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st_aurafinaMost of the state is on fire today, and the eastern side has been burning for a few days now.Yesterday and today were scorching hot, and the only thing that stopped them from being perfect fire days was the lack of a hot northerly wind. In the east, the firefighters are calling Bass Strait the great southern fire break, because the fires may well burn right down to the shore before they can be stopped. They evacuated the country campus of my sister's school, she was there two years ago. I'm in the west, watching with trepidation, and feeling vaguely guilty that it's over there and not here, until today.
We're slavishly watching Country Fire Authority incident summary page to keep track of where the fires are. It's much cooler now, but today there was a large grass-fire at Stoneyford (about 50 minutes away) that resulted in Stoneyford being evacuated, it's still burning, it has 36 fire trucks. And now there's a grass fire at Scotts Creek, which is about 15 minutes away. It's small, but that's very, very close. We haven't heard our siren go, but there's an awful feeling of anticipation.
So, that's scary. I'm quite scared of that. It's really woody between here and Scott's Creek; there's a large belt of national park there.
Just rain, please. Please send us rain, and a cool southerly breeze. And put something really horny on channel 10, so all the idiot arsonists stay home and wank over that instead of setting a fire in the Jancourt bush.
I know nothing will happen, they'll put that fire out easily, and it will be fine. But one day it won't, and every time a fire breaks out in summer, I wonder if this is the time.
We're slavishly watching Country Fire Authority incident summary page to keep track of where the fires are. It's much cooler now, but today there was a large grass-fire at Stoneyford (about 50 minutes away) that resulted in Stoneyford being evacuated, it's still burning, it has 36 fire trucks. And now there's a grass fire at Scotts Creek, which is about 15 minutes away. It's small, but that's very, very close. We haven't heard our siren go, but there's an awful feeling of anticipation.
So, that's scary. I'm quite scared of that. It's really woody between here and Scott's Creek; there's a large belt of national park there.
Just rain, please. Please send us rain, and a cool southerly breeze. And put something really horny on channel 10, so all the idiot arsonists stay home and wank over that instead of setting a fire in the Jancourt bush.
I know nothing will happen, they'll put that fire out easily, and it will be fine. But one day it won't, and every time a fire breaks out in summer, I wonder if this is the time.