Thread: Queensland bushfires.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The conditions were so bad that people were told it was impossible to protect their properties and they either left or died. Easy choice, I think.

Yes and no.....be interested in the stats after the fires are out I.e. how many stayed v how many died

I read one new report they were in dis-belief at the number of cars heading into gracemere......do you reckon they thought for a second that some/most of these people were probably heading in for loved ones, I know if my kids were at school or somebody was at home than I would want to check......before everybody says trust emergency services, pretty sure it was a senior policemen said it’s impossible to door knock every house. That would be good enough for me to personally check on my loved ones.

This is more common then people think fire and police cannot force people to go I have experienced this in Victoria and Queensland and when you tell them that if they stay they may very well be on there own they say ok I'll ring triple O if I need help what do you say I just scratch my head in disbelief. In Queensland a property owners can deny fire fighters access to their property.

We decided to out in the St Patrick’s day fire. Impossible to fight a fire at 10pm with 140kph winds & a bluegum plantation alight.

We saw the fire start from the fallen power pole 3km away & only had time to grab phones & wallets and go. A burn over is certainly not a pleasant experience.

The risky thing is the adrenaline rush and the emotional trauma of your belongings burning that is really dangerous as you might take unnecessary risks trying to save distressed livestock etc that will cost you your life doing so.

It's still 30° here in Rockhampton at 10:30 lots of smoke around but the wind has gone from gusts of 80km/h to next to nothing so hopefully it gives the fire fighters a good chance to get it contained before it hits Gracemere.

Gracemere saved so that's good but other areas evacuated and still 200 fires.

I see the remaining people finally left Baffle Creek/Deepwater overnight, so that's good.
If you know the Deepwater National Park you'd know it's densely forested with tracks meandering through the trees, so it's a hot fire environment and the flames would race across the treetops, so it's not a place where a house could be defended, I believe.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Heading your way Bearman. Where are you these days, Mr Debruiser?
Take care, everybody.

So far all good in my area Ian. The big ones are up the Pioneer valley and south of here.

Still pretty hairy up there, judging from the news. Stay safe and leave early folks.