Posted on 12/30/2019 10:38:07 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
THOUSANDS of people who were warned to flee an Aussie town are trapped on the beach ready to jump into the sea to escape the deadly bushfires.
Around 4,000 people are still in Mallacoota, in Victoria in the south east of the country which is battling terrifying infernos sparked by a record-breaking 40C heatwave, authorities said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
“Reports like this made me wonder exactly how hot 40 deg. C actually is- and I looked on my thermometer to get a conversion, and I was blown away- 40 C is 104 F. SMOKING!”
Big deal. When I visited Fort Worth in the summer of 2018 it was 115 degrees.
No, I would think British firemen wouldn’t have much experience with forest/brush fires. Plus it is about as far away as you can be on the planet.
The USA and Canada, very much so. Still, Australia’s a long way away, catty-corner across the Pacific ocean. People can fly, but they’d be better if they had their equipment, which might not be as easily transported.
We need to get Scoldilocks to go to Australia and berate the fires.
Yeah, but it’s a dry heat.
That’s not unusual for Australia in the Summer. Today is the equivalent of July 1st for them.
I was stationed in Australia during the 1981-3 drought. Lots of bush fires then. 75 people killed in one fire. Terrible dust storms and fires. Lucky for me I was in the desert where bush fires are rare. But the heat and dust storms—crikey! Like the end of the world.
From your linkk:
“Pyro-cumulonimbus clouds have developed to altitudes over 16km in East #Gippsland this afternoon.”
16K is over 52,000 feet. The downdraft coming off a 52,000’ tall thunderhead would be hurricane force.
The Western Desert lives and breathes at forty-five degrees
They probably would stay in the shade but, unfortunately, the fire is burning down anything that may cast a shadow. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Arizona, New Mexico, 104 degrees is nothing ::spit::, they are all losers and wimps down under, right???
I'm thinking that 104 degrees is probably a lot hotter with a wall of smoke and flames chasing you out of your house and to the coast.
Keyboard warriors...
Did you read the article about the great fires of Australia in 1822? The aboriginals have using fire to “cultivate” the continent for millennia. They have a bird that uses fire to flush out food. Australian fires it would seem have nothing to do with global warming, or Western Civilization for that matter. But our corrupt media would have us believe otherwise.
One would think they’d have sent boats and helicopters. There are islands very close to make quick drops. There are many tour boats that could shuttle people across to the islands but those have vegetation and likely to catch fire but it might buy time. A cruise ship would carry the entire population if one were nearby but it’d take ferrying them over as they probably don’t have moorings for one.
The beaches have more vegetation than sand so that’s not good.
Fire or sharks. And the fire may be sending deadly snakes their way. Which way do you want to go?
If these people jump in the water they have to deal with the stingers, salt-water crocs and the water snakes. 104 degrees? Here where I live on the edge of the Sonora desert, we get months of 100-115 with no respite. What’s the big deal??? Toughen-up snowflakes!
Their Navy can’t evacuate 4,000 people?
If you scroll down far enough you’ll come upon this...
Two Years Before the Mast
Richard H. Dana, Jr.
...along with the text of the book.
104 is a balmy day in Texas. In 1980 (before globull warming), I spent days in front of the fridge wrapped in nothing but a wet towel when it was 116.
2011 had 100 days over 100 degrees. Towns were running out of drinking water. There were wildfires with one a mile from our house.
Here is a pdf link to the book..
https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/content/books/ebooks/two-years-before-the-mast.pdf
Does sand burn?
I just posted another reply on the same subject you may find interesting. Have a great day !
[I just posted another reply on the same subject you may find interesting. Have a great day !]
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.