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Old 02-08-09, 05:19 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by August
Very dry and windy conditions from what i've been reading.
Not wrong... we had a thread a week or so about how there was a few days of temps over 100. Melbourne way ended up with a few of about 110+, as well as hot dry winds coming straight in off of the desert... Bound to happen somewhere. But thats the way this country is.. there've been massive bushfires every year for nearly a hundred thousand years if not more...

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Originally Posted by August
Are you in any danger Baggy?
Not this time round mate, cheers for the concern. lived through the fire in Canberra in 2003, took out more than 500 homes in the capital city. This one's worse although not as large in terms of area, 700+ homes... lives....

I tell you, if it was an arsonist they oughta bring back burning at the stake when they catch him
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