thegirlwhocrieddave said about 6 years ago or at 5:19PM on Tuesday, September 19 2006 in chat
they're everywhere. already.
maroopner, healsville, grand ridge, carrum downs, warnambool, pipers creek, kyneton...
shit is going to burn this year. guarunteed.
dunks head in fishpond
details?
BUSHFIRE! BUSHFIRE!
yeap, they predicted that yonks ago....even england has bush fires this year !!!
the world is farked.
details anyone? i know people in those towns and just trying to figure out whether i should be stressing or not?
how is you stressing going to stop them getting a bushfire ?
news
that's not everywhere. that's victoria
maybe check the age, the suits....
horse, how are insensitvie comments like that going to help ?
nsw is pretty bad too.
not muc is happening in tasmania, you're right.
good point. still wouldn't mind knowing though.
who said i was trying to help ?
the world is farked.
But at least we know that cigarettes and alcohol can cause cancer!
d00d!!!
nice attitude.
where is thomasr when we need his firefighting skills.
i used to be a ranger firey, i don't know if i could save your children, but if there is a troubled kangaroo i'll know what to do. just let me know suits!
oh man thats pretty scary aye! i hope the animools don't get hurt .
BBQ possum............
fucking arsonists! why would someone do this shit?!
clearly lighting anything right now is going to end badly. killing a fireman is a very good example of this.
this shit makes me so angry.
I'm glad as shit my sister & fam no longer live in the bush.
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i think my neighbours are starting one in their backyard.. but it kinda smells like weed... nah, it can't be.. they're old and italian..... does leaves burning smell like weed?
or maybe it's their fireplace?
Maybe...
some old boy in a pub once said to me that most bush fires were started by members of the CFA, is that utter bollocks?
CFA firefighter major suspect in Marysville inferno
EXCLUSIVE
Police are on the verge of a major breakthrough in the investigation into the Marysville Black Saturday fires that left 38 people dead and thousands homeless.
Detectives have secretly questioned a member of the Country Fire Authority who is now being treated as the major suspect for lighting the blaze.
Detectives from Taskforce Phoenix's Operation Groove have found where the fire was lit and initially identified a small number of suspects.
But the investigation is now centred on the CFA suspect, who has been questioned and released pending further inquiries.
Detectives are increasingly confident they are on the verge of an arrest.
Police say the fire was lit when conditions were at their worst - about 2.30pm on February 7 as temperatures soared well above 40 degrees - near the abandoned Murrindindi sawmill, south of Yea.
Taskforce investigators into the Marysville blaze, codenamed Groove, has found evidence to suggest the Marysville, Narbethong and Murrundindi fires all started from one source then spotted to separate blazes. Official figures show 34 people died in Marysville and four at Narbethong.
This month, Assistant Commissioner (Crime) Dannye Moloney made it clear police were closing in on their suspect.
''We know the fire was deliberately lit and we want to apprehend and prosecute the persons responsible,'' he said
''We are looking at some strong leads that indicate certain behaviours and we intend to pursue those, but of course we need the community to give us the information to help us support that.
''We would like to hear from people who were in any of the camping areas, trail bike riding, or who were in the vicinity of Wilhelmina Falls Road on the day,'' he said.
It's certainly happened in the past. My parents often talk about a bloke they knew in the Hunter who would start fires then go home to wait for the call to come put them out.
Why is no one posting about the royal commission?
Because I am shocked at some of the things I am hearing from the honchos. But I am loathe to post thoughts as many know where I am coming from, so it wouldn't be appropriate.
great post
EMERGENCY WARNING for Cann River-Lower Tonghi Effective: 12/01/10 03:45:00 PM Expires: 12/01/10 04:45:00 PM see CFA website or the age
Anyone else read the Royal Commission report?
nope - too sad. this year the predicted locust plagues will eat any tinder out there so there'll be no fire fuel - unless biosecurity drench every farm in locust killing chemicals.
poor bambi
3rd anniversary today.
Excellent doco on ABC last night made by a Strathewen local: Then The Wind Changed
Watched the doco, also read [http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/book/kinglake-350](Kinglake 350) last year.
Doh, this Kinglake 350
Thoughts going out to taswegians today, those fires are horrifying. i've got a few friends down there preparing to evacuate their properties. fingers crossed.
The bushfires in New South Wales looks horrible on TV. Fucking hell.
Amazing photos here. Front page on the Guardian, barely a blip on The Australian front page.
Was on the ABC news, I also saw the report directly from the family and the ABC helicopter flying to pick up the father from his bushwalking trip.