Thread: Hope no one is in the fire area.

Very nasty.
Get out people. Don't stay to fight. Property can be replaced, but we only get one life.

Originally Posted by rover-56

I think DeanoH is.
Hope you're all ok Dean.
Terry

Hi Terry,

All OK here at the southern end of Tynong North at the moment, but only just.

Fortunately for us but very unfortunately for the residents to our East in Garfield Nth, Bunyip Nth, Tonimbuk etc. the wind was from the NW and not the NE.

"There but for the grace of God go I" as the saying goes.

The left (western) flank of the fire is about 2-3 Km north of us near Mill Valley Ranch for those that know the area and running down to the Princess Hwy just north of Bunyip. Had some spotting 'just over the hill' about 1/2 Km to our North. A bit nervous for a while.

The only upside was the free air show. I don't know much about aeroplanes but along with the usual helicopters there was a large 4 engined propeller plane (which I didn't think existed anymore), a four engined jet and a smaller two engined jet with turned up wing tips plus smaller planes at times.

Haven't seen these big planes today so assume they've been deployed further east and working out of Sale. A couple of larger helicopters with bambi buckets have made several flights over this morning.

My thoughts are with those to my east. Whilst bad enough it could have been absolutely catastrophic if the forecast south east weather change wasn't so weak.

Deano

Dean I'm very pleased to hear you are ok, I've been thinking of you. We are just a few km north-east of Drouin, we evacuated last night as the forecast wind was unfavourable for us. Thankfully it didn't eventuate and we returned this morning. We are in an elevated spot with a westerly outlook so our little road has been like Burke street for the past 3 days with rubberneckers, makes us feel very vulnerable to looting so leaving was a difficult decision.
A couple of photos from our front verandah Saturday evening.
fire 2 March 2019 1.jpg

Fires March 2 2019 2.jpg

That is the eastern flank of the fire, about 12-15km west of us, creeping over the hill from Tonimbuk.

Thanks POD,

All OK here.

Here's a couple of pics from my place

1/3/2019 8.19pm looking NE

fire2a.jpg

2/3/2019 12.28pm looking NE

fire3.jpg

2/3/2019 4.24pm looking NNE

fire 1a.jpg


Quietened down substantially now

Deano

Originally Posted by Eevo

thats right bob.
a big fire can create its own weather.
if enough heat breaks though the incline, it forms convection and a thunderstorm. can also form downdrafts and microbursts. dangerous for firefighters

Something out of a horror movie. Just read a news report, anti loggers tied themselves to a logging company's bulldozers and machinery, and so doing, prevented said machinery being used to manage the fires. Now, this probably happened before it all got out of control, but, WTF.

Victorian bushfires: Fears more homes will be lost as intense fires rage across state's east

Worse than Black Saturday. The upside, no loss of life.

Bushfire emergency: Properties and homes lost in eastern Victoria

Nasty.

our brigade in SA is sending 2 firefighters over.
about 100 all up going over tomorrow.