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 | W0m6at | | You're in for it now Tony |
| Registered: April 17, 2007 |  Posts: 1,091 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Sidrat: Quote:
It was 46.4ºC here in Melbourne today! It was the hottest day in recorded history for Melbourne, hotter even than Black Friday in 1939. I guess it makes a change from cold, wet and miserable!  I hope it wasn't part of a long heatwave... when you have consecutive days of heat it just seeps into everything and makes cooling even harder.  | | | | Adelaide Movie Buffs (info on special screenings, contests, bargains, etc. relevant to Adelaideans... and contests/bargains for other Aussies too!) |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Sidrat: Quote:
It was 46.4ºC here in Melbourne today! It was the hottest day in recorded history for Melbourne, hotter even than Black Friday in 1939. In fact it's believed to be the hottest Temperature recorded in any Capital City in Australia! Tomorrow is forecast for 24 Degrees; what a relief.  The sad aftermath of these extreme temperatures: "The death toll from Victoria's bushfires has risen to 36 and police have now confirmed 640 homes have been lost." More here. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,592 |
| | Posted: | | | | The death toll is now at 49. On the plus side it's been fairly cool today, with a huge thunderstorm this morning at about 5.30 AM.  | | | In the end; Winning is the only safety.
Kerr Avon
Blakes 7 Series 4, Ep. Blake. |
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| Registered: May 25, 2007 | | Posts: 263 |
| | Posted: | | | | death toll now at 65, expected to rise as high as 125. Brian Nailers wife is one of the confirmed dead, Brian is still unaccounted for. Brian Nailer was a Channel 9 and 7 news reader. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,384 |
| | Posted: | | | | 76 confirmed now. A friend of mine has been fighting fires all round his place this weekend and the cool change has made a welcome appearence.  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,384 |
| | Posted: | | | | Brian Naylor just confimed dead.  He was an excellent news reader.  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,384 |
| | Posted: | | | | 84 Dead |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Looks like it might be worse than the Ash Wednesday fires. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,592 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Telecine: Quote:
Looks like it might be worse than the Ash Wednesday fires. There were 47 lives lost in Victoria and 2,080 homes were burnt during Ash Wednesday fires on February 16 1983, so far in Vic. it's 84 lives and 650 homes. The bushfires of January 13 1939, known as the ‘Black Friday’ fires caused; in Victoria; an area of almost 2 million hectares to be burnt, with 71 people losing their lives. So in terms of lives lost these fires are the worst Australia has ever had. | | | In the end; Winning is the only safety.
Kerr Avon
Blakes 7 Series 4, Ep. Blake. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | It is hard to believe that it could happen again after all the lessons learnt from the Ash Wednesday fires. |
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| W0m6at | | You're in for it now Tony |
| Registered: April 17, 2007 | | Posts: 1,091 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Telecine: Quote:
It is hard to believe that it could happen again after all the lessons learnt from the Ash Wednesday fires. The trouble is, we still allow fuel loads to build right up, especially in built up areas. These systems are designed to burn, but if they burn regularly the fires are far less extreme (and if done during the cooler periods they used to pre-European settlement, they burn out themselves). It makes the tragic loss of lives all the more unfortunate. | | | | Adelaide Movie Buffs (info on special screenings, contests, bargains, etc. relevant to Adelaideans... and contests/bargains for other Aussies too!) |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | The latest count is 108 lives lost. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,592 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's now at 134. | | | In the end; Winning is the only safety.
Kerr Avon
Blakes 7 Series 4, Ep. Blake. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | The death toll has hit 173. |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | My sympathy goes out to all families that have been affected. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | The death toll is now 181. It is expected to rise by at least another 50. |
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