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Power cut to 25,000 homes amid bushfires, dust storms and lightning in SA
Updated about 9 hours ago

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VIDEO: ABC reporter Brittany Evins was travelling in a car near Blanchetown when a dust storm hit. (ABC News)
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More than 10,000 homes and businesses on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula and West Coast were without power after strong winds fanned dust storms and bushfires across the state.


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Spokesman Simon Emms said an automatic shutdown was then triggered, and electricity supply would remain off until crews could safely access the area to inspect the line.

"That won't be restored until [we have] actually been able to go in and inspect the assets, so we're working closely with the CFS," he said.

"We don't expect to find any damage but we've got to do the right thing, we don't want to energise the line if there is damage."

The outage came amid a day of extreme heat and catastrophic bushfire danger, with more than 120 fires breaking out, some of which were sparked by dry lightning.

Country Fire Service (CFS) chief officer Mark Jones said he expected property losses to have occurred as a result of a fire at Keilira near Kingston SE in the state's south-east.

"I am certain there will be buildings affected by that fire. I'm not in possession of any statistics on that yet," he said.

"It has burned over 14,000 hectares. It is believed to have been caused by a dry lightning strike and is running through scrub and grassland.

"As the change comes through, it will change direction with a wide fire front.

"It's extremely difficult to predict what effect the change will have on each of the particular fires."

PHOTO: A lightning strike on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula where a bushfire has broken out. (Supplied: @samanthalodgephotography/Instagram)


More than 600 CFS personnel have been supported by 150 fire trucks during Monday's catastrophic fire conditions, extreme heat, thunderstorms and strong winds.

Crews have been supported by 14 water bombers, including a 737 from New South Wales.

Dust storm 'reminiscent' of The Mummy

Property believed lost as bushfire cuts power to thousands of homes in SA

 

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Live: Military scrambled on bushfire rescue mission amid fears death toll will rise
Defence Force helicopters and ships are being readied to be sent into Victoria's bushfire zone, as thousands of people shelter from huge fires burning right down to the waterline. Over the border in NSW, two people died as flames destroyed parts of the town of Cobargo this morning. Follow live.

Evacuee describes hellish scenes on NSW South Coast as two people confirmed dead
Towns including Cobargo, Batemans Bay and others are ringed by huge fires, with people in the worst-hit coastal areas told that seeking shelter on the beach may be the safest option.

Dozens of properties destroyed, four people missing in Victoria's fire disaster
Forty-three properties — including homes and a primary school — are destroyed by bushfire in Gippsland, in eastern Victoria, as authorities search for four people who remain unaccounted for.

'You could hear it roaring like the ocean': Main street of South Coast town ravaged
Two people are dead and the main street of the Bega Valley town of Cobargo is in ruins after being hit early this morning by an out-of-control bushfire.

Sydney mum describes running for her life with her kids as bushfire closed in
A Sydney mother describes how she and her children were forced to flee on foot through the bush as a fast-moving bushfire closed in on the wooden holiday house they were renting.

Young father-to-be dies as fire tornado flips truck onto its back
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service says the truck landed on its roof, crushing 28-year-old volunteer firefighter Samuel McPaul, who was expecting his first child in May.

'When will this nightmare end?': Inside Mallacoota's bushfire 'apocalypse'
Residents and holidaymakers in Mallacoota in Victoria's far east describe the sky turning from pitch black to blazing red as fire raced towards the seaside town.

 

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AUSTRALIA
distressing no doubt
feel so much for the population,country
unbelievable they have this to contend with from 01/01/20
most of those areas have traveled around

think of another natural disaster this region,similar date

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

 

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1. Thousands Escape Australian Town Amid Fire[/paste:font]
   
   Some 4,000 residents of Mallacoota, a coastal town in eastern Victoria, fled their homes and accommodations and gathered on the beach to escape a wall of flames early today. "There's no way in or out," said one local beneath blood-red skies and air thickened by ash. Officials say 12 people have died in the monthslong crisis as bushfires continue to ravage across Australia, sparked by drought conditions and spread by high winds.
   
   How are authorities fighting the fires? In addition to dispatching thousands of firefighters since September, they've also sent in the military and received help from the U.S., Canada and New Zealand.

Still Fighting | OZY

Earth's Hottest Decade on Record Was Marked by Extreme Storms and Deadly Wildfires
BY: BOB BERWYN
As global warming intensified, people and ecosystems felt the climate changing.

 

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nothing NZ will miss out on re what our fellow neighbours are going thru


Naval ships, aircraft ready for Australia bushfire rescues as thousands jump in water to flee flames
David Crowe, Rachel Eddie and Adam Cooper20:05, Dec 31 2019

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The scenes at Mallacoota on Tuesday morning.
A fleet of naval vessels, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft is ready to supply and rescue Australians from raging bushfires after the Australian Defence Force pledged to meet "all requests" from state authorities for military help.

In a dramatic escalation in assistance, the Royal Australian Navy will send ships as soon as possible to offer help to coastal towns circled by fire after talks between defence chiefs and state authorities on Tuesday.

Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke to General Angus Campbell, the Chief of the Defence Force, on Tuesday to confirm all requests for help in NSW and Victoria would be met with no impact on any other part of Australia receiving support.

Naval ships, aircraft ready for Australia bushfire rescues as thousands jump in water to flee flames


Massive currents of smoke from Australian fires reach New Zealand

Massive currents of smoke from Australian fires reach New Zealand

 

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you needed that to celebrate life Aussie
thanks for your authorities allowing it
unity more than not

get knotted naysayers
no sense of humility in your body
only going to happen the once at this time huh

 

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Oh for goodness sake...........here is the science facts.

The planet controls the climate. It has gone through freeze and thaw since time began. In the last Interglacial period the oceans were 10 to 12 metres higher than they are today.

Enter humans 200,000 years ago.....just before the last ice age. Being the way we are we chopped, chopped, cleared and burned...burned and burned again anything that would burn....because we discovered fire and became natural pyros........... Fire kept humans alive through the the last ice age., we as a species nearly became extinct 70,000 years ago..........there were about 30,000 left on the whole planet.......with a whole lot more forest.

Fast forward to today......... we are still burning, still clearing, still chopping and digging holes for mining....

If we had half the forests that we have cleared over thousands of years there would be no hysterics.

The Earths axis changes dictate the climate.........humans have accelerated it by clearing the world's forests. Deforestation.

We are elongating the interglacial period by warming...........we should have entered the early ages of ice 300 years ago.

The oceans will eventually rise and cover what they covered and have covered, frozen and thawed over millions of years...since time here began.

Just that stupid humans built their cities in low lying areas. Australian Aboriginals walked here...not sailed....most of the worlds land bridges went under 6,000 years ago...........sea levels were 100 metres lower back then.....then because of Earths axial shifts.....it thawed and they were flooded.

This is proved science........not theoretical. You build anywhere on sand, or with some sand or loam cover........it has been under water.

You're putting everything under this umbrella of
[Being the way we are we chopped, chopped, cleared and burned...burned and burned again anything that would burn....because we discovered fire and became natural pyros]
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Fast forward to today......... we are still burning, still clearing, still chopping and digging holes for mining....

If we had half the forests that we have cleared over thousands of years there would be no hysterics.]
Those are simply not the facts...or not all of the facts.
Sure deforestation is playing a major part but there are a lot of other factors...some more bigger than deforestation.
We have 7.8 billion people on this planet. This planet cannot sustain that many people. All of those people using electricity, food, etc etc. It's not sustainable. Its a cyclic problem where we have too many people on the planet so we're forced to grow more and to build more and harvest more and none of it is sustainable. At the same time its taking its toll on the planet.
As in California: The past five years in California have been the hottest on record, and the state recently came out of a nearly six-year drought, its second worst in history.
Couple that with lack of ground water and tree death.
Also Because of drought, rising temperatures and a growing epidemic of migrating bark beetles that prey on trees, an alarming number of trees, nearly 129m, have died since 2010. California has removed only 1.3m of these trees in that same period: the rest litter the state's forests with tinder.

Much of California is a time bomb
The large number of dead trees, combined with California's already dry, hot and windy climate, has made much of the state susceptible to wildfires. It doesn't take a lot to start one - humans are responsible for 84% of them - and with about a quarter of California counties facing severe or worsening drought conditions, rain and groundwater are often unavailable to help put out fires.
People are moving into high fire-risk zones
California's population grew by 3 million between 2000 and 2010, and according to the risk management company Verisk, in 2017 over a quarter of the state's population lived near moderate or high-risk fire corridors.

Thats just one part of the problem in California.
A big part.
To address an earlier claim:
Are Australian eucalypts to blame for California’s wildfires?

And many more articles on that topic.

And this:
IPCC report: Planting trees isn’t enough to save us from the climate crisis
And again deforestation is a part of it...but the back and forth on this topic still holds merit.

Whether or not we are agreeing on the same principles doesn't matter climate change is happening and I will not accept anyone denying it.
The evidence and facts are there. We are seeing the weather change daily, monthly, yearly, in decades, in our lifetimes in ways it should not be and has not been.

So if your above statement was to claim that climate change is not real or happening then I have nothing further to say.
If your statement was to say that deforestation is one part of climate change then sure I agree.
Its not the only part but one part.
We are not talking about change over 100 - 200,000 years ago we are talking about change you can see happening within 20-30 years.

World of Change: Global Temperatures

Climate Change: Global Temperature | NOAA Climate.gov

["This year marks an important first but that doesn't necessarily mean every year from now on will be a degree or more above pre-industrial levels, as natural variability will still play a role in determining the temperature in any given year. As the world continues to warm in the coming decades, however, we will see more and more years passing the 1 degree marker - eventually it will become the norm."

~ Peter Stott
Head of Climate Monitoring and Attribution (MET Office)

Again there is some natural variability but the more the planet warms that natural variability lessens until it no longer plays a part.

"Many lines of evidence demonstrate that human activities, especially emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, and land-use change, are primarily responsible for the climate changes observed in the industrial era, especially over the last six decades. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the largest contributor to human-caused warming, has increased by about 40% over the industrial era. This change has intensified the natural greenhouse effect, driving an increase in global surface temperatures and other widespread changes in Earth’s climate that are unprecedented in the history of modern civilization."

As listed deforestation is one cause...

Climate change visualized: How Earth's temperature has changed since 1970

"2018 was Earth's 4th-warmest year on record, coming in behind 2016, the planet's warmest recorded year, as well as 2015 and 2017, according to information released by NOAA, NASA and the U.K. Met Office.

Why it matters: The yearly rankings don't tell the whole story of long-term climate change, since natural variability can still push or pull an individual year up or down the rankings. However, the overall picture is growing starker with each passing year. Nine of the 10 warmest years on record since reliable data began in 1880 have occurred since 2005. At the same time, greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels — as well as deforestation and intensive agriculture — have skyrocketed to levels not seen in more than 800,000 years."

Again deforestation plays a part in all of this...a part.

Nine of the 10 warmest years on record since reliable data began in 1880 have occurred since 2005.
That is within our lifetimes.
15 years. Not 100,000 - 200,000.
Not even a score, century, or millennium.

Its happening and well deforestation is playing its part.

 

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never
will i let this catastrophic event rest
an entire country suffers
however
not unlike many others WW
happens to be primarily white, however ...
life has no prejjudices huh


TOP STORIES
Live: Seven deaths confirmed in NSW blazes, East Gippsland resident found dead inside his home
The RFS confirms seven people have died in bushfires that swept NSW's South Coast, while a man believed to be Buchan resident Mick Roberts is found dead inside his home in Victoria's East Gippsland region.

'The number of lives lost will climb': Seven dead, 176 homes destroyed in NSW bushfires
The NSW Rural Fire Service says the number of people killed in bushfires on the South Coast will likely rise as the extent of the devastation is revealed.

Fuel and food shortages and sleeping in cars: The bushfire limbo awaiting communities
Thousands have escaped the flames, only to face another trial … what comes next amid concerns over water, power, communications and food?

'The fire was ferocious, it was angry … like a demon attacking us'
Lorena Granados was alerted at 5:30am on New Year's Eve: the fire was coming, and it would not stop until it had taken her home, her business, and half her town.

'The monster is on its way': Fire bore down on us and there was only one option
The town I grew up in was under siege for one horrible day. At every step this was personal.

'Looks a warzone': How and where New Year's Eve bushfire destruction happened
Much of Australia welcomed the New Year under a cloud of fear and blackened and fiery skies but just how did this bushfire tragedy unfold and what were the people in these towns thinking as the flames roared around them?

Child steering family to safety becomes face of Australia's bushfire crisis
Allison Marion says she had no idea how much impact her photo of her 11-year-old son Finn fleeing the fires at Mallacoota would have, but she's proud of how her family and her community pulled together in the face of emergency.

Relief for bushfire-ravaged Mallacoota as boat arrives with water, supplies
Much-needed supplies, including water and diesel to power generators, have arrived in the fire-damaged town of Mallacoota, where a day earlier residents sheltered under red skies from the bushfire bearing down on them.

Canberra chokes through hazardous smoke, as ACT records worst-ever air quality
Canberra records unprecedented smoke pollution amid the bushfire crisis, which also sees smoke cross the Tasman to shroud parts of New Zealand.

East Gippsland community takes shelter in school as bushfire threatens town
All fires in the state have been downgraded to watch and acts, but families trapped in Cann River in Victoria's east are running out of supplies and desperately waiting for information after an evacuation was cancelled due to poor visibility from growing blazes in the area.

 

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ps
can you give me a 'THUMBS UP' if your OK

 

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1. heading into ANOTHER YEAR
2. 
   if we all do something
   we can make a difference
3. 
   FUCKIN BULLSHIT
4. 
   YOU BASTARDS of governments/corporates if you would
   make positive decisions
   sort things out first
   because we have given you the authority to do that
   then
   we individuals may pull finger/co-operate
   in the meantime,it will continue to go downhill,because you who we trusted,let the world down,especially the younger generation
   and you bastards think your so f'kn smart by putting it back every year to get together and talk shit

 

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somehow
that looks sick and rotten to me

just sayin


All the Free and Super-Cheap Food You'll Find in January to Ring in the New Year

 

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Australian Wildfires Claim More Lives
Authorities in the southeastern Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria say several more people have died in recent days as wildfires continued tearing through the area. The death toll since September has now reached at least 17, while hundreds of homes and properties have been damaged or destroyed.

Is the worst over? Temperatures are expected to soar again this weekend, prompting authorities and citizens to step up relief efforts.

Read this OZY story about Eastern Europe's fire fatality problem.

Australian wildfires claim more lives on New Year's Day
Experts have warned the death toll is expected to rise as bushfires continue to engulf the southeast coastal region of the country. The military has been deployed to bring relief. Smoke has reached as far as New Zealand.


Australian wildfires claim more lives on New Year's Day | DW | 01.01.2020

 

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VERY SAD
spent 3 holliday seasons with family of 5 in NSW south coast/Baremans bay
free camping,late 80s
before it became a commercialized holiday destiation
same with Byron Bay further north
just hearing all the names soiul destroying
those folk living it,locals tourists


'I shouldn't have left them': Regret and dismay amid NSW South Coast blaze
Fishermans Paradise on the NSW South Coast is standing, but telecommunications are down and the town has little to no water. Those keen to reach loved ones wait in limbo.

Tourists warned to get out of NSW South Coast before the weekend
The Rural Fire Service warns tourists to leave the New South Wales South Coast ahead of more dangerous bushfire conditions this weekend.

National forecast update: Yet more dangerous fire conditions on the way
More extreme heat is on the way for fire grounds in Australia's south-east, with temperatures in some of the worst-ravaged regions are set to soar on the weekend.

'How good's the gold price?': Amid an economic slowdown can the value of gold keep shining?
As global interest rates continue to fall and uncertainty continues, this precious metal has caught the interest of investors and analysts.

Analysis: The one question every female sport presenter has been asked
I never thought Australia was excessively progressive — especially its media landscape — but in comparison to the stories I heard from colleagues abroad we're basically world leaders.

Training 'kicked in' to help firefighters escape ember attack while trapped in burning truck
New South Wales firefighters who were trapped inside their burning trucks during a terrifying ember attack on the states south coast say they are amazed everyone came out alive.

Fuel and food shortages and sleeping in cars: The bushfire limbo awaiting communities
Thousands have escaped the flames, only to face another trial … what comes next amid concerns over water, power, communications and food?

Bushfires cause travel chaos on Nullarbor's only sealed WA-SA road
Truck drivers and holidaymakers are stranded on the Nullarbor after bushfires in WA cut the Eyre Highway, the only sealed route to South Australia.

Corryong bushfire survivors grieve destroyed livelihoods, desperately search for family
Families in Corryong say the fires that engulfed their land were like "nothing they had ever seen before" and are begging people to send supplies to feed their families and their cattle.

Historic town of Mogo devastated as survivor recalls 'ferocious' fires
Lorena Granados was alerted at 5:30am on New Year's Eve: the fire was coming, and it would not stop until it had taken her home, her business, and half her town.

 

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Want to Escape Global Warming? These Cities Promise Cool Relief
While climate change affects everywhere, some areas in America will be less affected than others. And some of those fortunate places, it happens, might be looking for people.

April 15, 2019

A Forecast for a Warming World: Learn to Live With Fire
The Kincade fire is burning more than 10,000 acres in California. Other areas of the country are experiencing drought so understanding fire is becoming ever more important.

Oct. 24, 2019

Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace
A dire United Nations report, based on thousands of scientific studies, paints an urgent picture of biodiversity loss and finds that climate change is amplifying the danger to humanity.

May 6, 2019

Greenland’s Melting Ice Nears a ‘Tipping Point,’ Scientists Say
With the Arctic warming rapidly, ice loss in Greenland is accelerating and may soon be a major factor in rising sea levels, according to a new study.

Jan. 21, 2019

These State Birds May Be Forced Out of Their States as the World Warms
New research shows that hundreds of North American birds are at risk of major habitat disruption from climate change.

Oct. 10, 2019

 

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500 a day evacuated for the foreseeable future
SKY news report
AUSTRALIA
IMPOSSIBLE AS IN UNBELIEVABLE
i cant be hearing correctly
tell me that isent so ...

embarrassed to be sitting at home


AUSTRALIA BUSHFIRES
Australia bushfires: Victorian beach town could evacuate by sea, more 'extreme' blazes forecast

Australia bushfires: Victorian beach town could evacuate by sea, more 'extreme' blazes forecast

 

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yep
cant say
and i say CANT SAY i am happy with the WHITE GOVT OF AUSTRALIA
i say again
WHITE GOVT,
IE Trupmpalike govts
SLOW ACTING
even tho they said quite a few days ago/likely a week ago
the ADF
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE would be helping out
with the Aussie citizens suffering
taken a few days before they got into gear
talking basics,water/food
much quicker with the help afforded the bali bombings
like the USA
all for f'kn show

ps
the USA WS SO GOOD with that stuff 30 years ago

 

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2019 was Australia's hottest and driest year on record
ABC Weather By Kate Doyle
Updated about 4 hours ago
red sky and sun

PHOTO: Hot days were the mainstay for 2019. (Facebook: Waz Powter)
RELATED STORY: National forecast update: Yet more dangerous fire conditions on the wayRELATED STORY: Scientists explain why this summer is 'smashing the extremes'RELATED STORY: Scientists explain why this summer is 'smashing the extremes'
The data is in and 2019 has topped the Bureau of Meteorology's (BOM) charts for average and maximum temperatures as well as the lowest annual rainfall across the country.
Key points:
Australia's annual mean and maximum temperatures both broke records set in 2013
The national area average rainfall was the lowest on record going all the way back to 1900
The hot and dry conditions are the result of a strong Indian Ocean Dipole and background warming
It will come as no surprise to those suffering through this horror fire and heatwave season that the conditions leading up to it were the worst on record.
The new figures arrived as large parts of the country brace for more dangerous fire conditions over the next few days.

2019 was Australia's hottest and driest year on record



no reason to not be sugesting this is associated with the more extreme situation with CC

David Gray / Getty Images
COUNT 'EM
We broke down the last decade of climate change in 7 charts
By Clayton Aldern and Emily Pontecorvo on Dec 31, 2019
We broke down the last decade of climate change in 7 charts

 

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Thousands evacuated from Australian tourist haven as bushfires rage

Thousands evacuated from Australian tourist haven as bushfires rage

 

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our getting Australian bushfire smoke is minimal/acceptable and expected
we often endure the fallout


Thousands fleeing Australian fires

Credit: Glen Morey via Reuters
Australian authorities are urging a mass exodus from popular seaside towns on the country’s southeast coast ahead of advancing bushfires. Tens of thousands of people have fled the region as the fires have intensified. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had to cut short a visit to fire-ravaged Cobargo, a coastal village, after angry locals heckled him over the government's response. Fueled by searing temperatures and high winds, more than 200 fires are burning across the southeastern states of New South Wales and Victoria.

Also: Smoke from Australia fires turns New Zealand skies 'eerie' yellow