Mt Hotham Fire

[goingbush]

check the live cam,
its just started raining but fire visible & helicopter bombing right now.

Mount Hotham - Summit Video Cam (http://www.mthotham.com.au/mountain/snow/cams/summit.asp)

[DeeJay]

And this rain will miss them too :(

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/33.jpg

[meldrew]

I hope they are okay.

[Gillie]

check the live cam,
its just started raining but fire visible & helicopter bombing right now.

Mount Hotham - Summit Video Cam (http://www.mthotham.com.au/mountain/snow/cams/summit.asp)

sorry,no rain here. What you are seeing on the cams is the snow making machines.

[goingbush]

sorry,no rain here. What you are seeing on the cams is the snow making machines.

No Mate, on the live cam, not the historical views, The rain on the cam was actually from the water bomber, All your going to see on it now was is specs of light from Hotham Village. Have another look tomorrow.

Still burning, time to go

Warnings & Advice (http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/warnings-and-advice/index.html?inUrl=websites_detail_1296968387.html)


Emergency Warning from CFA website

HARRIETVILLE - FEATHERTOP
Mount Hotham, Hotham Heights and Dinner Plain

Effective: 31/01/13 10:11 PM

Expires: 01/02/13 12:15 AM

Incident Information:

There is a large, fast moving bushfire in the Mount Hotham, Hotham Heights and Dinner Plain area. It is traveling in a south easterly direction. Spot fires are already impacting on Hotham Heights Village.

This bushfire is approximately 5000 hectares in size and is out of control, currently creating spot-fires approximately 0.5 km/s ahead.
Relocation is not advisable.
The Great Alpine Road is closed between Harrietville and Dinner Plain. The Dargo High Plains Road is closed between High Plains and Dargo.
Telephone lines may be compromised during this emergency and we recommend that you do not rely on one communication source. It is important that friends and relatives also know to expect telephone disruption in fire affected areas.

[Gillie]

No Mate, on the live cam, not the historical views, The rain on the cam was actually from the water bomber, All your going to see on it now was is specs of light from Hotham Village. Have another look tomorrow.



The water is from the Snow making machines. They have them in operation and it is this that you were seeing. All aircraft including Helicopters were grounded. Pics to come.

[Gillie]

This was around 5 Oclock today

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/11.jpg


this was Last Tuesday at Hotham
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/12.jpg

[Gillie]

this was Last Wednesday At Harrietville. Task force 2640.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/10.jpg

[goingbush]

The water is from the Snow making machines. They have them in operation and it is this that you were seeing. All aircraft including Helicopters were grounded. Pics to come.

good comeback, consider my head formally pulled in, so snow machines running to keep the area wet.

great pics, cheers & good luck !

[Gillie]

"Malcolm" The two water Bombing Choppers went all day everyday pretty much. this is an old dredgehold at Harrietville.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/7.jpg


Just hanging with the Chief! Chief Officer Euan Ferguson visited the fire ground last Saturday at Harrietville.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/01/8.jpg

[Gillie]

Latest report about an hour ago is that the fire is contained around Hotham village and No Losses to Property. It burnt around the slopes mainly and some parts of the village. Now burning slowly toward Slatey cutting!

Fire behaviour should be very slow overnight and there should be some rain tomorrow. Hotham was forecast for Snow on Saturday but I see this doesn't look to be the case though a low of -1 and a frost for Saturday should slow things right up.