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@chameleon54 wrote:
The Adelaide hills are a worry. This region recieved more rain this year and there is a huge bulk of dry material that would allow for catastrophic fires under heat wave conditions. Both local and state governments have been negligent in not doing more to mitigate the risk on public land.
Unfortunately that's always going to be a big concern in some areas considering where they've built their
homes,(I used to dread delivering furniture in the hills because some of the "blocks" were in precarious
positions on the side of the hills and everything from below was at an angle upwards and had high grass
growing on it).
Once a fire starts in the lower areas it just goes straight up the hills and there is generally plenty of fuel to
start it and to keep it going on most private land areas as well,(public opinion will always blame Governments
for not doing enough but they can only do so much and they may have just gotten to the point where they
are going to get blamed anyway.
They may have been doing fire prevention elsewhere as the hills have always been a problem area and
access can be difficult yet people continue to build there).
We went through there last year in summer and a lot of paddocks had dry grass over 2 foot high for miles
along that journey,(especially through the older areas).
If you choose to build or live in a high risk fire prone area then it's their choice,
