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appalachiablue

(41,131 posts) Tue Dec 31, 2019, 04:00 PM Dec 2019

AU Bushfires Emergency: 'Apocalypse,' 'Gates of Hell,' Flames Rip Through Towns, Evacuation

Australia ABC News; Dec. 31, 2019. (8 mins.).

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AU Bushfires Emergency: 'Apocalypse,' 'Gates of Hell,' Flames Rip Through Towns, Evacuation (Original Post) appalachiablue Dec 2019 OP

Map of SE Australia appalachiablue Dec 2019 #1

Kinda like yuiyoshida Dec 2019 #2

Yup, real serious stuff in dangerous times. Good to see you! appalachiablue Dec 2019 #3

I read that CA flew firefighters/firefighting equipment to Oz to help, immediately after getting ancianita Jan 2020 #8

Has Captain Dumbass told them how they can prevent forest fires, Blue_true Dec 2019 #4

Jesus, it just gets worse every year. What a tragedy. catbyte Dec 2019 #5

The tragedy goes deep. Aussie105 Dec 2019 #6

The only graphic that mattered in 2019. Gumboot Dec 2019 #7

appalachiablue

(41,131 posts)

1. Map of SE Australia

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 04:07 PM

Dec 2019

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

2. Kinda like

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 04:23 PM

Dec 2019

whats happening in California...

appalachiablue

(41,131 posts)

3. Yup, real serious stuff in dangerous times. Good to see you!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 04:25 PM

Dec 2019

ancianita

(36,053 posts)

8. I read that CA flew firefighters/firefighting equipment to Oz to help, immediately after getting

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 1, 2020, 09:33 AM

Jan 2020

CA fires under control. Firefighting can't expand and move fast enough these days.

Glad you're back from hell, Yo, and hope each day moves you faster toward healing.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

4. Has Captain Dumbass told them how they can prevent forest fires,

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 07:08 PM

Dec 2019

while he keeps his head shoved firmly up his ass on the reality of climate change?

catbyte

(34,382 posts)

5. Jesus, it just gets worse every year. What a tragedy.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 07:55 PM

Dec 2019

Aussie105

(5,395 posts)

6. The tragedy goes deep.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 10:40 PM

Dec 2019

The firefighters are mostly volunteers.

Young blokes, doing the hero thing.

A few have been killed, leaving behind young families.

Government talking heads do the 'thoughts and prayers' bit, but to go a bit deeper:

Life insurance: If you have some, does it cover getting killed fighting local wildfires?

Honestly, time to get serious, Australia. Paid service ($1K per day?) for the fire fighters, automatic health and life insurance cover for those that are injured or die on the job.

The problem of wildfires is no longer a job for a few enthusiastic locals.

'Thoughts and prayers' just doesn't cover it.

Gumboot

(531 posts)

7. The only graphic that mattered in 2019.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 11:08 PM

Dec 2019

That giant USA-sized hot-spot on the Earth's surface is going to cause serious knock-on effects, way beyond the thousands of tons of particulates released into the upper atmosphere, trapping ever more heat.

Remember, the Australian summer is only just getting started, and it's already hotter than downtown Phoenix in July.

My heart breaks for all those good folks (and poor unfortunate animals) caught up in this hellscape, while their right-wing-nut-job government does absolutely nothing.

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