a media shot of our fires here atm

gus

I find the scale of the flames almost beyond belief. They appear to be hundreds of feet high.

The photo is gone but there is a video link if anyone is interested.

Andy

:yikes

wxwax

Damn confusing having them measure the damage in hectares.

rahmonster

Thats really really not good. We have been pretty lucky so far this season....Haven't had fires really in this region. This great land of ours...If its not drought, its flooding. If its not flooding, its burning.

nokout3839

Humungus wrote:

I find the scale of the flames almost beyond belief. They appear to be hundreds of feet high.

One of the fires is under an hour from where I live, but they have all the roads closed so no getting in for piccies. The one near me is out now so Im going to try and head up there this arvo.

Some of the areas are still going and theres a lot of fuel around too, too give a sense of scale I heard the front on one fire is aprox 70Km (Bout 50mile I think)


Cheers

gus

wxwax wrote:

Damn confusing having them measure the damage in hectares.

100 ha = 220 acres.

Metric will win in the end you know that dont you. Mate i can still talk rods & chains growing up with my father.

Funny though...i can convert anything easily in my head either way but when it comes to rainfall i still have to swing back to inches & points to understand.

gus

nokout3839 wrote:

One of the fires is under an hour from where I live, but they have all the roads closed so no getting in for piccies. The one near me is out now so Im going to try and head up there this arvo.

Some of the areas are still going and theres a lot of fuel around too, too give a sense of scale I heard the front on one fire is aprox 70Km (Bout 50mile I think)


Cheers

Sneak in at night...best time to shoot it. Its been a hot summer down south.

flyingdutchie

Humungus wrote:

100 ha = 220 acres.

Metric will win in the end you know that dont you. Mate i can still talk rods & chains growing up with my father.

Funny though...i can convert anything easily in my head either way but when it comes to rainfall i still have to swing back to inches & points to understand.

I'm living in the USA now for a while, but still i have to do a lot of calculations to get my measures right.

Questions:
1. how many inches are in a quarter of a mile?
versus:
2. how many centimeters are in a quarter of a kilometer?

Answers:
1. eh uh.. euhhh.. mmmmmmm ...lemme think
12 times 3 times euuhh.. how many yards in a mile?
Let's google it: "inches in a quarter of a mile" --> 15840 inches.
Thank you google!
2. 100*1000 / 4 = 25.000

gus

flyingdutchie wrote:

I'm living in the USA now for a while, but still i have to do a lot of calculations to get my measures right.

Questions:
1. how many inches are in a quarter of a mile?
versus:
2. how many centimeters are in a quarter of a kilometer?

Answers:
1. eh uh.. euhhh.. mmmmmmm ...lemme think
12 times 3 times euuhh.. how many yards in a mile?
Let's google it: "inches in a quarter of a mile" --> 15840 inches.
Thank you google!
2. 100*1000 / 4 = 25.000

Without the google i would have said 36 inches in a yard & 400 yards in 1/4 mile Thus 36x400

luckydog

Gus,

I've been watching these fire developments for a while. I was at the Central Coast fires over New years day and I saw flame height of at least forty metres high and not only is it an awesome and deadly sight but the noise that comes with a fire storm is amazing!
I was actually wondering about a few of our DGRIN folk like Nokout,Aussiebluey, Skippy and the rest since they were near these fires in Vic and SA.

As for sneaking in to get photos...Well all I can say is this.

1. Be aware that even though a fire may well be out it can re-ignite.
2. The area will be patrolled for days to come by firefighters, Nat. Parks and Wildlife etc to watch for re-ignition, hot spots and also arsonists. Fire bugs like to revisit the areas to gaze upon their work and sometimes finish the job, So you may be approached by authorities if seen.
3. Safety!!! Burnt out trees and limbs are notorious for falling down days after a fire has past (I've seen it) and people HAVE been killed. Angophoras are known as widowmakers for this very reason, so if you do go into the burnt areas be very very careful.

Sorry for the rant but it's my job (be it voluntary)

Skippy

Fires Close To Me
Hey there.... those fires were visible from my place across the bay, I saw this towering pillow of smoke rising into the sky and pulled over to the side of the road so I could look back....... my parents live in that direction but I could see from the hill it was further back.

The smoke blocked out the sun, and this morning I noticed I have ashes in my yard and in the dog/bird drinking bowls.

Some of the folks I work with have lost stock, and one lady who rung in to say she wasn't coming to work was still hoping to find her horses alive, hoping they managed to just run away...... I am sure we will find out more tomorrow.

Unfortunately they predict more of the same kinda heat by Thursday, which will probably trigger off more fires..... lets hope we get rain and heaps of it before it ever reaches those temperatures.

May we never see another Ash Wednesday again, the loss of human lives that day was unbelievable.............Skippy (Australia)

luckydog wrote:

Gus,

I've been watching these fire developments for a while. I was at the Central Coast fires over New years day and I saw flame height of at least forty metres high and not only is it an awesome and deadly sight but the noise that comes with a fire storm is amazing!
I was actually wondering about a few of our DGRIN folk like Nokout,Aussiebluey, Skippy and the rest since they were near these fires in Vic and SA.

As for sneaking in to get photos...Well all I can say is this.

1. Be aware that even though a fire may well be out it can re-ignite.
2. The area will be patrolled for days to come by firefighters, Nat. Parks and Wildlife etc to watch for re-ignition, hot spots and also arsonists. Fire bugs like to revisit the areas to gaze upon their work and sometimes finish the job, So you may be approached by authorities if seen.
3. Safety!!! Burnt out trees and limbs are notorious for falling down days after a fire has past (I've seen it) and people HAVE been killed. Angophoras are known as widowmakers for this very reason, so if you do go into the burnt areas be very very careful.

Sorry for the rant but it's my job (be it voluntary)

nokout3839

Hey there.... those fires were visible from my place across the bay, I saw this towering pillow of smoke rising into the sky and pulled over to the side of the road so I could look back....... my parents live in that direction but I could see from the hill it was further back.

Good to hear from you, are your parents in the anakie area or peninsula?

May we never see another Ash Wednesday again, the loss of human lives that day was unbelievable.............Skippy

You got that right, she was a bit hairy down our way, my uncle was very lucky to only lose 20 odd acres.

Cheers