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I have had my say on this, I will not go any further than to say that the greater amount of fuel on the forest floor = hotter and more intense fires. Some areas that were burnt in 2003 still have no re-growth owing to the intense heat developed. It made some areas sterile and the only regowth is of seeds blown in.
If I go any further I will say something I shouldn't.
End of story from me.
Should be fixed now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus
I originally went in through the RFS restricted site, redirected the link to the public site so should work OK now (hopefully)
Martyn
nope still prompting for password...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushie
cheers,
Thanx Bushie, the link worked for me just now.
Yesterdays sat photos are here:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?Australia6
and this morning it's still very smoky here.... haze and smells like a campfire.
Stevo
I thought this was one of the best maps to show extent of the fires. clearly show the fire fronts and areas burnt
http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/...0700_11731.jpg
You can zoom in a bit using the icon on bottom rhs
Maybe we should let the cattle back into the high country so they can eat the dead wood all over the forest floor.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
ive just been outside and its 38.5 c wow id hate to be near those fires:eek:
well we're home (and in one piece)
loooong weekend lots of heat, lots of smoke (lots of preparation work) and no actual fire (thank god)
the predicted winds never hit us so the fire stayed up in the hills and we were just drowned in smoke
we had few light breezes start up and the call go out immediate fire threat (that's when they pull out the dse dozers ect) but thankfully the breeze just died again (and the dozers came back)
I've never seen it so still for so long (a blessing for most)
we had the DSE graders in and cut heaps of breaks at the farm and my brother had the dozers in up at his house (up the hills) cutting breaks also (the dozers worked all night in the hills)
they started back burning about 1/2 a km from his house last night, the back burn fire was threatening to break the containment lines a few times (that had him worried) but appears all good (for now)
from early sat morning to late last night
800kms driving 25hrs hard work 2 hrs sleep and now I'm stuffed
with the current weather they say the big threat is off briagolong till Thursday
fingers crossed
thanks for all your good wishes
and a big thanks to all the firefighting personal who leave their own homes, family and property to help others
Jase
Glad to hear you are back in one piece!Quote:
Originally Posted by jase
John
;;;;and the blackberriesQuote:
Originally Posted by D110V8D