Oooooh ...

[blamebrampton]

There is a catastrophic fire danger alert in place for parts of South Australia tomorrow. It's the first outing for the new fire warning, which is explained in the PSAs along the lines of 'Leave immediately, or you may die.'. It will be 39 degrees C, !00F, which is part of a month of record heatwave conditions for the state. It's still SPRING. Summer looks horribly grim.

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[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

I dread this time of year. My home town has come under threat to many times in recent years. Last summer was the first time my mother actually had to evacuate her home which was very scary. The most tragic incident that has happened since left were the Black Tuesday Fires of 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Peninsula_bushfire

Port Lincoln itself was saved but many of the people living in outlying properties and townships lost everything. The
fire was within 30km of Port Lincoln and travelling at 100km per hour when the wind changed.