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And speaking of Psychologists, the more I talk to people, family, neighbours et al. the more I realise that the general community could be needing the same as those participating.
Persons not directly impacted by this disastrous event seem down in the dumps & withdrawn when they discuss it & generally cannot fathom the magnitude of it all. If you are Australian born it appears even worse.
I do hope there is no psychological flow - on effect & it certainly is not over yet.
Just sayin'
The fires join to create a mega fire
Authorities urge residents not to be complacent as ‘mega blaze’ forms
Ever thought they just don't want to discuss it, and are just too polite to tell you to go away?Quote:
Originally Posted by 4bee
And now some good news. About time.
Rainfall in parched Hunter Valley 'best in years', sees dry Moonan Brook surge back to life - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
More good news. The Eyre hwy. reopens.
Eyre Highway reopens after bushfires force closure for 12 days - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
VALE Dick Lang.
Vale – Dick LangMost people will be aware that Dick Lang and his son lost their lives in the Kangaroo Island bushfires. Dick along with his wife Helen were pioneers of the outback travel industry and especially outback air tourism. They were at the forefront of ecotourism and for a number of years ran safaris in both Australia and Africa. He will be missed by all in the bush. Condolences to all the Lang family.
from the last RC
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Land and fuel managementPrescribed burning is one of the main tools for fire management on public land. It cannot prevent bushfire, but itdecreases fuel loads and so reduces the spread and intensity of bushfires. By reducing the spread and intensityof bushfires, it also helps protect flora and fauna. Ironically, maintaining pristine forests untouched by fuel reductioncan predispose those forests to greater destruction in the event of a bushfire.About 7.7 million hectares of public land in Victoria is managed by DSE. This area includes national parks, stateforests and reserves, of which a large portion is forested and prone to bushfire. DSE burns only 1.7 per cent(or 130,000 hectares) of this public land each year. This is well below the amount experts and previous inquirieshave suggested is needed to reduce bushfire and environmental risks in the long term.
CBA buys Warne's baggy green cap, money goes to the Red Cross bushfire appeal. $ 1 million.
CBA buys Warne's baggy green for $1 million | The New Daily
Now, the not so good news. The Megafire threatens Blue mountain towns. The town of Kiandra stood for 140 years. Now it's gone.
Raging winds create a fresh megafire as Blue Mountains towns come under threat | The New Daily Raging winds create a NSW megafire
Just on the intensity subject, I was in the Perth hills a few years ago and we had to deliver something to a burned out area.
It was evident that it was a cool fire as the trees were not damaged , yet there were several houses burnt out .
My thoughts then were that it is much better to stay and fight embers if the fire is only an understory fire .
You don't have much hope in a top fire however , but I remember when I first went to Melbourne there was a big top fire in the Dandenongs and yet among the rows of burnt out houses in Emerald AFAIR there would still be one or two undamaged, and usually a small wooden house which defied understanding.
The common understanding then was that a top fire "storm" exhausted all the oxygen at ground level and you died of asphyxiation.
Regards PhilipA