The truth about australia`s bush fires

[Captain Kong]

Here is a very interesting film of why the bush is burning in OZ , NOT CLIMATE CHANGE.
Brian

https://youtu.be/xNRB8SQbVvE

[John Arton]

Interesting Brian.
See on the news Canberra hit by huge hailstorms with golf ball sized hail, floods in Queensland and N.S.W. still not enough to put out all the bushfires, also a huge dust storm, whether it's down to climate change or just part of the natural change in the seasons I cannot comment on.
Rgds
J.A.

[Keith at Tregenna]

The video title is fueling the bushland, doubt if anyone one would disagree
with some of the content but, the truth about australia`s bush fires as the
post title suggests ?

The first comment suggests: We need to start and do something to stop
what’s taking place across Australia, lives and properties shouldn’t be lost.
Time to act now.

Touch wood more will be told officially and action will occur.

K.

[Keith Tindell]

Interesting video Brian, here in UK the forestry commission clear the undergrowth in the plantations, its called Brashing, i realise in OZ the size of the area is too huge for that. Using the guys expression frequently used, where he says fire appliances are locked out and cannot gain access, well thats bull***, fire appliances here, and probably in OZ carry a big key, called a bolt cropper !!!kt

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Brian.
Very Accurate but a little bit biased in his reporting. Although true that the Greens have done things that are stupid, like pushing to stop back burning, they are NOT repeat NOT in Government. The N.S.W. Liberal Govt sacked most of their National parks officers, the blokes who conducted fire breaks, they also stopped farmers from letting their cattle graze in the National Parks, as they were destroying vulnerable fauna and flora, only the Govt of the day could do this. They were more interested in allowing logging companies to strip log; large tracts of Koala inhabited bush land, and they leave a mess with the log stripping left laying around for a good fire.
Ten months ago seven former Bush Fire chiefs wanted the Federal PM to take action and bring down the big water bombers from the States, as they said this year was going to be the worst fire season in our short history, he ignored their advice,in fact he refused o meet them, since then he has tried to get them down here but they are frozen in with the winter snows both in the States and Canada, the need for those planes would have made you weep as I believe it would have saved lives. Since then he has been throwing money around like confetti don't know where it has gone as people who were burnt out months ago are still living in tents, or caravans. The people are still waiting.
Des

[Keith at Tregenna]

I do hope someone will look in to solving any future problems that may occur.

The loss of lives alone needs to be given much thought.


K.

[happy daze john in oz]

The problem is we have state govs all in their own way responsible for what occurs in their state.
Here in Victoria we have for years had the 'Elvis' fire fighting helicopter from USA, not this year.
Our Labor premier said we do not need it, our systems can cope.
But as we now know they could not.

The responsibility for land management lies with various authorities, many which do no communicate with each other.

But for the most of the fires there is little that can be done, when a national park goes up, and unless you have seen one you will have no concept of how big they are, there is little can be done. There are some as big as English counties to give you some idea of what we face.

Lightening strikes in there with dry undergrowth and there is little can be done but let it burn out.

But for much of the Australian flora and Fauna it requires such fires to regenerate. It is not like your average green acreage, it is something very different.

[John Arton]

On the news here they have shown how already there is new growth on trees and new shoots of fauna breaking through the fire ravaged areas.
Rgds
J.A.

[Red Lead Ted]

Well what's all the fuss about, Carry on burning your coal and fossil fuels, But I would have money on more and more extreme fires before the next 12 months. Terry.

[Keith at Tregenna]

I do hope someone will look in to solving any future problems that may occur.

The loss of lives alone needs to be given much thought.

K.

The top priority is to protect lives and ecosystems. But the nation’s leaders must surely realize that they not only need to talk about climate change, but also need to act decisively to reduce the emissions that are driving it.

Australia’s leaders have known for many years that climate change would make bush fires worse. They were warned in an independent report commissioned by the national and state governments in 2008 that from 2020 onwards, fire seasons would start earlier, end later and be more intense.

The Morrison government has to make a choice: does it want Australians to live with fires that are becoming worse than those in the past but which can still be managed to some extent? Or does it want to put citizens at risk of future fire conditions that are even more catastrophic than this season’s? There can be only one answer to this question if the government accepts that its first role is always to protect its citizens and its country.

Instead of arguing with its climate researchers, Australia’s government needs to work with them to accelerate this transition, and to ensure that, as far as possible, lives and livelihoods are protected when change arrives. A country on the front lines of climate change has no other choice.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00152-y