Aussie fires

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[–]FormosaOolong 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's the gorram end times!

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Those damn indigenous firebirds!

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[–]CookieFan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Just for perspective...

The Ash Wednesday bushfires were a series of fires that tore through south-eastern Australia on 16 February, 1983. On a hot, unrelenting dry day more than 180 fires caused widespread destruction across South Australia and Victoria in just twelve hours. In Victoria, 47 people died and in South Australia, 28 died.

The trees excrete highly flammable oils, the natural cycle of the bush is to burn. The trouble is that we get in the way.

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

there should be regular, controlled fires, to deplete the 'fuel'. when this is not done, uncontrolled fires start up

[–]CookieFan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's right!

[–]wrongthink 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Australia is lit