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Originally Posted by STEED
Australia burns while a few hours ago thousands of dollars went up in smoke to celebrate the new year, money that was needed to fight fires.  |
Agree 100% talk about bad taste!!
Thankfully a nasty local fire burning out of control for 2 weeks here in S.A. has finally been put out, though it will take a while to smother the remaining burning logs etc, doesn't take much for sparks to be thrown about with wind.
2 firefighters died in this one and quite a few houses lost. (not sure of the final count)
Going for a top of 37 today and 43 here tomorrow, getting kinda sick of it, the trees are showing stress and some of the big ones on our property are leaning over by about 30 to 40 degrees, hope it rains soon but doesn't look like it!!
Not a very nice start to a new year for many people, especially in NSW.
Edit:
NSW fire activity map:
https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-info.../fires-near-me
Victoria and S.A.:
http://www.incidentalert.com.au/iav4/map.php