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spindles · 02-09-2009, 07:19 PM

this page:

Bushfires bill could top $2b

has a google map pinpointing the current fires in victoria. You can get pretty comprehensive coverage from the sydney morning herald website (from which this comes).

It is well documented that pyromaniacs start fires - who knows why, but what is ironic is they are often members of the volunteer bush fire brigades.

I can attest that it has been f$%^ing hot here this summer (and especially last week), though obviously worse in Victoria, but is actually significantly cooler this week.

This weeks fires are probably the worst since ash wednesday in 1983 (About Ash Wednesday - Country Fire Authority).

edit - nothing in the poll really matches my opinion - I'd say it is likely that some were deliberately lit, but not all, and I'd suggest it would be unlikely someone starting a fire would do it with the expectation that people would be killed (but who knows what drives some people).

02-09-2009, 07:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	this page: Bushfires bill could top $2b has a google map pinpointing the current fires in victoria. You can get pretty comprehensive coverage from the sydney morning herald website (from which this comes). It is well documented that pyromaniacs start fires - who knows why, but what is ironic is they are often members of the volunteer bush fire brigades. I can attest that it has been f$%^ing hot here this summer (and especially last week), though obviously worse in Victoria, but is actually significantly cooler this week. This weeks fires are probably the worst since ash wednesday in 1983 (About Ash Wednesday - Country Fire Authority). edit - nothing in the poll really matches my opinion - I'd say it is likely that some were deliberately lit, but not all, and I'd suggest it would be unlikely someone starting a fire would do it with the expectation that people would be killed (but who knows what drives some people). __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?