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Old 02-20-2009, 05:38 AM   #11
Variol (Farseer) Elmwood
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Default Re: Update from Australia SVP

Thanks for the link Wellard; it is a heck of a way to wake up though..
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Old 02-21-2009, 08:24 AM   #12
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One of the many problems is people leaving at the last moment, for decades the government have warned time and time again the dangers of trying to run away at the last moment. People just do not understand the speed of fires like these and that the fires can outrun a car traveling on a windy road with poor visibility. Usually many of these small villages have just one road out, the Australian bush is so vast and unlike other big countries like the USA / Canada it is empty away from the coastline.
it is sadly what you call a firestorm. I didnt realize that word even existed till this event.
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