not_an_eloi
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In response to twinkles**stars

on ‎24-10-2013 08:25 PM

 

 

that's not technically correct, but the guy's a legend

 

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/19532564/retired-firefighter-killed-in-light-plane-crash/

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twinkles**stars
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In response to not_an_eloi

on ‎24-10-2013 08:30 PM

That's another one on his way back from the fires.

 

 

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mtnlane
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In response to not_an_eloi

on ‎24-10-2013 08:30 PM

NAE - that article relates to both losses.   The pilot who was lost out of Ulladulla (David Black) was reported to have been flying water bomb missions whereas Mr Brereton was transporting supplies to the firefighters.

 

Both huge losses Smiley Sad

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crystal-gems
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In response to monman12

on ‎24-10-2013 09:45 PM

Monman,, the Defence Force's deputy  acknowledged and apologised today for starting the fire.

The fallout from this is going to be interesting.

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spotweldersfriend
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on ‎24-10-2013 10:35 PM

Friendly fire.
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fourandsixpants
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‎25-10-2013 05:16 AM - edited ‎25-10-2013 05:20 AM

So, the defence dept admits to starting one fire.....5 children are being charged for starting some........

 

.....who or what started the remaining of the total 90+ bush fires, all burning at the same time,  in a 'cluster formation, along the coastline in NSW recently?

 

 ....rot and rhubarb that global warming hot spots occured here!.....why didn't the global warming event (to those that postulate that this was cause) occur further inland-where the grasslands, pastures and bush floor environ is much drier and denser???

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freakiness
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In response to fourandsixpants

on ‎25-10-2013 10:49 AM

@paintsew007 wrote:

So, the defence dept admits to starting one fire.....5 children are being charged for starting some........

 

.....who or what started the remaining of the total 90+ bush fires, all burning at the same time,  in a 'cluster formation, along the coastline in NSW recently?

 

 ....rot and rhubarb that global warming hot spots occured here!.....why didn't the global warming event (to those that postulate that this was cause) occur further inland-where the grasslands, pastures and bush floor environ is much drier and denser???

Who said global warming events started the fires?

Did they not say climate change will increase the severity of bushfires?

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the_great_she_elephant
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In response to freakiness

on ‎25-10-2013 11:02 AM

Nobody has ever postulated that Global warming CAUSED any of these fires? Global warming does not Trigger bush fires, it creates conditions which make it much easier for them to be triggered and more intense and extensive when they are triggered.

NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner said in a statement published in The West Australian yesterday: "Never before have we seen the extent of damage and destruction and wide-scale fire activity at this time of year. It is indicative of unseasonably dry hot conditions that have been building now throughout winter and Spring."