, given Feb / March has often been the most worrying bushfire period.
I live in what would be termed a high risk fire area (in the Dandenongs, literally with a forest on the other side of my road), so I've certainly been watching what's going on with an amount of fear and empathy. What worries me is that the kind of fires that have always felt like a probability where I live, now almost feel inevitable. So much so, that after 15 years here I've considered selling, something I have no real other desire to do for personal and financial reasons.
It also worries me that if this is a new pattern, at what point does the fatigue kick in? It's been wonderful that so many people have found a way to raise money and give to the cause, but if it continues for 2 more months, what then? Also what about next year and the year after that?
It also seems that while people are happy to give money, time and shelter (which is brilliant), we don't politically or culturally seem to have the capacity to have a nuanced conversation about what to do going forward to mitigate these disasters. There's a lot of factors going into this, but I don't have much faith that we can get to a point where we can make large scale change.

As a copper, the Dandenongs terrify me during fire season.

Vicpol was once tasked with drafting a plan for a full scale evacuation of the Dandenongs in the event of a bushfire.

The answer: it wasn't possible.

If a fire gets going on a hot, humid, windy day, God help anyone in its path.

In short, on fire danger days, have your phone charged and your car fueled.

I'm in Bacchus Marsh and we did a bit of a dry run when a fire got going not far from us recently. We were never in any danger but it was good to show the kids what we might need them to do.

[Eastdog]

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https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/melbourne-chokes-as-bushfire-smoke-settles-over-the-city/news-story/6672cd7d9e78c10974a696136ef34ab5

Melbourne chokes as bushfire smoke settles over the city
JANUARY 14, 2020 9:31AM

Melbourne has been plunged into a smoky darkness this morning after haze from the ongoing bushfires left the city with the second worst air pollution in the world.
The hashtag #MelbourneSmoke went viral as thousands of people took to social media to address the grim pollution and encouraged others to not leave home without P2 masks.

The bushfire smoke is so bad that hundreds of fire alarms have been activated across the city.






The state’s Environmental Protection Authority issued a warning to locals earlier today as the CBD recorded hazardous levels of fine particles in the air from 12am to 4am this morning.

The EPA categorised it as very poor, with the air quality later hitting hazardous.

Calm conditions across the state caused the smoke to settle and move into towns at the foot of valleys.


Air quality forecasts for Geelong, Latrobe Valley, Melbourne, central region, all of Gippsland and the north central region are all listed as hazardous today by the EPA.

The Bureau of Meteorology also issued a warning to Victorians, especially relating to driving safely after smoke caused visibility to drop.


The air will be very poor in the northeast and poor in the northern country.


When one Victorian local asked authorities on “any recommendations where one could take the family to in Melbourne where the smoke condition isn’t as bad”, they instead warned him air quality was “poor to hazardous across the state”.

Firefighters also spent the night being called out to fire alarms triggered by the smoke haze.

The MFB told radio station 3AW on a normal night crews would attend about 20 false alarms, but overnight they were called out to about 200, but each had to be treated as a potential fire.

Those with heart and respiratory issues are being told to keep out of the smoke, but even healthy people are being warned to stay inside.

Sixteen fires are still burning and 1.4 million hectares has been destroyed across the state.

Slightly calmer weather forecast is allowing firefighters to try to build containment lines, while military personnel are working to make isolated towns accessible by road.

But the Victorian capital isn’t the only place in Australia to be hit by hazardous air.

Canberra has also spent most of 2020 in the top 10 of cities with the world’s most hazardous air as smoke from surrounding bushfires covered the city.

Sydney has also been hit, with bushfire smoke causing fire alarms in the city’s office buildings to go off on a particularly bad day late last year.

And Brisbane, Perth and Hobart have all experienced hazy days.

[Twodogs]

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As a copper, the Dandenongs terrify me during fire season.

Vicpol was once tasked with drafting a plan for a full scale evacuation of the Dandenongs in the event of a bushfire.

The answer: it wasn't possible.

If a fire gets going on a hot, humid, windy day, God help anyone in its path.

In short, on fire danger days, have your phone charged and your car fueled.

I'm in Bacchus Marsh and we did a bit of a dry run when a fire got going not far from us recently. We were never in any danger but it was good to show the kids what we might need them to do.

I heard a bushfire warning for the 'Western suburbs of Melbourne" last week. All of a sudden my phone started to hum and I was told to either put my bushfire emergency evac plan into action or bunker down. I LIVE IN YARRAVILLE!!!!!

[Eastdog]

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I heard a bushfire warning for the 'Western suburbs of Melbourne" last week. All of a sudden my phone started to hum and I was told to either put my bushfire emergency evac plan into action or bunker down. I LIVE IN YARRAVILLE!!!!!

Yeah it has been a crazy season.

EPA website https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/

Footscray air quality very poor
Air quality in Box Hill poor - was hazardous there overnight

Goodness knows how bad it is where the fires are in the country.

[Twodogs]

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Yeah it has been a crazy season.

EPA website https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/

Footscray air quality very poor
Air quality in Box Hill poor - was hazardous there overnight

Goodness knows how bad it is where the fires are in the country.

Barkly street in Footscray is virtually cradled by the high rises in the western part of the CBD. This morning I stood in Barkly street outside Franco Cozzo's and couldn't see the high rise towers. That's insane. They are like a kilometre away.

[Eastdog]

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Barkly street in Footscray is virtually cradled by the high rises in the western part of the CBD. This morning I stood in Barkly street outside Franco Cozzo's and couldn't see the high rise towers. That's insane. They are like a kilometre away.

Insane low visibility.

[Twodogs]

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Insane low visibility.

It's a bit better today but I have never seen anything like yesterday-that was insane.