Our thoughts are with those who perished in California
kiwijims said
04:24 PM Nov 14, 2018
Can anyone think of a worse way to leave this world....
California wildfire death toll rises to 48 as authorities continue search of ruined Paradise....
Being an ex-firie, I have experienced so pretty close calls while fighting Bushfires,
Many of the fires had a very intense heat generation which made me think..... what it would be like to be caught in one of these fires with no way out, it's hard to imagine being slowly burnt to death, the agony which many of these poor people must have suffered would have been terrific.
I still maintain these thoughts regarding bushfires....
1/ do as directed by the Authorities without question,
2/ don't try and be a hero by stopping and trying to defend your property,
3/ get right out of danger straight away, leave the firefighting to those who know how.
Just remember... places and properties can be replaced.... "YOU CAN-NOT"
I have been retired from a full time firefighter for 16 years and have left it all behind me , But often think of the day I got trap in a large bush fire when a wind change traped me when I went to top of a ridge to survey the extent of the fire ground , The two things that save me was the fact thae I was wearing full protection turnout gear with wool fire tunic and that I spotted a large rock which I shelted against on the oppossite side from which the fire front was coming from . I was very luckly and cannot think how these poor people felt I only hope that they died from smoke inhalation and not from burns .
aussie_paul said
07:22 PM Nov 14, 2018
I have been following it a little, this morning read 6400 homes destroyed. Just hard to get ones head around those sorts of numbers, and of course the loss of life and livestock.
Aussie Paul.
Tony Bev said
07:34 PM Nov 14, 2018
The link does not seem to work, KJ
I have also been following this tragedy
I can only hope that those who are still missing, are found alive
As a young and fit man, I was assisting to fight a bushfire
The wind changed and we were engulfed by smoke, which was not a pleasant feeling, when you are gasping for breath
Lucky we had put enough water down, to save the small town sewerage plant, so we knew that come what may, we were safe from the main flames
LLD said
07:49 PM Nov 14, 2018
Paradise was wiped out. It was reported that 25,000 people lived there. That's just slightly larger than Goulburn NSW. Can you imagine a city the size of Goulburn being wiped out?
kiwijims said
08:50 PM Nov 14, 2018
Tony Bev, I've just tried the link, it's working o.k. this way,
Anyone else having trouble with it ???
K.J.
kiwijims said
08:54 PM Nov 14, 2018
aussie_paul wrote:
I have been following it a little, this morning read 6400 homes destroyed. Just hard to get ones head around those sorts of numbers, and of course the loss of life and livestock.
Aussie Paul.
And what's worse aussie-paul, there are still hundreds missing. !!!
k.j.
aussie_paul said
08:58 PM Nov 14, 2018
kiwijims wrote:
aussie_paul wrote:
I have been following it a little, this morning read 6400 homes destroyed. Just hard to get ones head around those sorts of numbers, and of course the loss of life and livestock.
Aussie Paul.
And what's worse aussie-paul, there are still hundreds missing. !!!
k.j.
Yes, for sure Jim, I just did not want to put a too negative spin on it.
Aussie Paul.
Tony Bev said
01:22 AM Nov 15, 2018
kiwijims wrote:
Tony Bev, I've just tried the link, it's working o.k. this way,
Anyone else having trouble with it ???
K.J.
I had to copy and past the link, KJ I probably did not copy all of it, or perhaps too much of it I have now been more careful, and opened your link
Links seem to be random and not just on this forum. Sometimes they work, other times they don't. Haven't figured it out yet. However I use notepad (Apple) to convert it and give a title (like rockylizard does).
Can anyone think of a worse way to leave this world....
California wildfire death toll rises to 48 as authorities continue search of ruined Paradise....
Being an ex-firie, I have experienced so pretty close calls while fighting Bushfires,
Many of the fires had a very intense heat generation which made me think..... what it would be like to be caught in one of these fires with no way out, it's hard to imagine being slowly burnt to death, the agony which many of these poor people must have suffered would have been terrific.
I still maintain these thoughts regarding bushfires....
1/ do as directed by the Authorities without question,
2/ don't try and be a hero by stopping and trying to defend your property,
3/ get right out of danger straight away, leave the firefighting to those who know how.
Just remember... places and properties can be replaced.... "YOU CAN-NOT"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-14/california-wildfires-death-toll-rises-to-48-camp-fire/10495396
K.J.
I have been following it a little, this morning read 6400 homes destroyed. Just hard to get ones head around those sorts of numbers, and of course the loss of life and livestock.
Aussie Paul.
I have also been following this tragedy
I can only hope that those who are still missing, are found alive
As a young and fit man, I was assisting to fight a bushfire
The wind changed and we were engulfed by smoke, which was not a pleasant feeling, when you are gasping for breath
Lucky we had put enough water down, to save the small town sewerage plant, so we knew that come what may, we were safe from the main flames
Tony Bev, I've just tried the link, it's working o.k. this way,
Anyone else having trouble with it ???
K.J.
And what's worse aussie-paul, there are still hundreds missing. !!!
k.j.
Yes, for sure Jim, I just did not want to put a too negative spin on it.
Aussie Paul.
I had to copy and past the link, KJ
I probably did not copy all of it, or perhaps too much of it
I have now been more careful, and opened your link
Below, hopefully is your link, made clickable
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-14/california-wildfires-death-toll-rises-to-48-camp-fire/10495396
Links seem to be random and not just on this forum. Sometimes they work, other times they don't. Haven't figured it out yet. However I use notepad (Apple) to convert it and give a title (like rockylizard does).
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Latest update from California .....
California's wildfire death toll rises past 50, more than 100 still missing....
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-15/california-wildfire-death-toll-rises-past-50/10500942
K.J.